I heard about this on the radio this morning, on the way in. Apparently it’s illegal to allow farms, or picking fruit for free, on New York City lands — so these guys put it on a barge. It struck me as pretty crafty. That is, crafty in a good way.
The rules say:
Public foraging and policy
According to the New York City Parks Department
No person shall deface, write upon, injure, sever, mutilate, kill or remove from the ground any trees under the jurisdiction of the Department without permission of the Commissioner.
No person shall deface, write upon, sever, mutilate, kill or remove from the ground any plants, flowers, shrubs or other vegetation under the jurisdiction of the Department without permission of the Commissioner.
Swale says:
Because of the common laws of New York City’s waterways, Swale is able to act as a test case as an edible public food forest. Swale is built atop a barge that was once used for hauling sand to construction sites before it was re-purposed for growing food.
We are always on the lookout for what is crafty, in a good way. A CBS story on this is here. I wonder how well an alcohol beverage operation would fare with a similar sleight of hand.
Very cool idea; the Chinese may have raised crops and animals on board ship several hundred years ago.
But, of course, not permitted for distilled spirits plants as the IRC specifically prohibits distilling on boats (sec. 5178.) But breweries may be established on boats and I know that several have been operating on gambling riverboats as well as some cruise ships. Probably OK for wineries, but, in jest, how would you define the viticultural area?