November 19, San Diego, CA, Saturday, 1pm- 3pm Book Talk $20 general/$15 friends of the Farm - 2550 Sunset Avenue, San Diego 92154
Farm tour 3:30pm & 4:30pm Farm-made, organic sourdough wood-fired pizza and potluck
Contact: Mel Lions mel@sandiegoroots.org  619.298.1309.
Sponsored by: Wild Willow Farm http://sandiegoroots.org/events.html

Interview with Patricia Foreman author City Chicks at Fairview Gardens in Santa Barbara with Oprah HenFree
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULFZlywdnNM

Urban Chickens Workshop
City Chicks
with Patricia Foreman
Today, Saturday, November 19, 1 to 3pm
at Wild Willow Farm & Education Center
$20 general, $15 for Friends of the Farm
For more info or to register, click here.

Join Patricia Foreman, author of City Chicks: Keeping Micro-flocks of Chickens as Garden Helpers, Compost Makers, Bio-recyclers and Local Food Suppliers, as she shares her humor, passion, and extensive knowledge about raising chickens in the cities and suburbs of America.

There are many books on how to keep chickens, but City Chicks is the only one that tells you how to employ a flock's skill set for insect and rodent control, weed abatement, fertilizer & compost creation, and as biomass-recyclers. All this, and enjoy fresh, healthy eggs, that only travel a few feet from your kitchen!

For more info or to register, click here.

As we search for more integrated solutions for urban problems, we discover chickens may be the answer. City Chicks explores the civic side of chickens as they help turn waste destined for landfills into food, fertilizer and compost. A few hundred households keeping micro-flocks of laying hens can divert tons of yard and food waste from trash collection, saving municipalities thousands, even millions of tax dollars. While Americans struggle with income loss and question unsustainable agriculture methods of commercial food production, home hen-keeping can feed families, while helping to eliminate our reliance on chemicals for farming, reducing oil-dependency and our carbon footprint.

City Chicks goes on to explain why hens are not just utilitarian but fun and companionable, and can help build family and neighborhood bonds with grow-your-own food and bounty-sharing practices.  Locally produced nutritious food helps keep America strong and safe.

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".



                                               

FOR MORE DATES/CITY CHICKS BOOKSIGNING & WORKSHOP TOUR CALENDAR DATES FOR CA, NM, AZ, NOV 14-DEC 22

http://www.sbpermaculture.org/events.html#dates

California, Arizona & New Mexico Tour organizer: Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
Book Tour sponsor: Permaculture Credit Union www.pcuonline.org