May 21, 2012Urban farmers fight to be treated like their country cousins
Just a couple of hundred feet from rumbling cars on a busy city street, several domesticated ducks live on an unexpected patch of countryside in East Austin. Their days are spent walking rows of crops, occasionally nibbling on leaves of beet plants but mostly doing their job ridding Springdale Farm of troublesome insects.
The more difficult parts of running the urban farm are left to Paula and Glenn Foore, co-owners of the 5-acre property. The couple are struggling to make a living by selling fresh vegetables and eggs to the public and several Austin restaurants. The Statesman
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