Uniting Around Food to Save an Ailing Town - NYTimes.com

[Craig Hibberd]

Good article about a small town's local food movement in Vermont.  
One day, when the Allen Memorial Hospital moves, we will have a  
solid, empty building with a certified commercial kitchen suitable  
for local food production.  The value added piece will add jobs and  
income way beyond just raw food production.

- Craig Hibberd
-----------------------------------------------
Facing a Main Street dotted with vacant stores, residents of this  
hardscrabble community of 3,000 are reaching into its past to secure  
its future, betting on farming to make Hardwick the town that was  
saved by food.

With the fervor of Internet pioneers, young artisans and agricultural  
entrepreneurs are expanding aggressively, reaching out to investors  
and working together to create a collective strength never before  
seen in this seedbed of Yankee individualism.

Rob Lewis, the town manager, said these enterprises have added 75 to  
100 jobs to the area in the past few years.

“We have something unique here: a strong sense of community,  
connections to the working landscape and a great work ethic,” said  
Mr. Meyer, who was instrumental in moving many of these efforts forward.

Next year the Vermont Food Venture Center, where producers can rent  
kitchen space and get business advice for adding value to raw  
ingredients, is moving to Hardwick from Fairfax, 40 miles west,  
because, Mr. Meyer said, “it sees the benefit of being part of the  
healthy food system.” He expects it to assist 15 to 20 entrepreneurs  
next year.

“All of us have realized that by working together we will be more  
successful as businesses,” said Tom Stearns, owner of High Mowing  
Organic Seeds. “At the same time we will advance our mission to help  
rebuild the food system, conserve farmland and make it economically  
viable to farm in a sustainable way.”

To expand these enterprises further, the Center for an Agricultural  
Economy recently bought a 15-acre property to start a center for  
agricultural education. There will also be a year-round farmers’  
market (from what began about 20 years ago as one farmer selling from  
the trunk of his car on Main Street) and a community garden, which  
started with one plot and now has 22, with a greenhouse and a paid  
gardening specialist.

“Twelve years ago the market for local food was lukewarm,” Mr.  
Johnson added. “Now this state is primed for anything that is local.  
It’s a way to preserve our villages and rebuild them.”

Woody Tasch, chairman of Investors Circle, a nonprofit network of  
investors and foundations dedicated to sustainability, said: “What  
the Hardwick guys are doing is the first wave of what could be a  
major social transformation, the swinging back of the pendulum from  
industrialization and globalization.”

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[Kaki Hunter]

Kaki is getting ready to make her annual order of raw organic almonds from a
farm in California. The almonds are about $8.25 per pound. They are fresh
and delicious.

 Would any one like to add to my order? The shipping will be cheaper if we
order together.

One 25#pound box is approx. $225.00. with the shipping.

Please let me know as soon as possible as they sell out quickly.

Kaki Hunter
259-8378





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Good article about a small town's local food movement in Vermont.  
One day, when the Allen Memorial Hospital moves, we will have a  
solid, empty building with a certified commercial kitchen suitable  
for local food production.  The value added piece will add jobs and  
income way beyond just raw food production.

- Craig Hibberd
-----------------------------------------------
Facing a Main Street dotted with vacant stores, residents of this  
hardscrabble community of 3,000 are reaching into its past to secure  
its future, betting on farming to make Hardwick the town that was  
saved by food.

With the fervor of Internet pioneers, young artisans and agricultural  
entrepreneurs are expanding aggressively, reaching out to investors  
and working together to create a collective strength never before  
seen in this seedbed of Yankee individualism.

Rob Lewis, the town manager, said these enterprises have added 75 to  
100 jobs to the area in the past few years.

"We have something unique here: a strong sense of community,  
connections to the working landscape and a great work ethic," said  
Mr. Meyer, who was instrumental in moving many of these efforts forward.

