sierraclub.org - sierra magazine - july/august 2011 - urban-farms - backyard homesteads: honey, i shrunk the farm
Photography by Lori Eanes | Captions by Della Watson
Esperanza Pallana's grandparents, Mexican immigrants with a strong connection to the earth, were her inspiration to become an urban farmer: "I want a deeper connection to my own culture and to my food source," she says. She raises chickens, turkeys, rabbits, and bees. A meat-eater who is uncomfortable with the inhumane conditions on factory farms, Pallana chooses to raise and slaughter her own animals.