Hawa Arsala comment-9540 2009-06-16T21:16:18Z 2009-06-16T21:16:18Z It's great to hear about sustainable agriculture practices in Sacramento. Where can one find these gardens around the Sacramento area? Hawa Arsala 2009-06-16T21:16:18Z Juniper James comment-9536 2009-06-16T18:40:17Z 2009-06-16T18:40:17Z As someone who is involved in a few community garden efforts, I am completely interested in being further educated in this movement in Sacramento - I'll be on the tour! Thanks for the heads up! Juniper James 2009-06-16T18:40:17Z Casey Kirk comment-9493 2009-06-15T23:36:43Z 2009-06-15T23:36:43Z I second David's comment George, I had no idea that this movement was so big in Sacramento and think that this tour sounds great. Thanks for shedding some light onto it. Casey Kirk 2009-06-15T23:36:43Z George Jackson comment-9484 2009-06-15T20:42:17Z 2009-06-15T20:42:17Z They are based in the East Bay. See ore here: http://www.peoplesgrocery.org/ George Jackson 2009-06-15T20:42:17Z Jenn Walker comment-9483 2009-06-15T20:31:22Z 2009-06-15T20:31:22Z Is the People's Grocery local? I haven't heard of it before, I don't think. Jenn Walker 2009-06-15T20:31:22Z David Watts Barton comment-9475 2009-06-15T16:30:59Z 2009-06-15T16:30:59Z This is a great, comprehensive guide to a movement a lot of us don't know much about - but support wholeheartedly. Thanks for posting again, George! David Watts Barton 2009-06-15T16:30:59Z thsas comment-8050 2009-05-22T01:41:52Z 2009-05-22T01:41:52Z I think these were once called Victory gardens and perhaps pea gardens? thsas 2009-05-22T01:41:52Z Casey Kirk comment-8049 2009-05-22T01:28:23Z 2009-05-22T01:28:23Z I am really surprised this wasn't given more coverage. I think it's a great learning opportunity and there should be more gardens around town. Thanks for covering this for us! Casey Kirk 2009-05-22T01:28:23Z Ivy comment-7662 2009-05-15T01:33:09Z 2009-05-15T01:33:09Z Can anyone update on the EAT effort? We have a situtation here in the neighborhood, where a landlord complained about the backyard chickens kept by homeowners on the street. I would like to know if I should stand and "fight" or run away till another day. The neighbor said he was being fined $500.00. because he had 10 chickens. Ivy 2009-05-15T01:33:09Z Angelina Turner comment-6970 2009-04-30T17:06:30Z 2009-04-30T17:06:30Z Silkies are an adorable breed of chickens. We always had fresh eggs growing up in Roseville. Different breeds produce different sizes, colors and frequency of eggs so it's good to have more than one type. Fresh eggs taste so much better than store bought. Angelina Turner 2009-04-30T17:06:30Z 1mam comment-6610 2009-04-23T18:20:07Z 2009-04-23T18:20:07Z I need to join the EAT effort so my little chicks will be legal and not have to be deported to a farm. Outstanding. 1mam 2009-04-23T18:20:07Z Ilsa comment-6602 2009-04-23T16:43:10Z 2009-04-23T16:43:10Z If raised with people, chickens can be very cuddly. A teenaged chicken appeared on my doorstep one year. She was so sweet and friendly! She loved to sit on my head. She would roost on my night stand and would come cuddle on my chest in the morning. She now lives with a bunch of chickens on a nice lady's farm. Ilsa 2009-04-23T16:43:10Z John Boyer comment-6574 2009-04-23T14:58:30Z 2009-04-23T14:58:30Z You know I would love to have some chickens to mow ,weed, aireate and fertilize my lawn,AND give me great eggs iin the morning! They eat pests and you can feed them table scraps! Plus they are so cute! Thanks Sacpress! John Boyer 2009-04-23T14:58:30Z The Parrhesiac comment-4866 2009-03-21T01:48:10Z 2009-03-21T01:48:10Z Locally grown? where? The city is currently in the process of annexing tens of thousand of acres of some of the most fertile farmland in the world so they can build more stucco shi*t box tract houses and strip malls for the Tsakopoulos mob. Urban sprawl is gobbling up all of the local farms. Meanwhile the self proclaimed environmentalist like City Councilman Ray Tretheway, the Sierra Club and the Environmental Council doze off into a deep slumber. The Parrhesiac 2009-03-21T01:48:10Z Mark Forsyth comment-4834 2009-03-20T19:03:00Z 2009-03-20T19:03:00Z Not to mention that as more and more pesticides are used, insects become resistant to them making them less effective and driving demand for more potent chemicals that could cause even greater health concerns. There has got to be a better way. Mark Forsyth 2009-03-20T19:03:00Z Mary Dubois comment-4183 2009-03-05T05:48:07Z 2009-03-05T05:48:07Z We need to stop using pesticides on our lawns and in our gardens and buy organic as much as possible and support the Farmers markets and the Natural Food Co-ops. Of course organic is more costly initially, but in the bigger picture less so. The cost of buying organic is prohibitive for the economically disadvantaged and poverty is widening its terrain. Mary Dubois 2009-03-05T05:48:07Z Mark Forsyth comment-4085 2009-03-03T18:38:11Z 2009-03-03T18:38:11Z Love the picture George, that's my friends' roof. I love the idea as well. I try as much as possible to buy local and I'm a huge fan of our area farmers markets. Thanks for the information. Mark Forsyth 2009-03-03T18:38:11Z