Andy Gorman has spent more than a decade turning his Sharonville, Ohio, yard into a working farm. Last fall, the city cited him under its zoning rules, and he beat the citation on appeal. The farm has continued to expand since.
The citation, issued in October 2025, was tied to his at-home produce sales, according to WCPO 9 Cincinnati. The following month, 14 residents turned up at his hearing to speak in his favor. None spoke against him.
Gorman didn’t originally set out to be a farmer. He started a small garden behind his garage in 2012, when he wanted to shift to a plant-based diet. He kept the early effort hidden because he didn’t yet know what he was doing. But as he kept learning, his operation continued to grow…