All about Urban Chickens

Fred from www.FredsFineFowl.com wrote an article at Urban Sustainable Living that's worth checking out.  It's filled with inspiring resources that show how to create suitable and very attractive environments for urban backyard chickens.  One day, when our local by-law is overturned, this will be useful for those of us who haven't grown up with poultry in our backyards.  For people on the fence, it may also help to convince them that raising chickens doesn't have to be an unattractive business - in fact, most of the coops and chicken tractors in the article were really beautiful.  Go take a look!

The Gospel of Guerrilla Gardening

The Gospel of Guerrilla Gardening

Local News | Breaking ground on an urban farm for the needy on Beacon Hill | Seattle Times Newspaper

Local News | Breaking ground on an urban farm for the needy on Beacon Hill | Seattle Times Newspaper

When Will Our Urban Renewal Start?

I am convinced more than ever that urban renewal is the only way to see our city prosper. Continuing to rely on old paradigms and old ideas to reclaim past 'glory days' is but a shadow of a not so perfect vision. If only we could have the auto business back things would be so grand! I don't think so. I think its time that we vision a Windsor that has moved past an auto-driven economy. But that takes new leaders, new thinkers, new doers, and its obvious that 'change' and 'new' are not really popular in the land of the status quo. It's more about what it takes to get an elected positions. Consider what some other places around the world are doing:

• -Towns gave out free chickens to its residents to help reduce food waste.
• -Cities pass ordinances allowing for urban chickens and agriculture in the city.
• -Old light rail lines are being revivedand will come back to life again.
• -Investments into solar and wind power industries and research.
• -School programs that include agriculture in the curriculum and gardens on the property.
• -Food Policies are adopted among municipalities and cities.
• -Farmer's Markets are supported by local business and government.
• -Investments into vertical agriculture from all levels.
• -Cities invest in Green Roofs.
• -Large Scale industrial agriculture is banned.
• -Non-GMO legislation is introduced and passed.
• -Local food conferences are planned and organized

It is time that we, as citizens of Windsor and Essex County, take a stand for what we know is right, a sustainable world, where we are not living off the resources of our children and grandchildren. We created the mess- its up to us as the survivors of the past 50 years to turn the ship around before the old guard sinks it to the bottom of the sea!