Home to Roost will teach a backyard chicken-keeping class at the Chicago Botanic Garden on Saturday, April 28, from 1 – 2:30 p.m.in the Garden View Room. For more information, and to register, click here.
Archive for the ‘Events’ Category
13 Feb
17 March, 2012: Join Home to Roost at the Rockford Openfields Local Foods Conference
The Openfields Local Foods Conference is designed to help interested community members gain knowledge and develop a greater understanding of local foods, from the farm to the table.
This year’s conference is geared towards individuals interested in learning more about growing their own food and/or growing food for the local foods market.
Event Date: Saturday, March 17, 2012 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Event Location: Atwood Center, 2685 New Milford School Rd, Rockford, IL
Event Fee: $20 per person ~ $25 at the door
Registration fee includes keynote presentation, Backyard Chickens by Jennifer Murtoff of Home to Roost Services, one session each on beekeeping, gourmet mushrooms and fruit production, handout materials, and a delicious lunch featuring local foods.
To register, go to https://webs.extension.uiuc.edu/registration/?RegistrationID=6410.
3 Feb
March 24, 2012: Backyard Chicken Basics Workshop with Home to Roost
It’s that time again!
Come join Angelic Organics Learning Center and Home to Roost for a class on raising chickens!
Basic Backyard Chicken Care
March 24, 2012 10:00am – 1:00pm
Farm fresh eggs from your own back yard?
YES!
Please join us for a workshop on best practices for Basic Backyard Chicken Care in Chicago and surrounding communities.
Raising chickens as pets and for eggs is LEGAL in Chicago – and part of our growing local food and urban agriculture scene.
Keep yourself, your chickens, AND your neighbors happy – from daily needs and year-round care to relevant city regulations.
Our instructor is the informative and engaging Jen Murtoff of Home to Roost Urban Chicken Consulting.
You will leave the workshop with the knowledge, recommendations, and resources you need for your own home flock – and you’ll make connections with other chicken enthusiasts in Chicago.
Actual costs of workshops are close to double our workshop fees. If you are able, please consider making an additional donation to help cover the full cost of your workshop.
Price: $35.00
Location: (Likely) Christy Webber Landscaping/Rancho Verde
445 N Sacramento (turn into road and go east)
Chicago, IL
Enter from Sacramento (445 N) and follow the road east until it doubles back on itself. Park curbside and come on in.
445 N Sacramento (turn into road and go east)
Chicago, IL
Enter from Sacramento (445 N) and follow the road east until it doubles back on itself. Park curbside and come on in.
For more information and to register, go to the Angelic Organics Learning Center site page.
12 Jan
4 Feb., 2012: Mid-Atlantic Small Flock Poulty Expo
For my non-Chicago readers:
The University of Maryland Extension will host the Mid-Atlantic Small Flock Poultry Expo on Saturday, February 4, 2012 from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM at the University of Maryland Extension-Carroll County Office & Carroll County Agriculture Center, 700 Agriculture Center Drive, Westminster, Maryland, 21157.
For more information, click here.
11 Oct
November 5, 2011: Backyard Chicken Basics Workshop with Home to Roost
Basic Backyard Chicken Care
November 5, 2011 10:00am
Farm fresh eggs from your own back yard?
YES!
Please join Home to Roost and Angelic Organics Learning Center for a workshop on best practices for Basic Backyard Chicken Care in Chicago and surrounding communities.
Raising chickens as pets and for eggs is LEGAL in Chicago – and part of our growing local food and urban agriculture scene.
This compreHENsive class will teach you how to keep you, your chickens, & your neighbors happy – from daily needs and year-round care to relevant city regulations.
You will leave the workshop with the knowledge, recommendations, and resources you need for your own home flock – and you’ll make connections with other chicken enthusiasts in Chicago.
For more information about the Learning Center’s registration & refund policies – click here. If the workshop fee presents a barrier to your participation, please inquire about limited work-exchange scholarships.Actual costs of workshops are close to double our workshop fees. If you are able, please consider making an additional donation to help cover the full cost of your workshop.
Price: $35.00
Location:
Angelic Organics Learning Center’s Chicago Office
6400 S Kimbark Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637
First Presbyterian Church of Chicago
Register online on the Angelic Organics site.
