(Radio Iowa) – A “Freedom to Garden Act” has passed the Iowa Senate unanimously. The bill would forbid state and local governments from regulating vegetable gardens on property the gardener owns or rents.
Senator Cherielynn Westrich of Ottumwa says in some other states, heavy handed regulators have used local zoning ordinances to ban home vegetable gardens or limit what home gardeners can plant.
The bill says Iowans have a right to grow, raise, harvest, produce and consume food they grow in their own garden — and home gardeners would have a right to sell what they grow. The bill now goes to the House for consideration.
