In 2007, the City Council of Missoula, Montana passed an ordinance allowing six chickens per urban lot. Missoula followed the lead of many other cities seeking to expand urban agriculture and food security opportunities through microlivestock. This paper gives context to the implementation of a specific ordinance, investigates the benefits and challenges experienced by twenty households in Missoula, and connects it back to the food system as a whole
The purpose of this Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is to determine the effects of backyard ch...
First paragraphs: Today, Americans consume an average of 91 pounds (41 kilograms) of chicken annuall...
Pastured poultry is poultry rotationally raised on pasture, as opposed to large-scale confinement op...
The locavore movement and similar trends in sustainable agriculture and health are renewing interest...
This ethnographic study explores how the discovery of lead contamination in urban chicken flocks in ...
Describes how the consolidation of the poultry industry raises concerns about treatment and disposal...
Locavores aim to source their food locally. Many locavores are also concerned more broadly with livi...
This project analyzed the last few decades of production and consumption of chicken eggs and broiler...
Through the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns, humans have been exposed to the threat that the exploit...
Poultry and eggs are produced on 90 percent of all the farms in South Dakota. The annual income from...
This paper assesses the value of backyard chickens in meeting municipal solid waste policy goals, re...
A century ago chicken was considered a luxury item. In fact, people would eat steak or lobster when ...
The Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service periodically issues revisions to its publications. The mo...
The farms of wide-open pastures, free-ranging cows, and chicken pens are becoming a thing of the pas...
Slaughterhouse Blues: The Meat and Poultry Industry in North America. By Donald D. Stull and Michael...
The purpose of this Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is to determine the effects of backyard ch...
First paragraphs: Today, Americans consume an average of 91 pounds (41 kilograms) of chicken annuall...
Pastured poultry is poultry rotationally raised on pasture, as opposed to large-scale confinement op...
The locavore movement and similar trends in sustainable agriculture and health are renewing interest...
This ethnographic study explores how the discovery of lead contamination in urban chicken flocks in ...
Describes how the consolidation of the poultry industry raises concerns about treatment and disposal...
Locavores aim to source their food locally. Many locavores are also concerned more broadly with livi...
This project analyzed the last few decades of production and consumption of chicken eggs and broiler...
Through the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns, humans have been exposed to the threat that the exploit...
Poultry and eggs are produced on 90 percent of all the farms in South Dakota. The annual income from...
This paper assesses the value of backyard chickens in meeting municipal solid waste policy goals, re...
A century ago chicken was considered a luxury item. In fact, people would eat steak or lobster when ...
The Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service periodically issues revisions to its publications. The mo...
The farms of wide-open pastures, free-ranging cows, and chicken pens are becoming a thing of the pas...
Slaughterhouse Blues: The Meat and Poultry Industry in North America. By Donald D. Stull and Michael...
The purpose of this Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is to determine the effects of backyard ch...
First paragraphs: Today, Americans consume an average of 91 pounds (41 kilograms) of chicken annuall...
Pastured poultry is poultry rotationally raised on pasture, as opposed to large-scale confinement op...