Urbavore’s Dilemma is an ongoing web series detailing city dwellers’ commitment to urban homesteading. From May through September, Westword writer Joel Warner will get his hands dirty, covering everything from backyard chickens to front-lawn gardens, from greenhouses to co-ops and food-sharing. His first piece appeared in print this week. Check…
Something strange is going on around Denver. Home owners are replacing sod with vegetable beds and building chicken coops by their garages. A power player is turning prime downtown real estate into a miniature farm, and a developer is planning a subdivision based around farmer’s markets. Citizens are fighting for…
At the corner of 15th and California streets, the busy heart of downtown, an earth mover scrapes away at a newly exposed 8,000-square-foot stretch of dirt bounded by chain-link fencing. Surrounded by the 16th Street Mall, the Denver Pavilions, the Hyatt Regency Denver and the Denver Dry Goods Company Building,…