Next year the Vermont Food Venture Center, where producers can rent  
kitchen space and get business advice for adding value to raw  
ingredients, is moving to Hardwick from Fairfax, 40 miles west,  
because, Mr. Meyer said, "it sees the benefit of being part of the  
healthy food system." He expects it to assist 15 to 20 entrepreneurs  
next year.

"All of us have realized that by working together we will be more  
successful as businesses," said Tom Stearns, owner of High Mowing  
Organic Seeds. "At the same time we will advance our mission to help  
rebuild the food system, conserve farmland and make it economically  
viable to farm in a sustainable way."

To expand these enterprises further, the Center for an Agricultural  
Economy recently bought a 15-acre property to start a center for  
agricultural education. There will also be a year-round farmers'  
market (from what began about 20 years ago as one farmer selling from  
the trunk of his car on Main Street) and a community garden, which  
started with one plot and now has 22, with a greenhouse and a paid  
gardening specialist.

"Twelve years ago the market for local food was lukewarm," Mr.  
Johnson added. "Now this state is primed for anything that is local.  
It's a way to preserve our villages and rebuild them."

Woody Tasch, chairman of Investors Circle, a nonprofit network of  
investors and foundations dedicated to sustainability, said: "What  
the Hardwick guys are doing is the first wave of what could be a  
major social transformation, the swinging back of the pendulum from  
industrialization and globalization."

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[Kaki Hunter]

Kaki would also like to place an order with Adobe Mills in Dove Creek for
beans and perhaps wheat berries from the area.

Any interest in collaborating on an order please contact me via email or my
phone number: 259-8378

Kaki


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Good article about a small town's local food movement in Vermont.  
One day, when the Allen Memorial Hospital moves, we will have a  
solid, empty building with a certified commercial kitchen suitable  
for local food production.  The value added piece will add jobs and  
income way beyond just raw food production.

- Craig Hibberd
-----------------------------------------------
Facing a Main Street dotted with vacant stores, residents of this  
hardscrabble community of 3,000 are reaching into its past to secure  
its future, betting on farming to make Hardwick the town that was  
saved by food.

With the fervor of Internet pioneers, young artisans and agricultural  
entrepreneurs are expanding aggressively, reaching out to investors  
and working together to create a collective strength never before  
seen in this seedbed of Yankee individualism.

Rob Lewis, the town manager, said these enterprises have added 75 to  
100 jobs to the area in the past few years.

"We have something unique here: a strong sense of community,  
connections to the working landscape and a great work ethic," said  
Mr. Meyer, who was instrumental in moving many of these efforts forward.

Next year the Vermont Food Venture Center, where producers can rent  
kitchen space and get business advice for adding value to raw  
ingredients, is moving to Hardwick from Fairfax, 40 miles west,  
because, Mr. Meyer said, "it sees the benefit of being part of the  
healthy food system." He expects it to assist 15 to 20 entrepreneurs  
next year.

"All of us have realized that by working together we will be more  
successful as businesses," said Tom Stearns, owner of High Mowing  
Organic Seeds. "At the same time we will advance our mission to help  
rebuild the food system, conserve farmland and make it economically  
viable to farm in a sustainable way."

To expand these enterprises further, the Center for an Agricultural  
Economy recently bought a 15-acre property to start a center for  
agricultural education. There will also be a year-round farmers'  
market (from what began about 20 years ago as one farmer selling from  
the trunk of his car on Main Street) and a community garden, which  
started with one plot and now has 22, with a greenhouse and a paid  
gardening specialist.

"Twelve years ago the market for local food was lukewarm," Mr.  
Johnson added. "Now this state is primed for anything that is local.  
It's a way to preserve our villages and rebuild them."

Woody Tasch, chairman of Investors Circle, a nonprofit network of  
investors and foundations dedicated to sustainability, said: "What  
the Hardwick guys are doing is the first wave of what could be a  
major social transformation, the swinging back of the pendulum from  
industrialization and globalization."

