I clicked the 'like' button but I would have rather clicked the 'love' button. I love this woman, she is so modest! So practical and so sharing. A true human being in this crazy world.
this is what a im striving for, a patch of farm life in the city. forget trying to find that farm out in the country, at the rate we're going there's not going to be be any quiet country life left. its a beautiful thing shes got going there.....
I noticed she mentioned that she had a book but I missed the title. I skipped around in the video a bit but couldn't find it. Anyone catch it for me?
Urban farming, why not? Loved your video. Learned a lot. We have a little front-yard organic garden (backyard belongs to our Chocolate Lab). We have been pondering over whether to raise chickens for eggs, goats to mow our lawn, etc. but our neighbors are too close and the city ordinances are tough. :)
@OkSiPak time to change the city ordinances! Times are tough. I've been battling that sort of thing for awhile now in a cincinnati suburb. I had a perfect setup, till the beautiful field bordering my very private property got turned into a subdivision. That really sucks! Ended up killing my fruit trees, telling me what to do with my own land, and harassing me endlessly. Nuke'em till they glow.
"i get a quart of milk a day. how much would that cost me at the store? like $4." true that you're paying more dollars for the milk but don't think of it as saving money. when you look at the whole material supply chain, its not "saving money" its "not paying for it", as in "making someone else pay for it". the externalized costs show up as increased taxation to handle healthcare, recycling etc. you pay for it one way or another. better to pay up front for quality. google: "the story of stuff"
@mikesmullin that is only because there are corporations that want to squeeze the last out of you and make you pay one way or another. I mean, couple of hundred years ago it wasn't a big deal that everyone grew their own stuff, but now it's damaging economics... pfff screw that, I'd rather live independent than worry about shitty economics.
My best friend was raised in a farm all her life, and my family owns a hacienda. Anyways, I once saw documentary on PBS about how people now a days are so disconnected with nature that they think that styrofoamed chicken breasts are normal. I've eaten freshly killed poultry and seen how they were killed. It makes me remember "yeah, we're higher beings but they deserve to be humanely handeled." On "How it's made" they have a segment on factory raising chickens. That was traumatic.
Funny gal! lol I have rabbits and breed them but we sell the babies to the pet store :) We also have chickens that will be laying soon ( yay ). I grow many herbs and vegetables and some fruit, but have *very* little land for a proper garden. Oh how I wish we had a vacant lot!!! That would be AWESOME! Loved this video! Keep up the hard work. Very inspiring! P.S. No pigs here. I learned from you. lol
I am a Beekeeper, Gardener, Future Chicken Owner (fingers crossed) My neighbours arent the problem... It's the damn people landowners (We own the house, they own the land =.=)
Such a cool video. I know you said you didn't make any sort of business model for your garden-farm but how affordable is doing what you did (raising animals and a garden)? Does it come out costing less doing that than grocery shopping? I'm the sense of accomplishment outweighs cost in the end.
It's funny how you're okay with killing your animals for yourself, reasoning that your eyes point forward in the front of your head, and how you reacted with such anger to the opossum killing your ducks: "...and then this thing had just come along and just like killed them like that."
I actually read about Novella and her urban garden in an issue of either San Francisco Magazine or 7x7, and I know exactly where this place is because my pastor actually lives 3 blocks away from there.
If the urban farming concept was adopted by communities that were empowered and funded by the local government, it would help strengthen local relationships, gradually improve health, and possibly find a new type of commerce. I wish that one day this dream would become a reality.
I think if we are serious about sustainability we need to start from the seed, these guys at Sustainable Seed Banking Forum seem to be on the right track
I have expanded my vegetable garden by doubling in size for the past two years, this year I hope to 4x the size, and now thinking of adding chickens as well. This is very inspirational.
Responding to those who are grossed out by the animal slaughter, guess what folks, food is not made at the grocery. It comes from the ground and animals raised for human consumption. If everyone got closer to the food they ate, they would appreciate it a lot more.
I love this lady! And anyone who has a problem with the killing aspect... her animals are raised and treated one billion times more humanely than any industrialized/ factory farm. Don't believe me? Watch the documentary... "Earthlings".
@prsglenn Agreed. And most of us eat at least one of these animals in some form, but expect to never witness or even be NEAR the facilities that make the food possible. I love all creatures and taking a life for food should always be done with thanks and solemness. Sounds kinda hippyish, but that's just how I see it.
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lol..gang members and niggers are scared of her goats. thats hilarious. theyre so hard and gangster but theyre scared of a goat. i hate people who talk shit and think theyre hot shit. .....any dog can bark, not that many bite
From 1979 to 1993 I first owned 4 acres, increased to 5.5 and finally 8.5 Acres at 1091 Setchfield Avenue at Florence Lake in Langford, British Columbia, Canada. I had the pleasure to raise rabbits, goats, chickens and ducks during this time, so this video really resonated with me. Thanks, Novella and Dirk Becker, Compassion Farm, Nanaimo for bringing this to my attention.
From 1979 to 1993 I first owned 4 acres, increased to 5.5 and finally 8.5 Acres at 1091 Setchfield Avenue at Florence Lake in Langford, British Columbia, Canada. I had the pleasure to raise rabbits, goats, chickens and goats during this time, so this video really resonated with me. Thanks, Novella and Dirk Becker, Compassion Farm, Nanaimo for bringing this to my attention.
