"An Unruly Proliferation Of Fresh Produce"
Some cities are on the verge of having horrible social problems and this (quote above) is how Kerry McDonald, in FEE, characterizes the city officials worry about the horror that preschoolers' fruit and veggie stand could lead to:

It's the current predicament facing the Little Ones Learning Center in Forest Park, Georgia, just outside of Atlanta. In an area where access to fresh fruits and vegetables can be limited, this preschool has stepped up to prioritize growing and selling fresh produce from its school gardens. According to recent reporting in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Little Ones has often sold its produce with generous discounts to local food stamp recipients and other neighbors and has been acknowledged as a leader in the farm-to-school healthy food movement.

That is, until the city shut down the bi-monthly farm stand program last month for zoning violations.

Despite protests from community members, city officials are holding firm to their stance that allowing one farm stand could lead to an unruly proliferation of fresh produce.

"Anywhere you live, you've got to have rules and regulations," Forest Park City Manager Angela Redding said. "Otherwise, you would just have whatever," the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

Here in the hood in Venice, we have gang members selling tomatoes on street corners. Occasionally, there's a shootout between the zucchini dealers. Scary shit, huh?

If there are dangerous traffic problems and noise problems that disturb neighbors, sure, deal with it. But somehow, I doubt people are pulling up to that vegetable stand like they're giving away iPads instead of selling salad bits.

The city does have an answers -- somehow it would be less horrifying to sell veggies if only they paid $50 every time they did it.

City officials also said that Little Ones could pay $50 for a "special event" permit for each day it hosts its farm stand--a fee that is prohibitively expensive for the school and its small produce stand. For now, the school is selling its fruits and vegetables inside the building, but the indoor location is leading to far fewer sales as passersby don't realize it's there. The Little Ones parent and educator community is hoping that the city rules can be changed to allow for occasional outdoor farm stands.

...We should be outraged when young entrepreneurs are prohibited from producing and selling something of value to their neighbors due to restrictive regulations that centralize power and weaken neighborhood dynamism. Some states, like Utah, are passing laws to protect young entrepreneurs from these zoning and licensing challenges. The key is to look beyond preschool farm stands and advocate for more freedom for all.