Urban Farming in Oakland

Public radio station KCRW has an excellent interview with urban farmer and writer Novella Carpenter. Carpenter has pigs, goats, ducks, chickens and more all on a small lot in Oakland, California. You can listen to the radio interview here (along with some other interesting segments on hunting caribou, cooking pasta, roasting peppers, and more) on chef Evan Kleiman’s show Good Food. You can also check out Carpenter’s blog, meaningfulpursuit.com. W...

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Urban Livestock and Bikes!

India: chickens and bikes in a photo by Shabbir Siraj Urban Livestock Workshop Homegrown Evolution will be hosting an urban livestock workshop at our humble abode in Silver Lake on March 1st from 1-4pm. We’ll be talkin’ chicken, permaculturist Joan Stevens will be rapping about rabbits and Leonardo Chalupowicz will share his recent experience of becoming a “backwards” beekeeper. We’ll discuss how to integrate these animals into your backyard and...

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Is Urban Homesteading Over With?

...hat people are actually doing. Here’s what I found: Backyard Chickens Many urban homesteading activities are seasonal–in spring people start searching for information on chickens and vegetable gardens, so you’ll see upward spikes towards the end of winter in the Northern Hemisphere. Judging from the results on “backyard chickens,” it looks like that it’s a trend that is growing in popularity. Some of this activity may be related to legalization ef...

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Saturday Tweets: How about we all make some beer vinegar in a thatched dome?

How to Make Beer Vinegar https://t.co/0dsSivOLU8 via @Hank_Shaw pic.twitter.com/o4DHwgLyQj — Emily Han (@misschiffonade) February 27, 2016 Building A Primitive Thatched Dome Hut From Scratch https://t.co/xBRYowES23 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 27, 2016 Garden Flags with Shibori and Permanent Dye | Garden Rant https://t.co/O003TFYcqL — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 26, 2016 The world's most frugal man: https://t.co/iraYtFUj2W via...

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