Santa Barbara Permaculture Network presents:
Book-signing & Talk with Patricia Foreman
Tuesday, Nov 15 , 7-9:30pm 2011
Santa Barbara Central
Library, Faulkner Gallery
Donation $10/$5 Students, Children Under 12 Free (no reservations
required)
Read More:
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, on Tuesday, November 15, 7-9:30pm, for a talk
and book-signing at the Santa Barbara Public Library, Faulkner Gallery,
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 them. Learn 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!
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".
The event
takes place on Tuesday, November 15, 7- 9:30pm, at the
Santa Barbara Central Library, Faulkner Gallery, 40 E. Anapamu St, in
downtown Santa Barbara. Donation $10/$5 students, no reservations
required. Event Sponsor: Santa Barbara Permaculture Network;
Co-sponsors, the Permaculture Credit Union, Island Feed & Seed, SBCC
Center for Sustainability, SBCC Students for Sustainability Coalition
& the Santa Barbara Chapter Weston A. Price Foundation. Books
will be available for purchase at the event.
Additional Info:
Workshop Sat Dec 10 9-1pm, at Fairview Gardens
with Patricia Foreman of City Chicks ~ Gardening with and for
Chickens
Contact Fairview Gardens Goleta
www.fairviewgardens.org
Sustainable World interview with Pat Foreman
http://www.sustainableworldradio.com/Other_Podcasts.php
Patricia Foreman/Good Earth Publications Website
http://www.goodearthpublications.com
Chicken Whisperer Backyard Poultry and Sustainable Lifestyles Talk
Show
www.chickenwhisperer.net/
.
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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