Pat Foreman visit
Christine Heinrichs
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
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, Permaculture Credit Union, Island
Feed & Seed and the Santa Barbara Chapter Weston A. Price Foundation.
Books will be available for purchase at the event.
www.sbpermaculture.org
More info: mar...@sbpermaculture.org, (805) 962-2571
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Christine Heinrichs