Demand for urban farm eggs outstrips supply

Urban farming continues to grow across Mid-Michigan

Marc Jacobson
ABC 12 News
August 31, 2010

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GENESEE TOWNSHIP – Locally grown organic tomatoes, corn, potatoes and peppers are coming from the city, not the country.

Urban farming continues to grow across Mid-Michigan and as ABC12′s Marc Jacobson shows us, the recent national egg recall has resulted in a big business boost at King Karate’s Harvesting Earth Farm.

Go green and go natural. In recent weeks, Jacky and Dora King, with the help of their 20 free-range chickens, have been producing and selling organic eggs priced at $3.50 a dozen.

“They’re gone before the chickens hatch them, and we’re over there chanting, come on girls, give us some more eggs. The bottom line is they can’t produce enough,” Dora said.

Nearly half a billion commercial eggs have been recalled across the country since the middle of August due to a salmonella scare. During that time, business at the King’s Harvesting Earth Farm in Genesee Township has doubled.

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