Urban Garden? Check. Now, Chickens.

For Julie Simpson, president of the pro-chicken group Urban Chicken Advocates of Nashville , it was the failure of a proposal to legalize the birds in 2009 that inspired her to think about raising hens. “It simply made sense to me to have a few chickens in my backyard,” she wrote in an e-mail. “I was concerned about where my food was coming from, and having backyard hens was one small thing I could control. I really saw them as an extension of my garden.” But opponents see the birds as a potentially noisy, smelly, predator-attracting nuisance at best, and a health threat at worst. The animal services staff in Hamilton, Ontario, where politicians are considering a ban on urban chickens, has cautioned that keeping domestic poultry, “can put humans in close contact with poultry viruses such that the potential health risks associated with the keeping of poultry outweighs the p...

Full article: http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/07/urban-garden-ch...

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@GrowOh » 07 Mar '12, 1am
Thanks Urban Schmurban for the great info. [link]
@Jamesbedell » 16 Feb '12, 12pm
I'm not sure how I feel about this urban farming trend NYTimes: Urban Garden? Check. Now, Chickens. [link]
@friendthefarmer » 15 Feb '12, 4pm
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@SFUAA » 10 Feb '12, 8pm
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@eatyourplanet » 10 Feb '12, 7pm
Rabbits, too! --Urban Garden? Check. Now, Chickens. NYT [link]
@friendthefarmer » 10 Feb '12, 1am
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@Chengcerrito » 09 Feb '12, 4pm
EC mentioned in the NYT! [link]
@FrontYardCoop » 09 Feb '12, 3pm
Think you can't raise chickens in the city. Think again! [link]
@FoodSystemSpire » 09 Feb '12, 2pm
Cities have conflicted attitudes about urban chicken coops. Fresh eggs or dirty coops? That is a question. #nytimes [link]
@hannarockhead » 09 Feb '12, 1pm
RT @CanadianOrganic: Dreaming of backyard chickens? Here's a look at what's happening in the US and Canada: [link]
@CanadianOrganic » 09 Feb '12, 1pm
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@MightyJoeNolan » 09 Feb '12, 3am
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Wow @ucanhens in the New York Times blog! [link]
@DotEnviro » 08 Feb '12, 9pm
Chickens desired (and feared) nationwide. IMHO: The birds are never the problem. It's bad public process that muddles. [link]
@backtenfeet » 08 Feb '12, 7pm
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@MJJSales » 08 Feb '12, 6pm
#Backyard livestock is causing quite a commotion lately - do you have chickens or other farm animals in your #yard? [link]
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Urban gardening. It's going to the birds. Chickens, that is.... [link]
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Reforming land use policies to allow chickens - now that's a zoning change to cluck about! (sorry) [link]
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@ucanr » 08 Feb '12, 2am
Pam Geisel, UC Statewide Master Gardener Program director, discusses local policies on backyard #chickens in NYT blog [link]
@ucanr » 08 Feb '12, 2am
UC Statewide Master Gardener Programdirector Pam Geisel discusses local policies for backyard #chickens [link]
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@PalmBeachAC » 07 Feb '12, 10pm
#Environmental News: Urban Garden? Check. Now, Chickens. - City dwellers are making some headway in securing local p... [link]
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Are you getting ready for gardening season? Dig In is gearing up! [link]
@lectricmagnetic » 07 Feb '12, 10pm
Urban Garden? Check. Now, Chickens.: Filed under: Environment News [link]
@RaiseChickens » 07 Feb '12, 10pm
Urban Garden? Check. Now, Chickens. - New York Times (blog) [link]
@AquiCome » 07 Feb '12, 10pm
Urban Garden? Check. Now, Chickens.: Food in the modern city doesn't get much more local than a tomato from a ne... [link]
@AGCPetServices » 07 Feb '12, 10pm
Keep fighting the good fight, people! SO many cities and municipalities have recently started to allow urban &... [link]
@claudiabegal » 07 Feb '12, 9pm
Urban Garden? Check. Now, Chickens.: As with vegetable gardening, the green aspect of backyard chicken keeping i... [link]
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Urban Garden? Check. Now, Chickens.: As with vegetable gardening, the green aspect of backyard chicken keeping i... [link]
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Urban Garden? Check. Now, Chickens.: Food in the modern city doesn't get much more local than a tomato from a ne... [link]
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Urban Garden? Check. Now, Chickens. - City dwellers are making some headway in securing local permission to raise a ... [link]
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Urban Garden? Check. Now, Chickens.: Food in the modern city doesn't get much more local than a tomato from a ne... [link]
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