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[Jennifer Sadoff]

Hello,
I want to start this off by saying that this is an e-mail from me as a
community member, and not as a representative of the Youth Garden
Project.  My YGP e-mail is already subscribed and I do not want to
subscribe my personal e-mail also.  I live on Nichols Lane and have a
large backyard lot.  In July, I got three baby chicks for our family.  
My husband built a small, mobile coop that we keep very clean.  They
are still small, and I can't tell if there are any roosters yet (no one
is crowing, yet).  If there are, we will 'make other arrangements' for
any roosters.  There are some roosters in a lot behind us who started
crowing around the same time we got our chickens.  I believe this led
to one of our neighbors filing a complaint about our chickens.  
Unfortunately, it is my fault the neighbors even realized we have them.
  There is no smell, and no noise from the chickens, but my new favorite
relaxation activity has been to help the chickens hunt crickets.  So
around the yard I wander calling 'chickies', which is probably how my
neighbor realized they were even there (because it is tricky to see
them through the 6 foot solid vinyl fence).

Anyway.  Yesterday I received a notice from the City of Moab stating
the keeping of fowl is not a permitted use in the R-2 zone.    The code
itself is actually pretty vague, and says nothing about chickens, but
if there is a complaint they crack down.  I talked with Sommar Johnson
an she will be sending me the form for a code revision.   I know that
part of the foodies mission statement is to look at current zoning
issues that impede community members from sourcing food locally.  
Personally, I think more people raising a few chickens to meet their
families food needs is vital.  It is a great local source of protein,
free-range chickens are healthier and have more nutritious eggs than
the commercial eggs available.  The chickens are treated more humanely
as they are not kept in a building standing atop each other. There is
some input in fuel for the feed but they require less feed as they are
foraging (if they liked squash bugs they would be perfect).  Sommar
recommended filing for a code revision that allows for chickens as a
conditional use permit.  I think that a compromise of this code could
be reached with the code allowing for chickens, BUT NOT ROOSTERS,  and
perhaps limiting the flock size.  There could also be allowances and
setbacks (currently this is in the code) for coops to be a minimum of
100 ft. from any residence.

Would anyone like to join me on working on this.  If I keep you
updated, will you come support it at a city planning commission and
council meeting?
Let me know and I will keep you informed off the list.
Thanks!

Jen Sadoff
719-4076


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[audrey Graham]

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salt lake city proper has this ordinance, with no roosters. It appears to be working great and I fully support the idea! I would imagine it is on the website for SLC..

 

Audrey Graham
435-220-0185

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Subject: [CSS] Backyard chickens and current city ordinance


Hello,
I want to start this off by saying that this is an e-mail from me as a
community member, and not as a representative of the Youth Garden
Project.  My YGP e-mail is already subscribed and I do not want to
subscribe my personal e-mail also.  I live on Nichols Lane and have a
large backyard lot.  In July, I got three baby chicks for our family. 
My husband built a small, mobile coop that we keep very clean.  They
are still small, and I can't tell if there are any roosters yet (no one
is crowing, yet).  If there are, we will 'make other arrangements' for
any roosters.  There are some roosters in a lot behind us who started
crowing around the same time we got our chickens.  I believe this led
to one of our neighbors filing a complaint about our chickens. 
Unfortunately, it is my fault the neighbors even realized we have them.
  There is no smell, and no noise from the chickens, but my new favorite
relaxation activity has been to help the chickens hunt crickets.  So
around the yard I wander calling 'chickies', which is probably how my
neighbor realized they were even there (because it is tricky to see
them through the 6 foot solid vinyl fence).

