Episode #31: August 28, 2008: Urban Farming

City-dwellers raising plants and animals while holding down a day job.

Listen in on this year's Tour de Coops, where Portland's backyard chicken farmers reveal the secrets to their success. Sarah Brown and Connor Voss at Diggin' Roots Farm will discuss the challenges of raising livestock and vegetables on a two rented acres surrounded on all sides by suburban neighbors. You'll also hear from the the folks at Tryon Life Community Farm, an alternative community and educational farm surrounded by a state park within Portland city limits.

Music by Jason Leonard and Grey Anne of Per Se. Photos by Tim LaBarge.