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    Good Food

    Food and Flowers Freedom Act

    Tara Kolla is an urban farmer, growing organic flowers in Silverlake .  She had to stop selling at Farmers Markets because of a 1946 Truck Farming ordinance that prohibits the selling of anything grown on your property except vegetables.

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Tara Kolla is an urban farmer, growing organic flowers in Silverlake. She had to stop selling at Farmers Markets because of a 1946 Truck Farming ordinance that prohibits the selling of anything grown on your property except vegetables.

    Read about the motion, dubbed the Food and Flowers Freedom Act. Tara and other fellow urban farmers have started the group Urban Farming Advocates.

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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Bob Carlson

      host and producer, 'UnFictional'

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      Jennifer Ferro, President, KCRW, Los Angeles

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      Candace Moyer

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