Comments on: WashPost Ups Volume on Backyard Chickens http://dcfoodforall.com/2010/01/washpost-ups-volume-on-backyard-chickens/ A Wholesome Community Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:38:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Paul Hughes http://dcfoodforall.com/2010/01/washpost-ups-volume-on-backyard-chickens/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Paul Hughes Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:13:19 +0000 http://dcfoodforall.com/?p=252#comment-42 Many North American urban hen groups are bogged down by the bureaucraZy. To catapult to the core of this issue, consider this article from the Winnipeg Free Press which provides an example of the Universal Human Right to Food option. http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/suburban-henhouses-may-prove-hard-to-block-80494782.html "...when up against a "right to grow food" challenge, it is doubtful jurisdictions would be able to defend their bylaws..." Ergo, there shouldn't be a community in North America, or anyplace on the Planet for that matter, that outlaws growing/raising your own food. If there is, I'm sure many on this list would like to hear about it. CLUCK: Calgary Liberated Urban Chicken Club goes to court on 01April10 to present a Right to Food challenge against the present bylaw. Many North American urban hen groups are bogged down by the bureaucraZy. To catapult to the core of this issue, consider this article from the Winnipeg Free Press which provides an example of the Universal Human Right to Food option.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/suburban-henhouses-may-prove-hard-to-block-80494782.html

“…when up against a “right to grow food” challenge, it is doubtful jurisdictions would be able to defend their bylaws…”

Ergo, there shouldn’t be a community in North America, or anyplace on the Planet for that matter, that outlaws growing/raising your own food. If there is, I’m sure many on this list would like to hear about it.

CLUCK: Calgary Liberated Urban Chicken Club goes to court on 01April10 to present a Right to Food challenge against the present bylaw.

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