Thane: The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) on Wednesday announced the launch of its experimental organic farming project on a 1.5-acre civic-owned p.

Farmer Focus CEO Stephen J. Shepard on the power of paying farmers above-market rates, why traceability matters, and ...

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

Novella Carpenter’s 2009 memoir, Farm City, trumpets the value of raising chickens, pigs and bees—in Oakland. Urban farming is a response to a variety of pressures.

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.

Disparity in the regulation of urban chicken-raising spreads beyond Central Virginia, said KT LaBadie, the Iowa City-based founder of urbanchickens.org.Just 13 of 25 cities LaBadie reviewed for a ...

Instead, it’s a garden for the community, providing an evolving menu of vegetables and fruits, based on the time of year. The ...

Drop-in work parties at Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands (5513 S Cloverdale St.) are a great way to see the farm and lend a hand (every Saturday, 10 a.m.–3 p.m.). Anyone interested in farm-based ...

To many, Alanna O'Donnell is affectionately known as “the chicken lady.” The special education teacher at P177Q, The Robin Sue Ward School for Exceptional Children in Fresh Meadows, runs the first ...

Two urban chickens waiting to get fed in a backyard. File McClatchy There are only 450 acres of active and potential farmland in Olympia, including in its Urban Growth Area, according to the ...

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 ...