Unpermitted Urban Agriculture: Transgressive Actions, Changing Norms and the Local Food Movement

Authors

Sarah B. Schindler, University of Maine School of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-2014

Abstract

Roberta keeps four chickens in her backyard. Bob snuck onto the vacant lot next door, which the bank foreclosed upon and now owns, and planted a vegetable garden. Vien operates an occasional underground restaurant from his friends’ microbrewery after beer-making operations cease for the day. The common thread tying these actions together is that they are unauthorized; they are being undertaken in violation of existing laws and often norms. In this Article, I explore ideas surrounding the overlap between food policy and land use law, specifically the transgressive1 actions that people living in urban and suburban communities are undertaking to further their local food-related goals.

Publication Title

Wisconsin Law Review

Volume

82

Article Number

1036

First Page

394

Suggested Bluebook Citation

Sarah B. Schindler, Unpermitted Urban Agriculture: Transgressive Actions, Changing Norms and the Local Food Movement, 82 Wis. L. Rev. 394 (2014).
Available at: https://digitalcommons.mainelaw.maine.edu/faculty-publications/37