#urban-farming
Issues, solutions, and case studies for urban-farming
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Solutions 2
#00033Coop rebates and chicken-keeping classes: subsidise resident-owned backyard hens
The municipality does not distribute hens. It subsidises coops with a rebate and runs free chicken-keeping classes so residents keep their own backyard hens that eat food scraps. This avoids the authority's animal-welfare liability and fits where keeping hens is already legal.
#00032Collective and institutional hen coops: shared coops for households without gardens
Install a shared coop serving many households or an institution (school, retirement home) instead of giving hens to individual homes. Residents bring food scraps, a rota or staff care for the hens, and eggs are shared. Reaches gardenless households and spreads the care burden.
Case studies 3
Austin, Texas, USA
OngoingCity of Austin / Austin Resource Recovery · City
$75 · City of Austin / Austin Resource Recovery (municipal waste department), zero-waste programme · 1 source
Commune de Villers-les-Pots (resident-run communal coop) · Neighborhood
1 source
Commune de Navailles-Angos (school coop) · Neighborhood
1 source