From 1979 to 1993 I first owned 4 acres, increased to 5.5 and finally 8.5 Acres at Florence Lake in Langford, British Columbia, Canada. I had the pleasure to raise rabbits, goats, chickens and goats during this time, so this video really resonated with me. Thanks, Novella
Still love this video so much. A reality check for those just thinking they can swim into urban farming. Phhhhtt! I was outside in 40 degree weather changing waters for the chickens. I imagine doing the same for the dairy & hair goats I'm getting in a year or two.
@Campfiredan Ok, so where are you videos? As far as I see it she has a pretty good balance of animals on this space. Did you know the Dervaes take their goats for walk while keeping them, ducks, chickens on 1/5 an acre.
Hello Novella, thanks for posting this video. Your garden is really awesome. It really seemed like you have a "farm city" on your backyard. I am amazed that you only have a small space there but you were able to grow different crops and raise different animals. I am just curious to ask, have you ever tried growing in hydroponics? Would you consider this type of gardening method?
@szhmoe Leftfield no, normal yes. Its just we are so far removed from reality and what we really are. Not many people would be ok with killing something and eating it for the first time, one thing: hunger. Can make you totally forget about the life of another animal if it's going to feed you and yours.
Well done to her, for living the reality of living in a modern world, it aint easy.
That's because the commercial grown corn gets processed to make a lot of other things...anything with high fructose corn syrup as the first ingredient originates mainly from corn.
It's not a moral contradiction, she raises goats and chickens and obviously formed an attachment too them, much like a pet. Ask any pet owner if they saw their dog or cat being eaten by a possum, they wouldn't bludgeon that possum to heck.
Raising an animal which u will eat, doesn't mean you don't respect the animal and try to give it a good "life". It's up to each persons moral judgement, most people don't even give it a single though and just "go" with the crowd.
I dont know what about this video made it really interesting. Maybe it was her monotone voice, or her humor, but this video was really...really.. cool
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"I still feel horrible on days when I have to slaughter something." Then don't do it. I'm so absolutely sick and tired of people romanticizing the "humane" raising of animals when the only reason they do it is so that the "pork tastes amazing," as this particular animal killer says. We have no nutritional requirement for animal flesh. These people aren't heroes - they betray the animals they say the care so much about and then give it a label to make them feel better about themselves.
@simonschuster So you would prefer if people were to be heartless and raise animals poorly?
There's no way that people are going to stop raising animals for food, but raising them healthily and with care is a matter of ethics, not just desire for better meat.
Very real and inspiring story about urban farming. I'm mostly vegetarian but not too disturbed about the domestic slaughter of farm animals. Obviously, in most urban situations, poultry will probably be the best companion to the garden. The slaughter of the opossum did disturb me. FYI, the opossum is one of the oldest mammals surviving in North America. The opossum is a marsupial and more intelligent than dogs. Many associate opossums with rodents, which could not be further from the truth.
Very real and inspiring story about urban farming. I'm mostly vegetarian but not too disturbed about the domestic slaughter of farm animals. Obviously, in most urban situations, poultry will probably be the best companion to the garden. The slaughter of the opossum did disturb me. FYI, the opossum is one of the oldest mammals surviving in North America. The opossum is a marsupial and more intelligent than dogs. Many associate opossums with rodents, which could not be further from the truth.
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@wolframald Her gleeful tale about bludgeoning the opossum to death is incredibly disturbing - especially considering the fact that she just got finished justifying her meat-eating by saying humans are predators. If she's so concerned about the "cycle of life," then why would she be so angry and violent toward a truly natural predator? And what was she planning on doing? Keeping the ducks as pets? No! She's killing them. Such twisted thinking and pathological behavior.
@simonschuster I am in the midst of reading Farm City right now and she does actually address her contradiction and rage over the oppossum fiasco. One's life and moral fiber cannot be detailed in a 12 minute YouTube video.
WOW this woman nailed it! The closer I get to nature threw my urban farm the farther away I am from the vegan types who simply cannot understand prey species. I raise them well, treat them well and kill them clean. Far more humane than any wolf, though they too deserve a place at nature's table.
Vegan's are the hipster's newest manifestation. The hipster finds a niche in American culture that is neutral, genuine, and passionate, and turn it into some superficial materialistic political club.
The idea of chickens and vegetables is great. I also like how you commandeered the empty lot next door. The idea of drawing a small amount of personal liberty out of the anarchy of a depressed area is a real triumph. A $50 bolt action .22 rifle might do you a lot of good when it comes time to harvest your animals. A .22 short fired to the head is a non-traumatic clean way to kill animals and .22 shot cartridge would allow you to dispatch rats, possums and the like. It would not make much noise.
i live near you. i have not seen your farm. im starting my farm i have been gardening for years but now im going for a flock of chickens. i am currently working on my coup and run. your video was awsome. were ghetto urban farmers. your niebhor with the gun was so funny! now thats what makes it oakland- pistols everywhere! keep it up!
However, I grow corn, tomatoes,squash etc. It would be interesting too to raise rabbits.. URBAN FARMING IS THE FUTURE.... Specially since fields are being urbanized at an alarming rate...
Hey the opossum was not friends with the duck. You can't blame him. Your poor pigs were your friends, they trusted and befriended you and you killed them! What is more natural?
Wow...within just a few minutes watching this video, i know now what i will and will not do...i will have chickens for sure, but forget the rest, as i would make all of them family. Great crash course on the benefits/draw backs on farming your land...Organic gardening is awesome too though, still learning how to harvest my veggie seeds....thanks for this!
Thank you for the post. I wish you all the best and hope nothing happens where you have to leave and start over somewhere else. Goats are really multi functional animals and can provide a lot of products. Makes on frugal and hopefully no one says anything to animal protection services but sounds like you have good neighbors.