Anyway.  Yesterday I received a notice from the City of Moab stating
the keeping of fowl is not a permitted use in the R-2 zone.    The code
itself is actually pretty vague, and says nothing about chickens, but
if there is a complaint they crack down.  I talked with Sommar Johnson
an she will be sending me the form for a code revision.  I know that
part of the foodies mission statement is to look at current zoning
issues that impede community members from sourcing food locally. 
Personally, I think more people raising a few chickens to meet their
families food needs is vital.  It is a great local source of protein,
free-range chickens are healthier and have more nutritious eggs than
the commercial eggs available.  The chickens are treated more humanely
as they are not kept in a building standing atop each other. There is
some input in fuel for the feed but they require less feed as they are
foraging (if they liked squash bugs they would be perfect).  Sommar
recommended filing for a code revision that allows for chickens as a
conditional use permit.  I think that a compromise of this code could
be reached with the code allowing for chickens, BUT NOT ROOSTERS,  and
perhaps limiting the flock size.  There could also be allowances and
setbacks (currently this is in the code) for coops to be a minimum of
100 ft. from any residence.

Would anyone like to join me on working on this.  If I keep you
updated, will you come support it at a city planning commission and
council meeting?
Let me know and I will keep you informed off the list.
Thanks!

Jen Sadoff
719-4076



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[Anne Urbanek]

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From: "Jennifer Sadoff" <[hidden email]>
To: <[hidden email]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 12:56 PM
Subject: [CSS] Backyard chickens and current city ordinance

>
> Hello,
> I want to start this off by saying that this is an e-mail from me as a
> community member, and not as a representative of the Youth Garden
> Project.  My YGP e-mail is already subscribed and I do not want to
> subscribe my personal e-mail also.  I live on Nichols Lane and have a
> large backyard lot.  In July, I got three baby chicks for our family.
> My husband built a small, mobile coop that we keep very clean.  They
> are still small, and I can't tell if there are any roosters yet (no one
> is crowing, yet).  If there are, we will 'make other arrangements' for
> any roosters.  There are some roosters in a lot behind us who started
> crowing around the same time we got our chickens.  I believe this led
> to one of our neighbors filing a complaint about our chickens.
> Unfortunately, it is my fault the neighbors even realized we have them.
>  There is no smell, and no noise from the chickens, but my new favorite
> relaxation activity has been to help the chickens hunt crickets.  So
> around the yard I wander calling 'chickies', which is probably how my
> neighbor realized they were even there (because it is tricky to see
> them through the 6 foot solid vinyl fence).
>
> Anyway.  Yesterday I received a notice from the City of Moab stating
> the keeping of fowl is not a permitted use in the R-2 zone.    The code
> itself is actually pretty vague, and says nothing about chickens, but
> if there is a complaint they crack down.  I talked with Sommar Johnson
> an she will be sending me the form for a code revision.   I know that
> part of the foodies mission statement is to look at current zoning
> issues that impede community members from sourcing food locally.
> Personally, I think more people raising a few chickens to meet their
> families food needs is vital.  It is a great local source of protein,
> free-range chickens are healthier and have more nutritious eggs than
> the commercial eggs available.  The chickens are treated more humanely
> as they are not kept in a building standing atop each other. There is
> some input in fuel for the feed but they require less feed as they are
> foraging (if they liked squash bugs they would be perfect).  Sommar
> recommended filing for a code revision that allows for chickens as a
> conditional use permit.  I think that a compromise of this code could
> be reached with the code allowing for chickens, BUT NOT ROOSTERS,  and
> perhaps limiting the flock size.  There could also be allowances and
> setbacks (currently this is in the code) for coops to be a minimum of
> 100 ft. from any residence.
>
> Would anyone like to join me on working on this.  If I keep you
> updated, will you come support it at a city planning commission and
> council meeting?
> Let me know and I will keep you informed off the list.
> Thanks!
>
> Jen Sadoff
> 719-4076
>
>
> >

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[Anne Urbanek]

Hi,
My neighbor has a couple of chickens who wander over in my front yard and
eat the bugs, no problem.  I can give you a couple of names of people who
have or would like to have chickens if you call me.  259-7654  Speak slowly
as I don't hear well on the phone.    We raised rabbits for years, but we
had an empty lot next to the part of the yard where we kept the hutches so
nobody complained.

