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Hit piece of an article from an East coaster. It doesn't take much traveling to realize that people in California like all organic, chicken, and organic food a
by ardit33 9y ago
Hit piece of an article from an East coaster. It doesn't take much traveling to realize that people in California like all organic, chicken, and organic food as something normal/part of their lifestyle, independent of their income.
Heck, I know plenty of folks in either Oakland or Berkley, that do raise their own animals.
Being in SV, or an engineer, has anything to do it. The only constrain is to have a back yard. When that is not possible, than people start growing organic in communal farms.
There are few of them in Brooklyn as well, even one in East Village (done on an abandoned lot).
- stephencanon 9y agoIt doesn't take much traveling to realize that people in the Northeast are basically interchangeable with folks in the Bay Area, and that we have plenty of backyard animals here, too. (I lived in Berkeley and Palo Alto for a decade, back in New England now, have always kept chickens. Had goats in Palo Alto, will have them again in New England when we move to a house with bigger yard.)
- xkcd-sucks 9y agoPrivileges: - to have the option, not the requirement, of raising animals for food - to have the good health and free time to hobby farm - to have access to land (organic communal plots are not too common in super low income areas, community gardens are a hallmark of gentrification) - to live in a place where you can go to a communal plot outside of normal working hours without looking like a criminal and getting shot (or looking like a mark and getting robbed) Basically anyone that has this option is doing okay for themselves-- Anyone struggling in a suburban/urban environment can't muster the resources to grow their own food, or would rather not have to.