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While I am sympathetic as to their horror at seeing perfectly good food destroyed, their main mistake was in so readily obtaining a 'permit' for their private gathering. Had they gone ahead with their PRIVATE dinner with personal guests with their PRIVATELY grown and prepared food on their own PRIVATE property; absent any obvious evidence of any laws being broken during the event, the EH nazis could rant and scream all they wanted -from the public street or sidewalk.

Unless she had at the time a valid Warrant (signed by a judge and with the name and identity of the complaining party legibly printed therein) at least during the episode referenced above with the stipulations presented, at the very least they could have had her legally arrested for trespassing, and if she really became a wanker about it, then move everything indoors and serve the meal in smaller groups. Inside the house out of public view means she could not legally justify attempting to enter uninvited and anything she viewed during any such attempts would be inadmissible in court.

We had an earlier thread on this particular event. People paid a fee to attend.

That makes a lot of difference in most jurisdictions.

When my next door neighbor started running a dive on her balcony I turned her in.

Lest you get all tangled up in your boot stomping and clothes rending, she'd earlier filed a complaint with the board of health about my backyard garden!

Yup, I passed muster, and she didn't.

So, did they serve wine or distilled beverages?

I’m not sure how “private” it is as she said guests paid money and came from a long ways away. It sounds like they were members of their Organic Farm club or whatever.

Not that it excuses the food Nazis. I suppose that might apply to the next Men’s breakfast at church - although that only has a “Donations” jar.

BTW - those vegetables in the bucket look amazing!