4 Year Old Girl’s Vegetable Garden Must Go, Says USDA by SARAH, THE HEALTHY HOME ECONOMIST on AUGUST 23, 2013 With each passing day, it seems the United States of America, “Land of the Free and Home of the Brave” is becoming more and more like the Communist Russia I learned about in elementary school where people weren’t allowed to grow their own food unless the State “allowed” it. In this latest crackdown on citizens simply trying to provide for themselves using the most basic of skills – gardening – the USDA’s Rural Development Agency is forbidding Rosie, an industrious 4-year old girl in South Dakota from using a small, unused area outside her subsidized housing unit to grow green vegetables. Rosie’s mother, Mary (names changed to protect the child’s identity), is single and severely disabled. She and her daughter live on a fixed income disability payment of $628/month. The garden vegetables growing just outside her backdoor lovingly tended by Rosie provide a fresh and healthy addition to their diet that they could not otherwise easily afford. Rosie started the garden in May 2013, but now the property management company has ordered the garden be removed this week!
Posted on: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 00:01:25 +0000