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Forsyth planners recommend ordinance change for selling local produce
In a nod to the local food movement, Forsyth City-County planners have recommended modifying unified development ordinances to make it easier for residents to sell fruit, vegetables, eggs, and certain value-added products they grow and make. Read the proposal here.
Forsyth residents can currently obtain a 45-day permit to sell garden/farm produce where it was grown. The modified ordinance would allow residents to sell produce over a six-month period on or off premises. This would essentially make it easier for residents to set up temporary roadside farmers markets in high traffic areas instead of having to sell food at home or many miles away at larger markets.
The planning board will hold a public hearing on the ordinance change at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Stuart Municipal Building before it heads to the Board of Commissioners. County planner Glenn Simmons said he didn't expect opposition to the proposal.
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