![]() ![]() on Wednesday, March 30, 2011, Carpenter, cancelled her usual Wednesday Farmstand after Oakland City officials closed her down Tuesday stating that she needed a Conditional Use Permit for growing vegetables for $2500 in addition to the $2500 fine for noncompliance but one farmer showed up to sell her wares. Kat Wade / Special to the Chronicle Kat Wade/Special to The Chronicle Show More Show Less 11 of23 Author, farmer and Ghost Town Farm blogger, Novella Carpenter examines an artichoke brought by another urban farmer in her backyard farm in Oakland, Calif. on Thursday, March 31, 2011, Carpenter, cancelled her usual Wednesday Farmstand after Oakland City officials closed her down Tuesday stating that she needed a Conditional Use Permit for growing vegetables for $2500 in addition to the $2500 fine for noncompliance. 9 of23 10 of23 Author, farmer and Ghost Town Farm blogger, Novella Carpenter waters and prunes some vegetables in her backyard farm in Oakland, Calif. ![]()
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