Couple facing $500 a day fine for home garden in their own yard

NaturalNews) An Orlando-area couple that faced prosecution from city officials over their front-yard garden in November is in hot water once again after refusing to dig up their veggies, only this time they are facing stiff financial penalties for their non-compliance. According to the Florida chapter of the Institute of Justice, Jason and Jennifer Helvenston will be charged fines of up to $500 a day beginning Jan. 10 if they don't follow orders to uproot a garden that they say is helping sustain them. But instead of renting a backhoe the couple has decided to stand up for what they believe is their constitutional right - to utilize their own property to grow their own food. So, in protest of the city's ordinance, the Helvenston's have launched "Plant a Seed, Change the Law," a movement aimed at getting the mandate changed or struck down.