Anyone who has kids knows that children like to be around chickens, goats, whatever. My kid loves to go out and feed the chickens and collect the eggs. It's a nice way of living. — Novella Carpenter Copy Share Image
You have to make people understand that things cost something. Otherwise it seems like they have no value. I can't just be giving away… — Novella Carpenter Copy Share Image
Urban farming appeals to people on the right and the left. People have different reasons for getting into it. Some people are like doomsdayers,… — Novella Carpenter Copy Share Image
As cities get more dense, you have people saying, "Why would you have an urban farm when you could have affordable housing on that property instead?" So there's an argument against it. Another huge thing is there's a brain drain toward growing marijuana. You know, if someone has a green thumb in an urban area, especially in places like Washington… — Novella Carpenter Copy Share
I don't know Hillary's Clinton stance on urban farming. I don't know Donald Trump's stance or Bernie Sanders's for that matter. But the Obamas… — Novella Carpenter Copy Share Image
Even if you live in New York City, you can have a little basil plant in your window, and that could be considered urban… — Novella Carpenter Copy Share Image
My argument for that is: Why not create urban farms that are like parks, on public land? There actually is a park that I see as a model: Dover Street Park in Oakland. They took this park that has swings and playground-type things and turned it into a farm. There's not chickens, just annual vegetables interspersed with fruit trees. And… — Novella Carpenter Copy Share
Anyone who has kids knows that children like to be around chickens, goats, whatever. My kid loves to go out and feed the chickens… — Novella Carpenter Copy Share Image
I didn't think that at the beginning. I just wanted to have a garden and a farm and have animals around me. But I do think there's a craving for people to feel a connection. Honestly, it's building on an immigrant tradition, where you bring your country to America. You bring your seeds from Italy. My neighbors are Vietnamese, so… — Novella Carpenter Copy Share
“No one seemed to think it was odd that a Dumpster-diving urban pig farmer was in their midst. In fact, I came to learn… — Novella Carpenter Copy Share Image
There is this really intimate connection that people have with the animals they're going to eat. A lot of people who eat meat say… — Novella Carpenter Copy Share Image
I feel that anyone can do farming. But people who are in it for the long haul have to have a little bit of… — Novella Carpenter Copy Share Image
“I know the pleasure of pulling up root vegetables. They are solvable mysteries.” — Novella Carpenter Copy Share Image
