Chicks in the city, Are backyard chickens sustainable, or just stylish?
A glib headline (and tone at times), but a pretty fair article. The last few paragraphs are perhaps the most poignant, with the final sentence being the kicker.
Whatever the benefits hens provide in terms of providing eggs, shortening the food chain, taking are of kitchen scraps or fertilizing the yard, she admits that they’re a luxury. We have the opportunity to choose whether or not to gather our own eggs or buy them from any one of the several vendors our society affords.
[Heather] Jarvey hints, however, that it might not always be so, and that having a few small-scale producers in the community keeps alive agricultural practices that might one day be important for the survival of neighbourhoods and communities.
“Yes, it is a luxury – right now,” she says. “But I’d rather be doing it while it’s a luxury than try to figure it out when it’s a necessity.”
Read the rest of the article on the Granville Magazine site.
