This fast food chain endeavors to improve the quality of life for the chickens it purchases. Here's how it aims to do that, ...

City Councilman Chip Henderson has picked up some allies in his first try to resurrect the urban chicken issue since 2013. He ...

Contemporary chicken coops have evolved well beyond simple wooden enclosures. The modern coop is designed with ...

A new Urban Chicken Ordinance under consideration by the City Council would allow up to eight laying hens on a single-family lot.

In this video, I show how I built a primitive, cheap and easy chicken run using recycled and foraged materials that is snake and other predators proof! Self Sufficient Me is based on our small 3-acre ...

Some localities regulate urban farming through permits and fees, she found. Cities also differed on enclosure requirements and policies regarding roosters, according to LaBadie’s research.

It is a cloudless day and spring has quilted the sprawling 8-acre Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands (RBUFW) in every shade of green, from the chartreuse tips of awakening shrubs to the hunter ...

Rules on ducks and chickens The public hearing draft for amendments include several permissible agricultural uses. Lots that are one-quarter acre and smaller are allowed up to five ducks or female ...

Urban agriculture has been a response to Detroit’s vacant land concern among residents and city officials for decades — more than a century, even, if you consider former Mayor Hazen S. Pingree ...

According to the U.S. Agriculture Department's 2022 Census of Agriculture released earlier this year, Black farmers accounted for just 1.4% of the country’s 3.4 million producers, reflecting a 4 ...

In addition, itâÄôs more difficult for those with a lot of chickens to get their neighborsâÄô consent, she said. A number of groups in the city have begun to offer city chicken farming courses, ...

At the conclusion of project activities, past participants organized and administered the 2022 Urban Garden Conference in Gary, a sign of future sustainability for urban farming. For the second ...