From Reason magazine. January 2012. Page 15.
Denmark has banned Marmite, Rice Krispies, and Ovaltine, among other popular foods. The foods were banned because they have added vitamins or minerals, which are illegal in Denmark.
For the last four years, Wesley Wood has supplemented his Social Security income by selling vegetables he grows from the front yard of his Parma, Ohio, home. But city officials have shut him down. The city's code says vegetables can be grown only for private use and any home business must be conducted "wholly within the dwelling."
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