In the news - Farm:Shop

I recently read this article about Farm:Shop.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/oct/07/hi-tech-urban-farming

I have to say I love the idea.  The general premise is that they are growing/raising food in an urban area through volunteers.  They are proving that you don't need the country side to produce food.  One way in which they are doing so is by raising chickens on their roof.  One of these days when there is no threat of abandoning them for weeks at a time I may consider doing something like this.  The unfortunate part is that I really think chickens are disgusting, but they do serve a purpose.  Fresh eggs really are tasty and they work wonders on food scraps.

The other cool part is that they are growing lettuce hydroponically.  If you read closely they learned how to grow the lettuce from people that are growing cannabis in their homes.  Ha!

Perhaps something like this will makes its way to Dallas some day.  Here is to hoping.