Try training you chicks to come to 'here, kitty"   ;-)

Anne Urbanek


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[Kaki Hunter]

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Dear CSS and anyone you think may be interested in a group food order,

 

Adobe milling company will offer their bean crop produce for sale starting November 1^st.

 

The brushing machine that cleans the beans needs fixing, that’s why their selling date is late.

 

They will have the following beans for sale in 10#, 20#, 50# and 100# bags; PINTO, BLACK AND ANASAZI BEANS.

 

No prices are available until Nov. 1^st.

 

In the meantime I am preparing to order organic (really) raw almonds from California @ 8.25 per pound. Any takers?

 

Also LANCE, do you know of any sources for organic whole wheat berries from the Dove Creek area or closer?

 

I still have lots of Italian prune plums to give away.

 

 

Kaki @ 259-8378

 

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From: marcia tendick [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 1:57 PM
To: Kaki Hunter; Kaki Hunter
Subject: Re: [CSS] Re: Uniting Around Food to Save an Ailing Town - NYTimes.com

 

Yes, yes on almonds and beans. The multicultural center would like to stock up on beans for the winter for the many clients who are out of work at that time. When is a good time to meet with you to plot out how much and the cost?
Thanks, marcia

On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 11:11 AM, Kaki Hunter <[hidden email]> wrote:

Kaki would also like to place an order with Adobe Mills in Dove Creek for
beans and perhaps wheat berries from the area.

Any interest in collaborating on an order please contact me via email or my
phone number: 259-8378

Kaki

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From: [hidden email]
[mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Craig Hibberd
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 10:02 AM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: [CSS] Uniting Around Food to Save an Ailing Town - NYTimes.com

Good article about a small town's local food movement in Vermont.
One day, when the Allen Memorial Hospital moves, we will have a
solid, empty building with a certified commercial kitchen suitable
for local food production.  The value added piece will add jobs and
income way beyond just raw food production.

- Craig Hibberd
-----------------------------------------------
Facing a Main Street dotted with vacant stores, residents of this
hardscrabble community of 3,000 are reaching into its past to secure
its future, betting on farming to make Hardwick the town that was
saved by food.

With the fervor of Internet pioneers, young artisans and agricultural
entrepreneurs are expanding aggressively, reaching out to investors
and working together to create a collective strength never before
seen in this seedbed of Yankee individualism.

Rob Lewis, the town manager, said these enterprises have added 75 to
100 jobs to the area in the past few years.

"We have something unique here: a strong sense of community,
connections to the working landscape and a great work ethic," said
Mr. Meyer, who was instrumental in moving many of these efforts forward.

Next year the Vermont Food Venture Center, where producers can rent
kitchen space and get business advice for adding value to raw
ingredients, is moving to Hardwick from Fairfax, 40 miles west,
because, Mr. Meyer said, "it sees the benefit of being part of the
healthy food system." He expects it to assist 15 to 20 entrepreneurs
next year.

"All of us have realized that by working together we will be more
successful as businesses," said Tom Stearns, owner of High Mowing
Organic Seeds. "At the same time we will advance our mission to help
rebuild the food system, conserve farmland and make it economically
viable to farm in a sustainable way."

To expand these enterprises further, the Center for an Agricultural
Economy recently bought a 15-acre property to start a center for
agricultural education. There will also be a year-round farmers'
market (from what began about 20 years ago as one farmer selling from
the trunk of his car on Main Street) and a community garden, which
started with one plot and now has 22, with a greenhouse and a paid
gardening specialist.

"Twelve years ago the market for local food was lukewarm," Mr.
Johnson added. "Now this state is primed for anything that is local.
It's a way to preserve our villages and rebuild them."

Woody Tasch, chairman of Investors Circle, a nonprofit network of
investors and foundations dedicated to sustainability, said: "What
the Hardwick guys are doing is the first wave of what could be a
major social transformation, the swinging back of the pendulum from
industrialization and globalization."

