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Raising chickens within city limits

Backyard pets
Six-year-old Fuchsia Harmon races around the soggy backyard rounding up the family's flock of chickens.
By LEISCHEN STELTER | April 27, 2011

From farm to Thanksgiving table

Talking turkey with a man who raises and kills them
I've never cooked a turkey for Thanksgiving. Sure, I've helped pack the bird with stuffing and paid my dues basting it throughout the day, but so far I've managed to avoid ultimate responsibility. Frankly, it's too much pressure. But at least I would ruin only my family's Thanksgiving.
By LEISCHEN STELTER | November 10, 2010

Review: Fresh

Really grows on you
As a latecomer to the growing crop of food-industry exposés, Ana Sofia Joanes's even-handed documentary on the evils of factory farming doesn't live up to its title. Yet despite tilling familiar ground, its argument for sustainable alternatives intrigues.
By ALICIA POTTER | June 15, 2010

By | January 01, 0001

Awaiting the Big Egg Drop

Urban Chickens
Like many people in Portland, my husband and I romanticized the idea of raising baby chicks after the city in February changed its "Ordinance for Keeping Domestic Fowl," which once outlawed domestic eggers.
By MELISSA FALCON | September 30, 2009

By | January 01, 0001