25 Sep
Oct. 1: Chicken-Keeping Class at Chicago Green Tech U
Home to Roost will be tag-team teaching a chicken-keeping class at Green Tech U with Chicago chicken owner Kristen DeLap!
TITLE: Backyard Chickens
DATE: 10/1/2011
TIME: 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
SPEAKER: Jennifer Murtoff and Kristen DeLap
Want to know what to do with backyard chickens during Chicago winters? What to feed them? Where to get them? Come get your questions answered about raising micro-flocks of chickens within Chicago city limits.
Advance registration is required for all Green Tech U seminars. You may register by calling (312) 746-9642, or send an email with your desired class and contact information to greentech@cityofchicago.org with “Green Tech U” as the
subject line.
Download info on all Green Tech U classes on this page.
23 Sep
Home Canning Workshop in Chicago, Sept. 25, 2011
Need to know what to do with all those tomatoes from your garden or the farmer’s market?
Learn to safely can tomato salsa in a boiling water canner and tomato sauce in a pressure canner this Sunday at Growing Home’s Su Casa Market Garden.
September 25, 2:00-4:00pm, RSVP required
5045 S. Laflin, Chicago
A $10 suggested donation covers cost of supplies.
Instructions will be provided in English and Spanish.
Space is limited to 15 guests.
For more information, please see
http://www.growinghomeinc.org/home/fall-canning-workshop-this-sunday.html
21 Sep
Make Your Voice Heard About Food in Cook County, IL
If you are a Cook County resident, this is for you! It comes from the Cook County Food System Steering Committee.
YOUR voice is important. Please share this with others.
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This is a very exciting moment in Illinois and US food policy: One of the most populous counties in the country is considering the creation of a food council, as well as specific food issues.
If you live OR work in Cook County, your input is greatly desired. Below is an e-mail from the Cook County Department of Public Health, which is sponsoring this initiative. Basically, you can do two things:
1. Take a survey (deadline Sept. 29).
2. Attend a public meeting on Oct. 6, 2011. Pre-registration is absolutely required because space is limited.
Full details are below.
This is a great opportunity to make your voice heard about food production, food processing, food distribution, food retailing, food scrap management, and food systems and food policy in general. There are spaces for your personal comments on each page. Whatever you are most concerned about, please mention.
Do you live or work in Cook County, Illinois? If so, you are invited to complete a survey on how government laws, rules, ordinances, regulations and programs affect the way we eat, grow, transport, store, process, distribute, sell, or handle food or food waste.
The survey results will be used to create recommendations on what issues a proposed Cook County food policy council will focus its efforts. The Cook County food policy council is anticipated to be an official committee that explores cross-agency and cross-jurisdictional food issues and makes recommendations to the Cook County Board of Commissioners.
To access the survey, go to: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RJJTTSG
You may also answer this survey in Spanish by calling 708-633-8314 or e-mailing jbloyd@ccdph.net. Para contester esta encuesta en espanol, favor de llamar a 708-633-8314; o escriba a jbloyd@ccdph.net.
Please share this opportunity to provide input on the issues of importance related to food in Cook County by forwarding this email to others who live or work in Cook County.
To learn more about the survey or sign up to participate in developing recommendations based on the survey results, go to:http://www.cookcountypublichealth.org/healthy-communities/healthy-eating/food-system-survey
Made possible through funding from the Department of Health and Human Services, Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) grant. CPPW is a joint project between the Cook County Department of Public Health and the Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago.
15 Sep
Home to Roost at Windy City Coop Tour, Sept. 25
Home to Roost will be stationed at location #14 on the Coop Tour at 3532 W. Belden.
For more information on the tour, see Sept. 25, 2011: Windy City Coop Tour (formerly Henapalooza).
See you there
12 Sep
Sept. 17, 2011: Home to Roost at County Fair
Join Home to Roost at Garfield Park Conservatory’s County Fair event!
Saturday, September 17
Hours: 11 am – 4 pm
Where: Conservatory Grounds
Cost: $5 admission per person (includes all activities except pony rides; Members and children aged 3 and under are free!
“Celebrate the harvest and healthy communities at one of the Conservatory’s most popular events. This is a family-oriented day with programs and activities for all ages. Discover agricultural traditions, see the best in urban gardening, and enjoy horticultural exhibits and demonstrations. Children’s activities, petting zoo and garden displays highlight the connections between plants, food and American heritage….”
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