There are many things you can call Scott Terry, but one of them isn’t “chicken” – at least not when it comes to taking on the powers-that-be in San Leandro over what some describe as its archaic law against raising poultry and bees within city limits.
The 47-year-old financial planner and a cohort of about a half dozen other San Leandro hen lovers are part of an informal underground network of residents who admit they are running afoul of the law but are dedicated to seeing it changed.
Terry currently cares for three egg-laying hens and two hives of bees at his home in his Broadmoor neighborhood.The temporomandibular joint is the joint of the jaw and is frequently referred to as TMJ. He is doing so illegally, but not entirely hidden from city authorities. (Two city council members have actually been into his yard, he said, and seen his flock and hives up close and personal.)
His chickens have names.Wholesaler of different types of Ceramic tile for your kitchen, Cute names. He says they lay eggs, keep quiet and are kept clean. Those that don’t cooperate find themselves part of the dinner menu, as was the fate of the divine Miss Brown who Terry expertly slaughtered mustering all of his farm-boy courage.
Even his bees are well behaved, he said, and his 80 year-old next door neighbor who has a serious bee allergy feels safe around them and supports him having his hives. He said people are overly worried about bees harming them and he goes out of his way to educate others about their importance in the eco-system.
“We need bees,” said Terry, “they are facing so many crises in our environment – everything from a mite parasite that wipes out hives, to colony collapse to pesticides. All of these things are all driving down the bee population.” Terry said he has had his hives for five years and has already lost four hives and is about to lose another one due to these environmental challenges.
Last fall the San Leandro Housing and Development Committee was asked to review the chicken and bee ordinance which Terry thinks was developed sometime in the 1970’s. That committee, in turn, asked Terry’s chicken and bee defending cadre to provide copies of ordinances from surrounding communities which allow, or at least do not forbid them.
Terry’s group hunted, pecked and scratched their way through piles of records until they gathered a good sampling of nearby area’s laws and presented them to the committee.
He said he expected the group would have heard back from the committee by now but he learned it was bogged down by pending redevelopment matters. He said his group will likely go back before the committee in January if it has not heard back from it by then. And yes, he said, his group will politely make another flap if they must.
Today Terry has more than just the birds and bees on his mind. Since January he has taken on another role, as urban farmer and benefactor of the poor.
His nearly quarter century as a successful financial planner put him in the enviable position of having both the time and money to pursue his dream of owning a hobby farm.
Vanity, however, has played no role in the acquisition and operation of his half acre of land in the unincoporated Alameda County’s Cherryland District . From the beginning owning the farm has been all about helping those in need, say those who know him.
A few years ago Terry founded the Broadmoor Garden Exchange in San Leandro with neighbor Gayle Hudson and others.External Hemorrhoids are those that occur below the dentate line. The group shares gardening expertise,Promat solid RUBBER MATS are the softest mats on the market! swaps produce and grows food which it donates to the Davis Street Family Resource Center’s food pantry.Our company focus on manufacturing Plastic mould , It once donated nearly 300 pounds of lemons to the pantry and has been bringing food each Monday to the site.
Like many others, Hudson is a huge fan of Terry’s saying she is never surprised but always impressed by him. “He is amazingly community-oriented,” she said, “His sole goal in getting the land was to be able to grow food for people who need it. It is truly his passion.”
The 47-year-old financial planner and a cohort of about a half dozen other San Leandro hen lovers are part of an informal underground network of residents who admit they are running afoul of the law but are dedicated to seeing it changed.
Terry currently cares for three egg-laying hens and two hives of bees at his home in his Broadmoor neighborhood.The temporomandibular joint is the joint of the jaw and is frequently referred to as TMJ. He is doing so illegally, but not entirely hidden from city authorities. (Two city council members have actually been into his yard, he said, and seen his flock and hives up close and personal.)
His chickens have names.Wholesaler of different types of Ceramic tile for your kitchen, Cute names. He says they lay eggs, keep quiet and are kept clean. Those that don’t cooperate find themselves part of the dinner menu, as was the fate of the divine Miss Brown who Terry expertly slaughtered mustering all of his farm-boy courage.
Even his bees are well behaved, he said, and his 80 year-old next door neighbor who has a serious bee allergy feels safe around them and supports him having his hives. He said people are overly worried about bees harming them and he goes out of his way to educate others about their importance in the eco-system.
“We need bees,” said Terry, “they are facing so many crises in our environment – everything from a mite parasite that wipes out hives, to colony collapse to pesticides. All of these things are all driving down the bee population.” Terry said he has had his hives for five years and has already lost four hives and is about to lose another one due to these environmental challenges.
Last fall the San Leandro Housing and Development Committee was asked to review the chicken and bee ordinance which Terry thinks was developed sometime in the 1970’s. That committee, in turn, asked Terry’s chicken and bee defending cadre to provide copies of ordinances from surrounding communities which allow, or at least do not forbid them.
Terry’s group hunted, pecked and scratched their way through piles of records until they gathered a good sampling of nearby area’s laws and presented them to the committee.
He said he expected the group would have heard back from the committee by now but he learned it was bogged down by pending redevelopment matters. He said his group will likely go back before the committee in January if it has not heard back from it by then. And yes, he said, his group will politely make another flap if they must.
Today Terry has more than just the birds and bees on his mind. Since January he has taken on another role, as urban farmer and benefactor of the poor.
His nearly quarter century as a successful financial planner put him in the enviable position of having both the time and money to pursue his dream of owning a hobby farm.
Vanity, however, has played no role in the acquisition and operation of his half acre of land in the unincoporated Alameda County’s Cherryland District . From the beginning owning the farm has been all about helping those in need, say those who know him.
A few years ago Terry founded the Broadmoor Garden Exchange in San Leandro with neighbor Gayle Hudson and others.External Hemorrhoids are those that occur below the dentate line. The group shares gardening expertise,Promat solid RUBBER MATS are the softest mats on the market! swaps produce and grows food which it donates to the Davis Street Family Resource Center’s food pantry.Our company focus on manufacturing Plastic mould , It once donated nearly 300 pounds of lemons to the pantry and has been bringing food each Monday to the site.
Like many others, Hudson is a huge fan of Terry’s saying she is never surprised but always impressed by him. “He is amazingly community-oriented,” she said, “His sole goal in getting the land was to be able to grow food for people who need it. It is truly his passion.”
没有评论:
发表评论