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As a renter I gardened for years, but I finally bought a condo and no longer have a yard. Early attempts at establishing a community garden program have been fa
by 18pfsmt 7y ago
As a renter I gardened for years, but I finally bought a condo and no longer have a yard. Early attempts at establishing a community garden program have been failures. I will continue the quest. However, I think you are overselling the idea, growing your own vegetables is not "part of the economy" even while it may have economic impact. You are not selling, correct?
- surfmike 7y agoSo if you sold it, then used that money to buy food, would it count?
- foxhop 7y agoThanks, this was what I was going to say. Anything you can do for yourself that _needs_ to be done, that you would have to pay for if you didn't do it, is participating in the economy.
- 18pfsmt 7y agoI noted the economic impact, but I was talking at-scale, not anecdotaly. There are many states that have over-regulated this market. It now costs $15/gal for raw milk. Most people are not able to have a garden was my point.
- clarkmoody 7y agoWell the Supreme Court grabbed a whole chunk of federal power with this decision[1] that pertains to the exact situation you describe, albeit on a larger scale. The short of it is that even if you grow something for your own use, the Court's opinion is that still affects interstate commerce. > Filburn argued that since the excess wheat that he produced was intended solely for home consumption, his wheat production could not be regulated through the Interstate Commerce Clause. The Supreme Court rejected the argument and reasoned that if Filburn had not produced his own wheat, he would have bought wheat on the open market. Good ol' Interstate Commerce Clause strikes again. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickard_v._Filburn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickard_v._Filburn