Zoning laws control many things. The only reason we don't have chickens in our backyard is that it is illegal to do so in our city. I sometimes wonder if the moral imperative of feeding my family good food is superior to that of obeying the law... but I don't know how to decide, nor how to convince those that would need to agree with me!
Aug 7, 2008
Farming...
So with the fun I'm having in the kitchen and the ridiculous price I pay for some products because they are so rare (raw, local, organic), I dream & dream & dream of having our own farm. Joel Salatin is a farmer and advocate of sustainable farming and he wrote this mildly discouraging little piece, which shares a title with one of his books. I liked it, but now I can't imagine the bureaucracy I'd have to go through! Oh dear!
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Very interesting article you linked to. Driving through Mexico, we often wondered how it is that so many people can sell food directly off of their farms, or set up a stand for tamales on the street.
I think we can legally keep chickens at our house there, too. :)
Hi,
It's funny coming across your post as I just finished bidding on Joel Salatin's book, Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal, on Ebay.
We took the leap - our birds are illegal and will live in a garage coop when we move. It's not an optimal situation but as it does not interfere with our neighbors' enjoyment of their own properties, I spent a great deal of time trying to track down a place that WOULD allow chickens (only to buy a house and then find out that the prohibition was hidden in an addendum to the zoning code) AND waited three years before that because I didn't want to break the law...I'm not willing to mess around any longer. It's the right thing for my family and I'm not ashamed to do it.
I've been writing a little about these sorts of issues here.
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