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Humans hare the same digestive system as chimpanzees and therefore our ideal diets are the same . Our diet should be 90% fruit , 5 percent veggies , up to 5% insects or fish . Annualy chimps get 1% of their diet from meat , usually rodents or other primates like small monkeys . Cultural ego , not science , has told us we should eat meat . Meat eating came out of necessity of nomadic behavior and the ice age .
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@coolhandluke330 Fresh meat is bad for you , because humans are not carnivores . If you can't hunt kill and devour animals with your natural equipment , then you are not a carnivore . Go outside tackle a cow and try to eat it . A cat can kill and eat a bird or mouse raw because they are carnivores and therefore equipped with claws teeth and high acid stomache PH , unlike humans .
Duh, By freash meat I meant it didnt go through 20 different processing plants and fed steriods before it got to the consumer. I know Humans are not carnivores they are OMNIVORES. People have been eating meat for thousands of years, why do think they had paintings of animals being hunted on the walls of caves. The human brain takes 20% of our energy. For humans to get enegry they had to eat meat. Eating meat sparingly is healthy. If you look at my comment i also mentioned fresh Veggies. Balance
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@coolhandluke330 Incorrect , eating meat takes energy away from your brain and the rest of your body . Humans are not "omnivores" this is either a misunderstanding of "vore" in latin which means to do not "to be" or a complete misunderstanding of evolution . Evolution tells us that for a diet to affect genetics it would have to kill an animal before it reproduces . Those on diets of all meat usually die in their 30s so this does not affect our evolution . Humans are frugivores by their biology
Wow! i guess i can forget everthing i learned at the university those professors are all idiots. You know way more than they do. Do you have a book? You keep going back to diets of all meat. Im not talking about just eating meat. Its about balance. Chimpanzees have been known to eat meat too. I gues they are Omnivores as well. But everything i learned is incorrect.
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@coolhandluke330 Yes , everything you learned was incorrect . If you had read my comment I clearly said chimps eat about 1% of their diet in meat . I also explained where "omnivore " came from . If you want I can send you a copy of my book when it's completed . Unfortunately I do know more about nutrition than the professors at your junior college who are probably still reading to you from 1970s health books . Do you believe in the food pyramid ? LOL .
I will tell the Professors at the University of Utah. You probably get your information from some ultra vegan malnourished hippie. You probably read it off the internet, and everything on the internet is true. From the start you didnt read my comments and understand them so im done with this conversation. I going to eat a steak with some potatoes and steamed greens. Love It!
Ive been wondering about that. Since humans have the ability to use tools, we can kill a cow or chicken, ect. Its really confusing to me! I need to become a vegetarian.
@MindofaJedi Our ability to make decisions independent of ntural impulses, use abstract reasoning, and create tools to increase efficiency, are all our "natural equipment". We are just as natural now as we were thousands of years ago, because to act in our "natural way" is, by the very fact that we are living creatures, simply to act.
@rayogram2 No , they are not . You are trying to use a philosophical argument to defend a losing scientific postulation . This cannot be done , but nice try .
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I'm all, like, DONE w/ people who speak, like, a teenage, like, Valley Girl. I mean, like, even if she has something to say, it's, like, WAY too irritating.
That, and the the ending of most sentences as if (like) they were questions?
If you want to, like, speak in a public forum, like, speak AS IF you were an adult.
Thank you for your video!! Your animals look amazingly happy and healthy. Good for you for doing what you do! What an impressive positive way to impact your community.
but this really is inspiring none the less, really great to have such great people dedicated to self-sufficiency and going back to the earth! wonderful.
i have an "urban micro farm", ~1700 square foot garden in pittsburgh, plus fruit trees/bushes/plants. i would like to raise poultry and animals but we don't eat meat, and i don't like eggs that much, so i don't see it happening. anyway, i absolutely understand the urge to grow and raise.
She is effing epic..grats to her work, it's so inspiring. I love the irony of being in a city that offers everything but still getting off your ass to work for your keep..
That lady is a quite crazy I think but I agree with a lot of her thoughts and ideas. The opposum slaughtering made me go wtf but the rest is actually pretty cool.
I see she is not Using Monsanto's Roundup Ready Seeds :)
Gratz, its really hard to find non GMO seeds theese days, especially in southern US. Monsanto even has a Law enforcement branch of the FDA to apprehend and Fine people who's corn have been contaminated by Roundup Pheromones.
Monsanto is despicable. They have tried to sue farmers because some of their round up ready seed got onto the farmer's farm and grew there. They still do this even if the farmer didn't even plant the seed; even if it came from a neighbor via the wind!
I learned about it in "the Future of Food" documentary. :)
Take a look at ''the world according to Monsanto'' it is actually hard to watch because its 98 minutes of pure evil deeds... that are really happening... in your plate.
Personally, Monsanto feels like one of the Evil organisations you see in James Bond
She's an amazing lady.. but why make the Opposom suffer? he doesnt understand? no matter how hard you beat or torture him, his mental pathways are not meant to understand guilt or compassion.
from what I could tell she learned that lesson the hard way after the ducks got attacked because she did mention later talking about the chickens that all they need is food and to be put in a secure place at night
I clicked the 'like' button but I would have rather clicked the 'love' button. I love this woman, she is so modest! So practical and so sharing. A true human being in this crazy world.
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Dayla1960 2 weeks ago
she seems crazy
hrawet 2 weeks ago
i want goats D:
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Love your book Novella
greenurbanliving 1 month ago
So cool!!! Makes me want to start my own farm..
tw1stedj4y 1 month ago
Pretty awesome
GrowSomethingGreen 1 month ago
this is what a im striving for, a patch of farm life in the city. forget trying to find that farm out in the country, at the rate we're going there's not going to be be any quiet country life left. its a beautiful thing shes got going there.....
