Lee County Editorial Says "Make a Place for Chickens"

The Fort Myers News Press has weighed in on an increasingly common phenomenon: a urban homesteading family with a few hens gets busted and that leads to a community debate about whether or not chickens are inappropriate in residential areas. 

The editorial, dated June 16th, 2011 is in response to a code enforcement case in Lehigh Acres. It seems the Caminos are unemployed and concluded raising some of their own food could be part of a strategy to weather tough economic times. But residential zoning in unincorporated Lee County does not allow poultry.