Urban Chickens on Trial: Support The Appeal

HELP SAVE URBAN CHICKENS!!!
Please help Canadian food activist, Paul Hughes, appeal the decision by a Canadian court that owning Urban chickens is not a constitutional right!

Urban Chickens on Trial: The Decision

Some sad news for Urban Homesteads...

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Calgary food activist has lost the backyard hen battle, for now...

Urban Chicken Offender

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Well.... It's 'Another Monday on the Homestead', and I have some not-so-great news to share...

Urban Hens on Trial: The Beginning

 The Canadian Right To Food Trial

In 2009 I decided to build myself a chicken coop, and get myself a couple of heritage breed hens. The only issue was, I live in the City of Calgary, where there is a bylaw prohibiting livestock and poultry within the city limits. Well I didn't let that stop me, and you can read my post on The Egg Industry in Canada to learn more about my motives.

The Egg Industry in Canada

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In the name of affordable food, millions of hens in Canada suffer each year. This September I took a stand against the Canadian Egg Industry. I no longer purchase eggs from battery hens, and have decided to unlawfully raise my own healthy, happy hens for eggs in my backyard.