2008-05-05

Eggs and the City. By Leslie Scrivener, Toronto Star, May 4, 2008. "Heidi and Clucky... are plump, vigorous, egg-laying hens that, despite their beauty and utility, are illegal in Toronto. Nonetheless, their owner has kept them quietly in her backyard coop through the winter and now lets them range freely... 'It makes total sense to me, rather than getting in the car, driving to the grocery store and buying eggs trucked in from a far away farm, to go to the back yard and get eggs,' says [the hens' owner]... who... [describes] herself... as a 'renegade' chicken owner... Increasingly, urbanites concerned about about food miles and safety are pushing their local governments to be more flexible about backyard livestock. Websites, including backyardchickens.com and TheCityChicken.com, offer direction and inspiration to city farmers. When Elaine Belanger launched the first issue of her magazine Backyard Poultry in 2006, she had 15,000 copies printed, which proved to be not nearly enough."

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