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MountainDaughter 2 months ago
I just love to run in to these type experiences in today’s cynical and lost environment.
seosnatch 2 months ago
What are you doing with pig's blood and innards
MrGogipet 2 months ago
I noticed she mentioned that she had a book but I missed the title. I skipped around in the video a bit but couldn't find it. Anyone catch it for me?
jessicaharnum 2 months ago
@jessicaharnum Farm City
nrdes 2 months ago
@nrdes Thank-you :)
jessicaharnum 2 months ago
I typed in farming I was bored.
RasenShuriken391 3 months ago
Yes, goats do bite :D
tekknorat 4 months ago
you are an inspiration
shaorin321 4 months ago
Damn she's a thug...
larlar752000 4 months ago
Urban farming, why not? Loved your video. Learned a lot. We have a little front-yard organic garden (backyard belongs to our Chocolate Lab). We have been pondering over whether to raise chickens for eggs, goats to mow our lawn, etc. but our neighbors are too close and the city ordinances are tough. :)
OkSiPak 4 months ago
@OkSiPak time to change the city ordinances! Times are tough. I've been battling that sort of thing for awhile now in a cincinnati suburb. I had a perfect setup, till the beautiful field bordering my very private property got turned into a subdivision. That really sucks! Ended up killing my fruit trees, telling me what to do with my own land, and harassing me endlessly. Nuke'em till they glow.
MrPanchito62 3 months ago
"i get a quart of milk a day. how much would that cost me at the store? like $4." true that you're paying more dollars for the milk but don't think of it as saving money. when you look at the whole material supply chain, its not "saving money" its "not paying for it", as in "making someone else pay for it". the externalized costs show up as increased taxation to handle healthcare, recycling etc. you pay for it one way or another. better to pay up front for quality. google: "the story of stuff"
mikesmullin 4 months ago
@mikesmullin that is only because there are corporations that want to squeeze the last out of you and make you pay one way or another. I mean, couple of hundred years ago it wasn't a big deal that everyone grew their own stuff, but now it's damaging economics... pfff screw that, I'd rather live independent than worry about shitty economics.
tekknorat 4 months ago
My best friend was raised in a farm all her life, and my family owns a hacienda. Anyways, I once saw documentary on PBS about how people now a days are so disconnected with nature that they think that styrofoamed chicken breasts are normal. I've eaten freshly killed poultry and seen how they were killed. It makes me remember "yeah, we're higher beings but they deserve to be humanely handeled." On "How it's made" they have a segment on factory raising chickens. That was traumatic.
gotrice15278 5 months ago
that would be awesome! door to door goats milk, I love it.
shortfilmaker 5 months ago
Funny gal! lol I have rabbits and breed them but we sell the babies to the pet store :) We also have chickens that will be laying soon ( yay ). I grow many herbs and vegetables and some fruit, but have *very* little land for a proper garden. Oh how I wish we had a vacant lot!!! That would be AWESOME! Loved this video! Keep up the hard work. Very inspiring! P.S. No pigs here. I learned from you. lol
mammamya1 5 months ago
This chick is awesome.
buru44 5 months ago
Good luck with your venture. Thank-you for your video. I learned a lot.
Rossdhu16 5 months ago
she is really wide minded for an american
motorhead1995able 6 months ago
I am a Beekeeper, Gardener, Future Chicken Owner (fingers crossed) My neighbours arent the problem... It's the damn people landowners (We own the house, they own the land =.=)
I love this movement.
NilsKills 6 months ago
i see that weed in the backround at 10:58 i feel ya lol
hier222 6 months ago
Wow
turquoiseshopaholic 6 months ago
Such a cool video. I know you said you didn't make any sort of business model for your garden-farm but how affordable is doing what you did (raising animals and a garden)? Does it come out costing less doing that than grocery shopping? I'm the sense of accomplishment outweighs cost in the end.
GrowingWardFamily 6 months ago in playlist MICRO FARM
she looks stoned
allan329 7 months ago
Fascinating and informative. Thanks for posting this.
kepstein8888 7 months ago
I like you vid.
Goat actually eats everything even rubber shoes or sandals.
teachmebetter 7 months ago
absolutely inspiring. but this is definitely my cue to go vegetarian with the enjoyment of eggs only.
pria114 7 months ago
It's funny how you're okay with killing your animals for yourself, reasoning that your eyes point forward in the front of your head, and how you reacted with such anger to the opossum killing your ducks: "...and then this thing had just come along and just like killed them like that."
mmmhmmmyesindeed 8 months ago
I loved her predator/prey comment. I've never heard it summed up so easily.
pete3great 8 months ago
AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET US FREE
LoveVanillaRose 8 months ago
The goats seem to be smart like dogs! So sweet!
fatdanios 8 months ago
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bigmike0601 9 months ago
A BALE OF ALFALFA FOR 18$ ?!?!?! we sell it for 2.50 a bale. She's getting ripped off
skihas1 9 months ago 28
@skihas1 i think it has to do a lot with where you are. if you are in the city you might be farther away and it costs more.
peeviewonder 6 months ago
I actually read about Novella and her urban garden in an issue of either San Francisco Magazine or 7x7, and I know exactly where this place is because my pastor actually lives 3 blocks away from there.
If the urban farming concept was adopted by communities that were empowered and funded by the local government, it would help strengthen local relationships, gradually improve health, and possibly find a new type of commerce. I wish that one day this dream would become a reality.