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[Moab Rocker]

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Thanks for doing this Kaki!  Keep in mind that if its cheaper to order Big quantities, we can always bag/can in smaller portions for those wanting to be involved in this. IF

Sent from my iPhone so forgive typo's please!

On Oct 8, 2008, at 4:00 PM, "Kaki Hunter" <[hidden email]> wrote:

 

Dear CSS and anyone you think may be interested in a group food order,

 

Adobe milling company will offer their bean crop produce for sale starting November 1^st.

 

The brushing machine that cleans the beans needs fixing, that’s why their selling date is late.

 

They will have the following beans for sale in 10#, 20#, 50# and 100# bags; PINTO, BLACK AND ANASAZI BEANS.

 

No prices are available until Nov. 1^st.

 

In the meantime I am preparing to order organic (really) raw almonds from California @ 8.25 per pound. Any takers?

 

Also LANCE, do you know of any sources for organic whole wheat berries from the Dove Creek area or closer?

 

I still have lots of Italian prune plums to give away.

 

 

Kaki @ 259-8378

 

---

From: marcia tendick [[hidden email]]
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 1:57 PM
To: Kaki Hunter; Kaki Hunter
Subject: Re: [CSS] Re: Uniting Around Food to Save an Ailing Town - NYTimes.com

 

Yes, yes on almonds and beans. The multicultural center would like to stock up on beans for the winter for the many clients who are out of work at that time. When is a good time to meet with you to plot out how much and the cost?
Thanks, marcia

On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 11:11 AM, Kaki Hunter <[hidden email]> wrote:

Kaki would also like to place an order with Adobe Mills in Dove Creek for
beans and perhaps wheat berries from the area.

Any interest in collaborating on an order please contact me via email or my
phone number: 259-8378

Kaki

-----Original Message-----
From: [hidden email]
[mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Craig Hibberd
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 10:02 AM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: [CSS] Uniting Around Food to Save an Ailing Town - NYTimes.com

Good article about a small town's local food movement in Vermont.
One day, when the Allen Memorial Hospital moves, we will have a
solid, empty building with a certified commercial kitchen suitable
for local food production.  The value added piece will add jobs and
income way beyond just raw food production.

- Craig Hibberd
-----------------------------------------------
Facing a Main Street dotted with vacant stores, residents of this
hardscrabble community of 3,000 are reaching into its past to secure
its future, betting on farming to make Hardwick the town that was
saved by food.

With the fervor of Internet pioneers, young artisans and agricultural
entrepreneurs are expanding aggressively, reaching out to investors
and working together to create a collective strength never before
seen in this seedbed of Yankee individualism.

Rob Lewis, the town manager, said these enterprises have added 75 to
100 jobs to the area in the past few years.

"We have something unique here: a strong sense of community,
connections to the working landscape and a great work ethic," said
Mr. Meyer, who was instrumental in moving many of these efforts forward.

Next year the Vermont Food Venture Center, where producers can rent
kitchen space and get business advice for adding value to raw
ingredients, is moving to Hardwick from Fairfax, 40 miles west,
because, Mr. Meyer said, "it sees the benefit of being part of the
healthy food system." He expects it to assist 15 to 20 entrepreneurs
next year.

"All of us have realized that by working together we will be more
successful as businesses," said Tom Stearns, owner of High Mowing
Organic Seeds. "At the same time we will advance our mission to help
rebuild the food system, conserve farmland and make it economically
viable to farm in a sustainable way."

To expand these enterprises further, the Center for an Agricultural
Economy recently bought a 15-acre property to start a center for
agricultural education. There will also be a year-round farmers'
market (from what began about 20 years ago as one farmer selling from
the trunk of his car on Main Street) and a community garden, which
started with one plot and now has 22, with a greenhouse and a paid
gardening specialist.

"Twelve years ago the market for local food was lukewarm," Mr.
Johnson added. "Now this state is primed for anything that is local.
It's a way to preserve our villages and rebuild them."

