Compost Outlaws

...eles Local Enforcement Agency telling her to “cease and desist” composting food waste that was not generated at her home. The letter was signed by David Thompson, the agency’s program supervisor, who declined to talk on the record. But a city spokeswoman said there would be no additional action taken if there are no more complaints. It turns out it’s against the law to compost material not generated at your own residence. So when you take back tha...

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Texas Town Outlaws Common Sense

...ave decided to enforce codes outlawing backyard chickens and Marye Audet a food writer, author and owner of nineteen heritage breed Barred Rocks has been pulled into their poultry dragnet. She ain’t happy about it. “My dad and my father- in- law were WWII vets. I am a veteran. My husband is a disabled veteran. My oldest son is in Iraq currently, for his second tour of duty. And this afternoon, as I shut the door, in tears, I wondered…This is what...

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Carrot Cake Smackdown!

...The charming Evan Kleiman searching for that elusive Korean taco wagon . . . Listen to Mr. and Mrs. Homegrown Evolution talking about urban homesteading on KCRW’s Good Food with Evan Kleiman. The show is archived here at KRCW.com....

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Saturday Tweets: A Wacky Week

...//t.co/lFNgzheylY — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 13, 2016 Half of all US food produce is thrown away, new research suggests https://t.co/sC98D5n4XW — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 13, 2016 Drones to unleash vaccine-laced M&Ms in bid to save endangered ferrets https://t.co/3qgoli6bFq — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 12, 2016 Smokey was wrong. You can’t prevent wildfires, and you shouldn’t try. https://t.co/q0xRSrFqtF via @grist — Root Simple (@r...

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