AHG1347 9 months ago
There is an alternative to slaughtering called CO2 (carbon dioxide) euthanasia. You may wanna look it up.
Voyager2357 9 months ago
@Voyager2357 nothing like suffocating instead of slitting their throat...
hoz49 9 months ago
One of the more inspiring videos I've seen on YouTube in a long time!
I very much enjoyed this.. Thank you!
TheModernHomesteader 9 months ago
You should check out magic pots or smart pots, they are like raised bed gardens, but with better airflow that wood sided raised beds.
petthekittyz 9 months ago
I LOVE HER
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the goats are freaking adorable :)
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truehealthyproducts 9 months ago
You are way hard core but I totally love your personality.
jpollard117 10 months ago
chickens are WAY easy, especially if they are just for eggs.
jesusisalive2 10 months ago
I think if we are serious about sustainability we need to start from the seed, these guys at Sustainable Seed Banking Forum seem to be on the right track
TLS2011TV 10 months ago
I want chickens, eggs be nummy :D
gingergiggles 10 months ago
stumbled <3
cbmakol 10 months ago
If you're using animals for more than riding, eggs, or milk, I'm not fucking interested.
Plozen 10 months ago
I have expanded my vegetable garden by doubling in size for the past two years, this year I hope to 4x the size, and now thinking of adding chickens as well. This is very inspirational.
Responding to those who are grossed out by the animal slaughter, guess what folks, food is not made at the grocery. It comes from the ground and animals raised for human consumption. If everyone got closer to the food they ate, they would appreciate it a lot more.
Bon appetit!
CajunChefRyan 10 months ago
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I grew more nausious as I listened to you and watched the discusting images you thrust on us so unexpectedly!!!!
I too will flag you.
Poor pigs, rabbits, etc. you don't deserve the trust that those animals put in you to care for them.
DISGUSTING!
dgreen97 11 months ago
@dgreen97
fuck off hippy
NarutoDipShit 10 months ago
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****ing gross. Flagged.
Phoenix2575 11 months ago
Best moment: 9:20-9:34
jimmygotups 11 months ago
I love this lady! And anyone who has a problem with the killing aspect... her animals are raised and treated one billion times more humanely than any industrialized/ factory farm. Don't believe me? Watch the documentary... "Earthlings".
prsglenn 11 months ago 71
@prsglenn Agreed. And most of us eat at least one of these animals in some form, but expect to never witness or even be NEAR the facilities that make the food possible. I love all creatures and taking a life for food should always be done with thanks and solemness. Sounds kinda hippyish, but that's just how I see it.
TenouHaruka0 7 months ago
@prsglenn earthlings turned me vegan. that day. no joke.
blissaru 5 months ago
what a cool lady!
RookieGardner 11 months ago
awesome I wish i did not live in a high-rise apartment setting so I could do those things well plants any way.
trb4242 1 year ago
This is so fucking illegal, quick call the FBI. At least she should be using Monsanto terminator seeds.
32GaugeSlug 1 year ago
@32GaugeSlug You are a dumbass, you truly dont know the meaning of life.
cjoIIProductionz 11 months ago
@cjoIIProductionz I was being ironic you fucking moron.
32GaugeSlug 11 months ago
@32GaugeSlug LAUGH MY ASS OFF!!!!!! Nice one man.
prsglenn 11 months ago
That was one of the best urban garden videos I have seen on youtube!
ceadeses 1 year ago 2
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lol..gang members and niggers are scared of her goats. thats hilarious. theyre so hard and gangster but theyre scared of a goat. i hate people who talk shit and think theyre hot shit. .....any dog can bark, not that many bite
Bbfishman 1 year ago
fuck yeah, weed!
a10fjet 1 year ago
Yeah.
TerrierBram 1 year ago
From 1979 to 1993 I first owned 4 acres, increased to 5.5 and finally 8.5 Acres at 1091 Setchfield Avenue at Florence Lake in Langford, British Columbia, Canada. I had the pleasure to raise rabbits, goats, chickens and ducks during this time, so this video really resonated with me. Thanks, Novella and Dirk Becker, Compassion Farm, Nanaimo for bringing this to my attention.
DoItYourselfGuy 1 year ago 2
From 1979 to 1993 I first owned 4 acres, increased to 5.5 and finally 8.5 Acres at 1091 Setchfield Avenue at Florence Lake in Langford, British Columbia, Canada. I had the pleasure to raise rabbits, goats, chickens and goats during this time, so this video really resonated with me. Thanks, Novella and Dirk Becker, Compassion Farm, Nanaimo for bringing this to my attention.
DoItYourselfGuy 1 year ago
From 1979 to 1993 I first owned 4 acres, increased to 5.5 and finally 8.5 Acres at Florence Lake in Langford, British Columbia, Canada. I had the pleasure to raise rabbits, goats, chickens and goats during this time, so this video really resonated with me. Thanks, Novella
DoItYourselfGuy 1 year ago
She is awesome.
TollyDood 1 year ago
Would you tether a goat or keep it in a pen?
aquaticpetzsub0 1 year ago
Great video! I would love to have her doggy style.
potboy321 1 year ago
Still love this video so much. A reality check for those just thinking they can swim into urban farming. Phhhhtt! I was outside in 40 degree weather changing waters for the chickens. I imagine doing the same for the dairy & hair goats I'm getting in a year or two.
kaisenji 1 year ago
@Campfiredan Ok, so where are you videos? As far as I see it she has a pretty good balance of animals on this space. Did you know the Dervaes take their goats for walk while keeping them, ducks, chickens on 1/5 an acre.
kaisenji 1 year ago
EXCELLENT!!!!
kbr61 1 year ago
You are an inspiration!