Woody Tasch, chairman of Investors Circle, a nonprofit network of
investors and foundations dedicated to sustainability, said: "What
the Hardwick guys are doing is the first wave of what could be a
major social transformation, the swinging back of the pendulum from
industrialization and globalization."

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/dining/08verm.html

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[Moab Rocker]

Thanks for bringing this up, Jennifer - I think it should be covered on this
list serve, though, so we can all benefit from this process.  Allowing
chickens could positively affect a lot of residents in Moab, as far as a
sustainable, attainable food source (eggs) - there are a lot of cities who
are supporting sustainability in their community through zoning restrictions
as well as code revisions.  I wouldn't limit the language too much at this
point (eg Roosters), until you explore the subject completely,

My daughter Natalie has had chickens for several years at her house on 400
east.  It's zoned commercial, which is why she's gotten away with it.  I
would definitely talk with her about the ins & outs of smaller yard
chickenry.  She's been successful with it now for a long time and could
perhaps shed light for you. JF

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Hello,
I want to start this off by saying that this is an e-mail from me as a
community member, and not as a representative of the Youth Garden
Project.  My YGP e-mail is already subscribed and I do not want to
subscribe my personal e-mail also.  I live on Nichols Lane and have a
large backyard lot.  In July, I got three baby chicks for our family.  
My husband built a small, mobile coop that we keep very clean.  They
are still small, and I can't tell if there are any roosters yet (no one
is crowing, yet).  If there are, we will 'make other arrangements' for
any roosters.  There are some roosters in a lot behind us who started
crowing around the same time we got our chickens.  I believe this led
to one of our neighbors filing a complaint about our chickens.  
Unfortunately, it is my fault the neighbors even realized we have them.
  There is no smell, and no noise from the chickens, but my new favorite
relaxation activity has been to help the chickens hunt crickets.  So
around the yard I wander calling 'chickies', which is probably how my
neighbor realized they were even there (because it is tricky to see
them through the 6 foot solid vinyl fence).

Anyway.  Yesterday I received a notice from the City of Moab stating
the keeping of fowl is not a permitted use in the R-2 zone.    The code
itself is actually pretty vague, and says nothing about chickens, but
if there is a complaint they crack down.  I talked with Sommar Johnson
an she will be sending me the form for a code revision.   I know that
part of the foodies mission statement is to look at current zoning
issues that impede community members from sourcing food locally.  
Personally, I think more people raising a few chickens to meet their
families food needs is vital.  It is a great local source of protein,
free-range chickens are healthier and have more nutritious eggs than
the commercial eggs available.  The chickens are treated more humanely
as they are not kept in a building standing atop each other. There is
some input in fuel for the feed but they require less feed as they are
foraging (if they liked squash bugs they would be perfect).  Sommar
recommended filing for a code revision that allows for chickens as a
conditional use permit.  I think that a compromise of this code could
be reached with the code allowing for chickens, BUT NOT ROOSTERS,  and
perhaps limiting the flock size.  There could also be allowances and
setbacks (currently this is in the code) for coops to be a minimum of
100 ft. from any residence.

Would anyone like to join me on working on this.  If I keep you
updated, will you come support it at a city planning commission and
council meeting?
Let me know and I will keep you informed off the list.
Thanks!

Jen Sadoff
719-4076





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[Judy Powers]

I really like the "here kitty" solution.
This really is an issue to pursue. They eat bugs and I understand their
ppop is a very good fertilizer. Judy

Anne Urbanek wrote:

>Hi,
>My neighbor has a couple of chickens who wander over in my front yard and
>eat the bugs, no problem.  I can give you a couple of names of people who
>have or would like to have chickens if you call me.  259-7654  Speak slowly
>as I don't hear well on the phone.    We raised rabbits for years, but we
>had an empty lot next to the part of the yard where we kept the hutches so
>nobody complained.
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>Try training you chicks to come to 'here, kitty"   ;-)
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