Like the Tide – Urban Food Growing is Rising

Touch the Soil News #1886 (Feature Photo – Roadway Median Farms – CCA SA 2.0 Generic, Aaron Volkening)

Saskatoon, a northern city in Saskatchewan, Canada has approved creating growing plots in city medians. Yes, that means the land between roadways that are often maintained like parks. This is not an isolated story about the slow, below the radar, advance of grow your own.

Then there is the news from Texas, where new laws are being sought to allow raising chickens in your backyard. Read the stories in the links below to see more details.

https://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/saskatoon-pilot-project-will-allow-residents-to-plant-gardens-in-city-medians-1.6292569

https://cityfarmer.info/as-egg-prices-soar-new-bills-would-allow-texans-to-have-chickens-in-backyard/#more-338184

https://cabinradio.ca/121668/news/yellowknife/yellowknife-food-garden-workshops-are-an-instant-hit/