DoctorsWife56 1 year ago
Hello Novella, thanks for posting this video. Your garden is really awesome. It really seemed like you have a "farm city" on your backyard. I am amazed that you only have a small space there but you were able to grow different crops and raise different animals. I am just curious to ask, have you ever tried growing in hydroponics? Would you consider this type of gardening method?
nutrientmix 1 year ago
i live buffalo and i want rais goat in the city how do i get goat in the city
Ishaq898 1 year ago
i love your garden it looks so healthy :)
davidr680 1 year ago
Outstanding! I do Aquaponics in my back yard. HOA keeps me from raising animals :(
I did put up a lot of veggies and over 150 pounds of fish this year!
m26e4ubb 1 year ago
$18 for a bale of alfalfa, lol.
drahm33 1 year ago
Didn't the fish heads impart a fishy taste to the pig meat?
HixsonLibra 1 year ago
@HixsonLibra Na, Aparantly she feed the pig peaches and cheese the last couple of weeks, and it tasted great
irishchrisc 1 year ago
@szhmoe Leftfield no, normal yes. Its just we are so far removed from reality and what we really are. Not many people would be ok with killing something and eating it for the first time, one thing: hunger. Can make you totally forget about the life of another animal if it's going to feed you and yours.
Well done to her, for living the reality of living in a modern world, it aint easy.
erbsta 1 year ago 2
Novella, you're so left field, I completely am in awe and admire you.
szhmoe 1 year ago
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See how this boy sings , copy and paste in search of you tube ( /watch?v=SLAv7e8Ii3c )
marcelomarafigo 1 year ago
"we'd take the fish guts home to the pigs, and the pigs would SCREAM with DELIGHT."
HAHAHAHA.
sirormadame 1 year ago
BS I really want to watch this but it doesn't fully load!
Fire4FX 1 year ago
That's because the commercial grown corn gets processed to make a lot of other things...anything with high fructose corn syrup as the first ingredient originates mainly from corn.
heri7491 1 year ago
"The dumbest thing to grow is corn!!"...hmmm America grows a whole lot of corn!!!
tshoyoye 1 year ago
She needs to write a book for bay area specific urban farming.
danicacookingshow 1 year ago
@danicacookingshow She did.
CCNutella 1 year ago
god damn she is so cool and down to earth great vid !
OGdank13 1 year ago 2
It's not a moral contradiction, she raises goats and chickens and obviously formed an attachment too them, much like a pet. Ask any pet owner if they saw their dog or cat being eaten by a possum, they wouldn't bludgeon that possum to heck.
Raising an animal which u will eat, doesn't mean you don't respect the animal and try to give it a good "life". It's up to each persons moral judgement, most people don't even give it a single though and just "go" with the crowd.
ddnguyen278 1 year ago 2
I dont know what about this video made it really interesting. Maybe it was her monotone voice, or her humor, but this video was really...really.. cool
mak3myda3 1 year ago
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"I still feel horrible on days when I have to slaughter something." Then don't do it. I'm so absolutely sick and tired of people romanticizing the "humane" raising of animals when the only reason they do it is so that the "pork tastes amazing," as this particular animal killer says. We have no nutritional requirement for animal flesh. These people aren't heroes - they betray the animals they say the care so much about and then give it a label to make them feel better about themselves.
simonschuster 1 year ago
@simonschuster shut the fuck up.
andycorremucho 1 year ago
@simonschuster So you would prefer if people were to be heartless and raise animals poorly?
There's no way that people are going to stop raising animals for food, but raising them healthily and with care is a matter of ethics, not just desire for better meat.
gaaraisbest 1 year ago
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Very real and inspiring story about urban farming. I'm mostly vegetarian but not too disturbed about the domestic slaughter of farm animals. Obviously, in most urban situations, poultry will probably be the best companion to the garden. The slaughter of the opossum did disturb me. FYI, the opossum is one of the oldest mammals surviving in North America. The opossum is a marsupial and more intelligent than dogs. Many associate opossums with rodents, which could not be further from the truth.
wolframald 1 year ago
Very real and inspiring story about urban farming. I'm mostly vegetarian but not too disturbed about the domestic slaughter of farm animals. Obviously, in most urban situations, poultry will probably be the best companion to the garden. The slaughter of the opossum did disturb me. FYI, the opossum is one of the oldest mammals surviving in North America. The opossum is a marsupial and more intelligent than dogs. Many associate opossums with rodents, which could not be further from the truth.
wolframald 1 year ago
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@wolframald Her gleeful tale about bludgeoning the opossum to death is incredibly disturbing - especially considering the fact that she just got finished justifying her meat-eating by saying humans are predators. If she's so concerned about the "cycle of life," then why would she be so angry and violent toward a truly natural predator? And what was she planning on doing? Keeping the ducks as pets? No! She's killing them. Such twisted thinking and pathological behavior.
simonschuster 1 year ago
@simonschuster I am in the midst of reading Farm City right now and she does actually address her contradiction and rage over the oppossum fiasco. One's life and moral fiber cannot be detailed in a 12 minute YouTube video.
cozysensations 1 year ago
This chick had me cracking up the entire interview. Funny sense of humor
takadi 1 year ago
Thats the way... Organic Farming...
KucingKayap 1 year ago
WOW this woman nailed it! The closer I get to nature threw my urban farm the farther away I am from the vegan types who simply cannot understand prey species. I raise them well, treat them well and kill them clean. Far more humane than any wolf, though they too deserve a place at nature's table.
