Chicken keeper Martha, of the New Green Blog, was featured on Niteline News a few days ago.  She has three hens that live in an Eglu in her Brooklyn backyard. It's a great news piece, and Martha cooks up some fresh eggs that the reporter then proceeds to eat!

Watch the video online.

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• Chickens, and bees, may soon be legalized in Asheville, NC.
• Making ends meet during the great depression often involved keeping chickens.

The White House has been in the news lately, stirring excitement among gardeners and beekeepers worldwide.   On the first day of spring, the First Lady Michelle Obama broke ground for a 1,100 square foot fruit and vegetable garden on the south lawn of the White House.  She was assisted by a group of local 5th graders, which highlights her interest in food and nutrition education.  Also, it was recently announced that the White House now has it's first bee hive, which will help to pollinate the garden and highlight the important role of pollinators in food production.   read more »

This week/month in chickens:

• Missoula, Montana just celebrated it's 1 year anniversary of legalized chicken keeping. Has it been a success? Find out here.
• Chicken keeping up for debate in Cleveland, with new regulations on the table. (I am from the area originally, and I am currently visiting for 2 weeks! Glad to see support for chickens in my old stomping ground.)
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Be sure to check out The New Coop de Ville: The Craze for Urban Poultry Farming over at Newsweek.com. The article is well done - Jessica Bennett really did her research on the topic (and she interviewed us as well).
That's all I have time to write today!

This week in the world of chickens...

• Countdown to State College chicken ordinance decision, vote to happen on the 20th of October.
• City dwellers flock to raising urban chickens. (Great article- and we are quoted in it!)
• Thomas K's picks: Top 9 books for newbie chicken keepers.
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Wow! Who would have thought our urban chicken keeping initiative would be so well received by the public and the press. So far I think we have been featured in 5 articles, and we were even interviewed for the evening news.

Check out the most recent article, Student: City well suited for urban chickens, project provides know-how on raising fowl at home, that appeared today in the University of New Mexico Daily Lobo.  read more »

Thanks to the hard work of Dan Brown and other Ft. Collins chicken supporters, residents of the city will now be allowed to keep hens in residential backyards. The city council passed the ordinance 5 to 1, which allows up to 6 hens per household.  Roosters and slaughtering are not permitted, and hens must be housed 15 feet from your property line.  read more »

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