[Ccpg] TODAY!/Gardening With & For Chickens Workshop @ Fairview Gardens/10-1pm

[Margie Bushman, Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

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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         Got 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.

Sponsored by Fairview Gardens & Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
   www.FairviewGardens.org
www.sbpermaculture.org

For more info & to register: 
<mailto:Sharon at FairviewGardens.org>Sharon at FairviewGardens.org, 805-967-7369




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-

Patricia Foreman Book Tour Nov. 14-Dec 20 CA, AZ 
,NM/Tour Organizer Santa Barbara Permaculture 
Network <http://www.sbpermaculture.org>www.sbpermaculture.org
Official tour sponsor, Permaculture Credit Union 
<http://www.pcuonline.org/>www.pcuonline.org


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