TreyNitrotoluene 1 year ago 3
@TreyNitrotoluene
Vegan's are the hipster's newest manifestation. The hipster finds a niche in American culture that is neutral, genuine, and passionate, and turn it into some superficial materialistic political club.
takadi 1 year ago
Nice farm.
rookieeyes 1 year ago
I am planting cold weather crops this saturday and i cant wait!!!!
coolhandluke330 1 year ago
The idea of chickens and vegetables is great. I also like how you commandeered the empty lot next door. The idea of drawing a small amount of personal liberty out of the anarchy of a depressed area is a real triumph. A $50 bolt action .22 rifle might do you a lot of good when it comes time to harvest your animals. A .22 short fired to the head is a non-traumatic clean way to kill animals and .22 shot cartridge would allow you to dispatch rats, possums and the like. It would not make much noise.
chiefwoods1 1 year ago
i live near you. i have not seen your farm. im starting my farm i have been gardening for years but now im going for a flock of chickens. i am currently working on my coup and run. your video was awsome. were ghetto urban farmers. your niebhor with the gun was so funny! now thats what makes it oakland- pistols everywhere! keep it up!
roskoeheat 1 year ago
The chickens and the pigs are too much.
Their Fecal matter stinks up to high heaven..
However, I grow corn, tomatoes,squash etc. It would be interesting too to raise rabbits.. URBAN FARMING IS THE FUTURE.... Specially since fields are being urbanized at an alarming rate...
communistjesus 1 year ago
@communistjesus It stinks if you don't keep it clean. Same for any animal confined to a space.
kaisenji 1 year ago
Hey the opossum was not friends with the duck. You can't blame him. Your poor pigs were your friends, they trusted and befriended you and you killed them! What is more natural?
Loved the rest!!!!
TheMstefani 1 year ago
Wow...within just a few minutes watching this video, i know now what i will and will not do...i will have chickens for sure, but forget the rest, as i would make all of them family. Great crash course on the benefits/draw backs on farming your land...Organic gardening is awesome too though, still learning how to harvest my veggie seeds....thanks for this!
shineurs2 1 year ago 2
Thank you for the post. I wish you all the best and hope nothing happens where you have to leave and start over somewhere else. Goats are really multi functional animals and can provide a lot of products. Makes on frugal and hopefully no one says anything to animal protection services but sounds like you have good neighbors.
NotLuckyInLife 1 year ago
Novella Carpenter is a hero.
CodexAlimentarius1 1 year ago
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Humans hare the same digestive system as chimpanzees and therefore our ideal diets are the same . Our diet should be 90% fruit , 5 percent veggies , up to 5% insects or fish . Annualy chimps get 1% of their diet from meat , usually rodents or other primates like small monkeys . Cultural ego , not science , has told us we should eat meat . Meat eating came out of necessity of nomadic behavior and the ice age .
MindofaJedi 1 year ago
This is awesome, I love how she is not afraid to kill and eat the animals. Fresh veggies and fresh meat!
coolhandluke330 1 year ago
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@coolhandluke330 Fresh meat is bad for you , because humans are not carnivores . If you can't hunt kill and devour animals with your natural equipment , then you are not a carnivore . Go outside tackle a cow and try to eat it . A cat can kill and eat a bird or mouse raw because they are carnivores and therefore equipped with claws teeth and high acid stomache PH , unlike humans .
MindofaJedi 1 year ago
Duh, By freash meat I meant it didnt go through 20 different processing plants and fed steriods before it got to the consumer. I know Humans are not carnivores they are OMNIVORES. People have been eating meat for thousands of years, why do think they had paintings of animals being hunted on the walls of caves. The human brain takes 20% of our energy. For humans to get enegry they had to eat meat. Eating meat sparingly is healthy. If you look at my comment i also mentioned fresh Veggies. Balance
coolhandluke330 1 year ago
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@coolhandluke330 Incorrect , eating meat takes energy away from your brain and the rest of your body . Humans are not "omnivores" this is either a misunderstanding of "vore" in latin which means to do not "to be" or a complete misunderstanding of evolution . Evolution tells us that for a diet to affect genetics it would have to kill an animal before it reproduces . Those on diets of all meat usually die in their 30s so this does not affect our evolution . Humans are frugivores by their biology
MindofaJedi 1 year ago
Wow! i guess i can forget everthing i learned at the university those professors are all idiots. You know way more than they do. Do you have a book? You keep going back to diets of all meat. Im not talking about just eating meat. Its about balance. Chimpanzees have been known to eat meat too. I gues they are Omnivores as well. But everything i learned is incorrect.
coolhandluke330 1 year ago 3
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@coolhandluke330 Yes , everything you learned was incorrect . If you had read my comment I clearly said chimps eat about 1% of their diet in meat . I also explained where "omnivore " came from . If you want I can send you a copy of my book when it's completed . Unfortunately I do know more about nutrition than the professors at your junior college who are probably still reading to you from 1970s health books . Do you believe in the food pyramid ? LOL .
MindofaJedi 1 year ago
I will tell the Professors at the University of Utah. You probably get your information from some ultra vegan malnourished hippie. You probably read it off the internet, and everything on the internet is true. From the start you didnt read my comments and understand them so im done with this conversation. I going to eat a steak with some potatoes and steamed greens. Love It!
coolhandluke330 1 year ago
Ive been wondering about that. Since humans have the ability to use tools, we can kill a cow or chicken, ect. Its really confusing to me! I need to become a vegetarian.
