Today about 9 billion chickens are raised for food in the U.S. annually, a staggering 1400% increase from 50 years ago. Back then, the chicken were raised by more than 1.6 million independent farmers, while today less than 30,000 farms — many of them concentrated factory farms — raise billions of [...]
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If You Live in THIS City, You Can Now Be Paid to Have Backyard Chickens. Here’s How…
The city of Austin, Texas just announced that they are offering free chicken keeping classes and offering a $75 rebate for anyone who purchases a chicken coop, reported KVUE-TV. It’s all a part of their Resource Recovery Home Composting Rebate Program, whose goal is to help Austin reach zero [...]
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