AMT452- OHIO SHUTS DOWN FARMS "The Time We Warned You About Has Arrived" | As a Man Thinketh

Ohio’s War on Ingenuity | How Zoning Boards Are Killing Small Farms
Charlie Rankin dives deep into a growing war on small farm ingenuity across Ohio — where health departments and zoning boards are cracking down on family farms just trying to make an honest living.
From The Farm on Central in Warren County — shut down for washing lettuce — to Cincy Urban Farm in Sharonville — cited for selling its own produce — to Seven Mile Winery fighting zoning battles over agritourism rights, and finally Garver Family Farm Market, now facing costly legal fights for daring to sell its own baked goods and wine — Ohio’s family farms are under siege.
These are not corporate giants. These are families trying to survive amid rising property taxes, inflation, and regulations that punish creativity.
Charlie challenges the logic behind these laws, asks hard questions about “private membership associations,” and explores how agritourism — once encouraged in Great Britain and across Europe — has become suspect here at home.
Food Freedom, Farmer Rights, and Common Sense — that’s what this story is about.
Because if washing lettuce, baking bread, or pouring a glass of farm wine now requires government approval, maybe it’s not the farmers who’ve lost their way — maybe it’s the system.
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Support your local farms. Support your freedom to choose where your food comes from.

Categories: Lifestyle

Starring: Charlie and Shuana Rankin