MrGoblinCock 1 year ago
@MindofaJedi Our ability to make decisions independent of ntural impulses, use abstract reasoning, and create tools to increase efficiency, are all our "natural equipment". We are just as natural now as we were thousands of years ago, because to act in our "natural way" is, by the very fact that we are living creatures, simply to act.
rayogram2 1 year ago 31
@rayogram2 No , they are not . You are trying to use a philosophical argument to defend a losing scientific postulation . This cannot be done , but nice try .
MindofaJedi 1 year ago
Get a dog and a pipe! Be the Ghost Town Goatherd!
eightsmusic 1 year ago
This is pretty great.......nah awsome!
jihadacadien 1 year ago
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I'm all, like, DONE w/ people who speak, like, a teenage, like, Valley Girl. I mean, like, even if she has something to say, it's, like, WAY too irritating.
That, and the the ending of most sentences as if (like) they were questions?
If you want to, like, speak in a public forum, like, speak AS IF you were an adult.
3636054 1 year ago
she is in no way a valley girl. Like is better then ummmm
crewlla 1 year ago
this is amazing your my hero!
yvette00ful 1 year ago
Love this.
toomuch108 2 years ago
Thank you for your video!! Your animals look amazingly happy and healthy. Good for you for doing what you do! What an impressive positive way to impact your community.
hazgirl80 2 years ago
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ChristianMuslum 2 years ago
Monsatan will try to come and say, "you have to buy our poison products"
That is when you kidnap them and kill them in chaney's basement.
er? I mean arrest them and try them for all their many crimes.
ChristianMuslum 2 years ago
but this really is inspiring none the less, really great to have such great people dedicated to self-sufficiency and going back to the earth! wonderful.
slithygogs 2 years ago
as much as i respect this idea and the community garden, as soon as i saw that severed bunny head, i was OUT. stick to veggies! :)
slithygogs 2 years ago
@slithygogs Meat is good for you. Vegetarianism is a religion.
ndeertrack 1 year ago
i have an "urban micro farm", ~1700 square foot garden in pittsburgh, plus fruit trees/bushes/plants. i would like to raise poultry and animals but we don't eat meat, and i don't like eggs that much, so i don't see it happening. anyway, i absolutely understand the urge to grow and raise.
grofys 2 years ago 2
Grow your own food in raised bed gardens, the government won't take care of you.
CodexAlimentarius1 2 years ago
You (ARE) the govenrment, ...take care of the criminals.
PhuqueU 2 years ago
She is effing epic..grats to her work, it's so inspiring. I love the irony of being in a city that offers everything but still getting off your ass to work for your keep..
chazillah 2 years ago
lol awesome this should have like 2 million views
moneyman10k 2 years ago 28
Ew.
Amy31415 2 years ago
That lady is a quite crazy I think but I agree with a lot of her thoughts and ideas. The opposum slaughtering made me go wtf but the rest is actually pretty cool.
nexusis18 2 years ago 4
she should be growing weed
bambalambam 2 years ago
D: funny how this video is under pets and animals.... i just keep thinking of the "bloody bits"..... pets..... D:
death8kami 2 years ago
I see she is not Using Monsanto's Roundup Ready Seeds :)
Gratz, its really hard to find non GMO seeds theese days, especially in southern US. Monsanto even has a Law enforcement branch of the FDA to apprehend and Fine people who's corn have been contaminated by Roundup Pheromones.
Land of the Free eh?
Urkinorobitch 2 years ago 3
Monsanto is despicable. They have tried to sue farmers because some of their round up ready seed got onto the farmer's farm and grew there. They still do this even if the farmer didn't even plant the seed; even if it came from a neighbor via the wind!
I learned about it in "the Future of Food" documentary. :)
MKIced 2 years ago 5
Take a look at ''the world according to Monsanto'' it is actually hard to watch because its 98 minutes of pure evil deeds... that are really happening... in your plate.
Personally, Monsanto feels like one of the Evil organisations you see in James Bond
Urkinorobitch 2 years ago 2
haha That's a really interesting analogy. :) I'll keep this film in mind. Thank you.
MKIced 2 years ago
She's an amazing lady.. but why make the Opposom suffer? he doesnt understand? no matter how hard you beat or torture him, his mental pathways are not meant to understand guilt or compassion.
anyway =/ I probly wouldve done the same.
Urkinorobitch 2 years ago
2:36 haha the fat lady with the pink shirt xD priceless shoot
Urkinorobitch 2 years ago
lol man....u made me laugh a lot....
but no for the lady itself
but u made me laugh for paying attention to that !!!
btw..what i liked more was the goats...really nice !
leddobrasil 2 years ago
totally agree with her philosophy of eating meat
Zygotepro 2 years ago
we did this before for a short stint; suburban area tho. Was gd. But the slaughtering part got to me.
tzeqin 2 years ago
it's so intersting
susu200654 2 years ago
fuck pigs, kill them and throw their meat for ur dogs to egt feed
fuckers son of a monkey
thedetective22 2 years ago
i wanna touch them =(
dr4g0nt4m3r 2 years ago
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wow...
jesus saves
Jinsyana 2 years ago
can't you keep your poultry safe by putting them in a reinforced coop overnight?
ncfwhitetigress 2 years ago
from what I could tell she learned that lesson the hard way after the ducks got attacked because she did mention later talking about the chickens that all they need is food and to be put in a secure place at night
elaprise 1 year ago
pigs gross me out. give me goat or chicken anyday but i refuse to eat pork.
ncfwhitetigress 2 years ago 4
lol people are scared of the goats
ncfwhitetigress 2 years ago
What's the point in raising pigs?
ncfwhitetigress 2 years ago