The Grist List, 10 Oct 2008

From Peeps to Piehole 1

  1. Hangin' with my peeps

    Keep the kids close to the nest: the illicit urban chicken movement is taking wing across the nation, hatching plans to egg houses and fowl backyards. Illicit chickens could be anywhere -- so watch your bawk, Hoboken.

  2. Her milkshake brings all the boys to the yard

    Cows and Mills were both rejected by Sir Paul, but now Heather has the advantage: Only she can put out the secret ingredient in new Ben & Jerry's flavor Chocolate Chip Nookie Dough.

    Photo: WireImage/Mike Marsland

  3. Reading butt-y

    Instances of talking out of your ass are well-documented, but reading out of your ass -- now that's new.

  4. Wet 'n' wild

    Buying Evian just to take an effing bath? We're not that naïve. Although for $400 and international superstardom, we might sing a different water-shortage tune.

  5. That just kilt our appetite

    Climate change may be a hard-hearted harbinger of haggis' end. And then what will Scottish children stuff in their meat-pieholes?

Holly Richmond is a Seattle-based freelance writer and editor, and was previously Grist’s editorial intern and marketing assistant.

Sarah K. Burkhalter is Grist’s assistant managing editor.

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  1. caniscandida Posted 4:38 pm
    13 Oct 2008

    chickens in the cityAs with living with any other kind of animal, there should not be a problem, so long as the animals are well cared for and treated kindly.
    Unfortunately, chickens in the city all too often get into trouble:
    http://farmsanctuary.org/rescue/rescues/2008/harlem_chick ....
    Cf. also the not very promising description of the Yonkers store where chickens and other small animals are sold, slaughtered and butchered, in the article on the newly devised and controversial Hechsher Tzedek (Kosher certification of righteousness) in the last Sunday NY Times Magazine, the "Tom Philpott Issue":
    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/magazine/12kosher-t.htm ....
    We are hearing more and more stories of animals kept in confinement in and around NYC, in shoddy surroundings, destined to be slaughtered.  This is NOT a good development.

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