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> That said, I'm completely opposed to urban food gardening (including chickens) because the land you're growing in is likely poisoned by years of urban pollution. Whatever you grow in those areas is going to bring that bad stuff along with it, which means your backyard tomatoes probably wouldn't pass FDA approval.

Very much this. Those who live in very rainy areas like the PNW know all too well about all the rain gardens and other suburban filtration needed to keep the water from turning disgusting from surface oil and particulates coming off roads, shingles, etc.

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Not to mention the oil content of the dressing I pour onto my lettuce and tomato just before I eat.

Ok, bad joke. But I am reminded of the fellow who was cited for dumping his used motor oil along his fence line a week before the DOT did a chip and seal on the road next to the fence.