[Orange_County_Permaculture] TODAY/Nov. 19, San Diego, CA, Saturday, 1pm- 3pm Book Talk with Patricia Foreman of City chicks /Wild Willow Farm

Sat Nov 19 09:54:45 PST 2011

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 at sandiegoroots.org <mailto:mel at 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

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