I brought Henrietta in the other night to put Vaseline on her poor chapped comb and Britton snapped this photo of us

I saw this article about Joel Salatin and I thought it was great. He talks about how farming could and should be, and that it really would be the easier way to do it had it not been for the chemical and food industry pushes. I especially liked the comment he made about backyard chickens when he said:

“If you want to get brutally honest, in my opinion we shouldn’t even have egg sales in America! Every restaurant and every home should have two or three chickens. I mean, you got a parakeet, why not have two chickens? You get eggs instead of a parrot keeping you awake at night. In a perfect world, that’s how it would be.”

Salatin’s views came into focus when author Michal Pollan included him in his book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma.  I am also really excited to go pick up Michal Pollan’s new book Food Rules (this link says it’s only $5 is that right?).

The Greeley City Council did move the chicken ordinance on to the February 16th schedule, so plan on coming down and helping us at 6:30pm City Council Chambers (next to Lincoln Library).