Gardening With
& For Chickens @ Fairview Gardens
Workshop with Patricia Foreman
Sat, Dec 10, 10am- 1pm, 2011, Cost $40
Center for Urban
Agriculture at Fairview Gardens
598 North Fairview Ave,
Goleta CA, 93117
(If not
already registered, please arrive 15 minutes early)
Workshop Description~Gardening withand
forChickens:
Chickens have skill sets that can be gainfully
employed in backyard gardens. This interactive worshop will give you
practical and effective cutting-edge ways to integrate chickens in with
your yard and garden.
Topics include types of fencing (what works and what doesn’t), when to
let birds in and when to keep them out of specific crops life cycles,
bird-scaping, and, best of all, getting wholesome, home-grown food for
both you, and your flock. This is truly be a “Think Outside the Coop“
workshop.
Fairview Gardens & Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
present:
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G
ot Chickens? A desire for sustainable, clean,
wholesome food, and superior soil quality, has led more and more suburban
and city dwellers to keep laying hens in their backyards and
gardens. Across America municipalities are allowing, and even
encouraging, residents to keep laying hens within city limits.
Join
Patricia Foreman, author of City Chicks~Keeping Micro-flocks of
Chickens as Garden Helpers, Compost Makers, Bio-recyclers and Local Food
Suppliers, for a Workshop on Saturday December 10, 10am-1pm,
at the Center for Urban Agriculture at Fairview Gardens, as
she shares her humor, passion, and extensive knowledge about raising
chickens in the cities and suburbs of America.
Patricia Foreman graduated from Purdue
University with degrees in Pharmacy and Agriculture. At Indiana
University's Graduate School of Public and Environmental Affairs she
earned a Master of Public Affairs degree, with majors in Health Systems
Administration and International Affairs. She completed the Virginia
Master Gardener's program in 1999 and a Permaculture Design Course with
Bill Mollison 1991.
Pat has
kept poultry for over 20 years. Her experience includes operating a
small-scale farm raising free range, organic layers, broilers and
turkeys. She keeps a backyard flock of heritage chickens. Pat is
also the co-author of "Chicken Tractor, Day Range Poultry, Backyard
Market Gardening, and A Tiny Home to Call Your Own".
The
Workshop will take place Saturday, Dec 10, 10am-1pm at Fairview Gardens,
598 North Fairview Ave, Goleta CA, 93117.
Cost $40/Early Bird $30 if paid by Nov 30. Books will be available
for purchase at the event.
Additional Info:
Patricia Foreman/Good Earth Publications Website:
http://www.goodearthpublications.com
Jill Cloutier interviews Pat
Foreman on Sustainable World Radio:
http://pdcastsusworldradio.libsyn.com/chickens-to-the-rescue-how-keeping-chickens-can-fuel-the-local-food-revolution
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Patricia Foreman Book Tour Nov. 14-Dec 20 CA, AZ
,NM/Tour Organizer Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
www.sbpermaculture.org
Official tour sponsor, Permaculture Credit Union
www.pcuonline.org
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(805) 962-2571
P.O. Box 92156, Santa Barbara, CA 93190
margie@sbpermaculture.org
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