This is a story about a community egg cooperative formed by a group of volunteers, bringing chickens to a working urban farm, and managing the production of eggs for themselves and a local CSA.Â
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VIDEO: Community Egg Co-op
(via cookingupastory.com)
Submitted by Cooking Up A Story on Sun, 2008-03-02 23:05. | Tags: food | chickens | Community | cooperatives | eggs | organic | sustainable | urban farm | video
Sustainable Living With Pet Backyard Chickens
(via www.mypetchicken.com)
A detailed article about using a small backyard flock of chickens to help live a more sustainable lifestyle. Focuses on using chicken manure and a compost pile to recycle extra food.
Submitted by dsasaki on Tue, 2008-01-29 03:03. | Tags: food | backyard chickens | chickens | compost | composting | sustainability
Bird Flu and Backyard Poultry
(via bean-sprouts.blogspot.com)
The virulent strain of bird flu, H5N1, has been confirmed in wild birds in England. What does this mean for backyard poultry keepers?
Submitted by Chickpea on Tue, 2008-01-22 12:59. | Tags: architecture | backyard chickens | bird flu | chickens | poultry
Chickens! Sainsbury is given a roasting by Jamie
(via www.dailymail.co.uk)
Chef James Oliver, 32, hosted a filmed dinner in which food producers were served chicken - then shown clips of the birds being slaughtered and suffering during intensive farming
Submitted by beaelliott on Fri, 2008-01-11 00:17. | Tags: architecture | animal welfare | chickens | factory farming | food | meatrix | vegan | vegetarian
