Archive for October, 2008
Friday 31 October 2008 @ 2:10 am
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Factory farms under fire
Kansas City Star, MO - But increasingly, animal welfare advocates say the treatment of livestock on factory farms, where thousands of pigs, chickens or dairy cows live in … |
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Friday 31 October 2008 @ 2:10 am
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Chicken zoning goes to board
Whitefish Pilot, MT - "Raising three chickens as pets will inspire people to produce more food for themselves. This type of self-reliance should be encouraged in every level of … |
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Friday 31 October 2008 @ 1:10 am
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Chickens and bears and short selling, oh my: the strange world of …
guardian.co.uk, UK - This year, 24 of the 153 ballots concern raising, lowering or recalculating taxes. Social issues are also a favourite: gay marriage is on the ballot in four … |
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Friday 31 October 2008 @ 12:10 am
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Brooksville’s Sunset Acres Farm Celebrates 20 Years
Ellsworth American, ME - Unlike the high-maintenance pig-farming enterprise that sent him into bankruptcy, Bowen quickly warmed to the concept of raising chickens. … |
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Thursday 30 October 2008 @ 11:10 pm
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Raising Urban Chickens Part 2a-Building a Coop
Groovy Green, NY - The picture above is the original area of my yard that the chicken coop and run was in. This area is consistently moist and a relatively poor area of my … |
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Wednesday 29 October 2008 @ 2:10 am
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The melamine-tainted food trail
Los Angeles Times, CA - It's believed to have been fed to chickens that laid the eggs, raising suspicions that it might be found in other farm animals. It's even used in pesticides … |
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Wednesday 29 October 2008 @ 1:10 am
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CITY CHICKENS
TheChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - Perhaps the city could look into issuing permits on a case-by-case basis for raising chickens in residential areas. Certain criteria would have to be met. … |
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Wednesday 29 October 2008 @ 1:10 am
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• Bylaw comes home to roost
Hamilton Spectator, Canada - "Our animal control bylaw was antiquated in a lot of ways, not just about raising chickens." Calder is drafting a bylaw that would allow Waterloo residents … |
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Wednesday 29 October 2008 @ 1:10 am
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It's not yet curtains for moth-eaten metaphor
San Francisco Chronicle, USA - Like politicians everywhere, we counted our chickens before they hatched; before they could provide a chicken in every pot. |
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Wednesday 29 October 2008 @ 12:10 am
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Study considers economic impacts of Prop 2 on egg industry
The California Aggie Online, CA - The initiative would require housing for egg-laying chickens to allow them to lie down, stand up and turn around freely. The report claims that the new … |
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