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Allow Backyard Chickens in Belleville

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Anonymous
2 years ago

John st, Belleville

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John Nadin
3 years ago

no rason families can't raise their own chickens for eggs, and meat since the grocery stores are an absolute rip off and unaffordable for most families

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Anonymous
4 years ago

Food Security is foundational to a healthy society.

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Donna Rivet
4 years ago

We should add bees to this too. Interested in doing a presentation at city hall? I’m up for it. With runaway inflation, and supply chain issues now running high and looking to be prolonged fir years to come, this is an important bylaw to allow for food security. Anyone interested in pursuing this with me? Alissa Brennan who made this petition, contact me. We can move this forward. I can help. I’m on Bleecker Ave, in Belleville.

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Jonathan Dube
5 years ago

282 Anne St belleville

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Sandra
5 years ago

Shannonville

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Anonymous
5 years ago

61 Cavendish Drive. We have a large backyard and no immediate intention to rear hens on our property as we have no time! It's a fleeting idea for us but I believe people have a fundamental right to generate their own safe and sustainable food supply with some reasonable controls or limits in place to prevent nuisance complaints. I do want our children to know where their food comes from and to know they have food supply options other than other than mass agriculture. Rather than hens though we might invest in a flowhive for honey and to help the bees...

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Libby Barbeau
5 years ago

I live at 108 South 8th Street in Belleville, and would LOVE to be able to keep a few hens for eggs.

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Jan
5 years ago

If Toronto can manage to allow chickens then it’s ridiculous that a smaller city is still saying no.

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Jesse Chechock
5 years ago

250 parrott drive Belleville

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Lidan Wei
6 years ago

I would like to raise chicken for fresh eggs.

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Sarah Abbott
6 years ago

We need to have chickens in the city

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Anonymous
6 years ago

Great idea

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Craig Jackman
6 years ago

Great idea.

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Eric Howard
6 years ago Featured

Selena Ave in Belleville We should be moving to alternative methods of feeding our families. Industrial farming has proven to be a hazard to our environment. With strong regulations this would be a great way to move to a safer more sustainable future.

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Anonymous
6 years ago

33 Linton Park Road, Belleville

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Jp dini
6 years ago

We want fresh eggs

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Jason McCoy
7 years ago

Freedom to produce food on a small scale in the urban environment is one step towards local sustainability!

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Suraya
9 years ago

Yes. Chickens would be great for the Community.

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T Roberts
9 years ago

Not only is it important to be able to provide for ourselves, we have a right to choose where our food comes from and to take proactive steps to invest in the personal health of our families. With increasing health problems today, there are others like myself whom are limited in their choices. Further having to refrain from eating eggs because of experiencing reactions to what feed the hens are commercially fed is a challenging frustration. Eggs are a significant source of protein, vitamins and healthy fat but commercial eggs have reduced amounts of these nutrients than those from "pastured" hens, whom get healthy exercise, are mentally stimulated, grow slowly and thereby grow stronger bones full of vital minerals, forage for foods, have healthier gut flora and lay higher nutrient dense eggs as a result. To care for our own hens reassures us that we are providing the best health choices and a sense of well being for our families. As a resident of Belleville/Thurlow, I would like to see this matter be given strong consideration. Please change our bylaw so we can have some control over our food choices and have greater control over our health and wellbeing. This is a real necessity. Thanks and many blessings.