Archive for the ‘Urban agriculture’ Category
20
Sep
Posted by chickenwoman in Events, Local food, Urban agriculture. Tagged: bioneers, chickens, conference, local food, UIC. Leave a comment
I’ll be at the Great Lakes Bioneers Conference at UIC, 750 S. Halsted in Chicago, on Sunday, 11/4. For details on the event, go to the Bioneers Chicago website.
Workshop
3:30 pm to 4:30 pm
The Charm of Chickens: Reasons for Raising Backyard Birds
Jennifer Murtoff
A fun, interactive look at why people in the city are raising chickens. Jennifer will engage the audience with Q&A about their opinions/ideas about raising chickens, especially in the areas of gardening and composting. Meet some of her hens and experience the difference between backyard vs. battery eggs!
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Jennifer Murtoff, Home to RoostThe MidWest’s only chicken consultant, Jennifer Murtoff provides compassionate, homespun consulting and emergency care for backyard chickens in the Chicagoland area. She offers information and resources on chicken care and leads workshops and classes on backyard chickens. |
20
Sep
Posted by chickenwoman in Events, Urban agriculture. Tagged: Chicago, chicken, coop, hen, henapalooza, tour, visit. Leave a comment
Come out to see Chicago’s finest… chicken coops! Go from house to house, visiting and chatting with chicken owners and other enthusiasts! This family-friendly event is also bike friendly.
NEW: Home to Roost will be stationed at Location 5 from 10-12 on Saturday and at Location 6 from 12-2 on Sunday.
NEW: Complete information with maps and locations is now on the coop tour webpage.
20
Sep
Posted by chickenwoman in Events, Urban agriculture. Tagged: Green, Oak Park, sustainable, tour. Leave a comment
Join Green Community Connections on Sat, Sept 29th for the 2nd annual Green Living and Learning Tour in Oak Park and River Forest IL. Choose from more than 20 tour sites and demonstrations showcasing sustainable living in the areas of energy, food, waste, and water. Bike, walk, scooter, or carpool with friends and family to learn up-close from your neighbors about energy conservation and renewable energy, composting, keeping bees and chickens, growing healthy food, brewing your own beer, conserving water in your home and in your yard, reducing waste, and much more!
·Adults $10 for up to 5 tour/demo sites. Free for children 12 and under and for volunteers.
·Learn more now at http://greencommunityconnections.org/green-living-learning-tour-2012
·Register now at http://2012greenlivingtour.eventbrite.com/
·Get a glimpse of what you can expect with these videos about the tour! http://bit.ly/OGECI3
10
Sep
Posted by chickenwoman in Events, Urban agriculture. Tagged: Chicago, chicken, coop, hen, henapalooza, tour, visit. Leave a comment
Come out to see Chicago’s finest… chicken coops! Go from house to house, visiting and chatting with chicken owners and other enthusiasts! This family-friendly event is also bike friendly.
We’re working on getting the event together, so save the date, and keep your eye on the blog for more details. In the meantime, here is the link where all information will be posted: https://sites.google.com/site/chicagochickenenthusi/events/windy-city-coop-tour
28
Aug
Posted by chickenwoman in Events, Media coverage, Urban agriculture. Tagged: arlington heights, chicken. Leave a comment
Patch.com reporter Quincy Hodges covered the event, sponsored by the Weston A. Price Foundation. The event was attended by over 60 people, including backyard chicken owner Linda Nellett and Home to Roost Urban Chicken Consutlting. Read Quincy’s article here.
15
Jun
Posted by chickenwoman in Urban agriculture. Tagged: Chicago, city, goat, milk. 2 comments
My friend Carolyn lives in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago, with her husband, son, chickens, dogs, garden, and … goats. She has two milking goats that she breeds every year. With the milk she makes fresh cheese.
Carolyn’s goats were featured in Chicago Farm and Table! Check them out!
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8
Jun
Posted by chickenwoman in Events, Local food, Urban agriculture. Tagged: chickens, hens, raise, reasons, why. Leave a comment
Home to Roost Urban Chicken Consulting was hatched upon finding that people in urban and suburban areas are flocking to chicken raising. Why is this trend catching on? One of the main reasons is eggs. Come to this presentation to learn more about the other reasons behind this segment of the urban agriculture movement.
Wednesday: June 20, 2012
at 7:00 p.m.
in the Great Room of the Riverside Public Library
For more information contact:
Riverside Public Library, 1 Burling Road, Riverside, IL 60546, 708-442-6366, www.riversidelibrary.org or www.olmstedsociety.org.
Download the pdf flier here!
4
Jun
Posted by chickenwoman in Local food, Urban agriculture. Tagged: conference, homesteading, illinois, Joliet. Leave a comment
Join the Mid-America Homesteading Conference at Joliet Junior College for Saturday, September 1. There are sessions on gardening, canning, raising all sorts of livestock, and making money on your homestead, whether it is in the city or country. Check out the web page for more info: http://www.homesteadingconference.com/
1
May
Posted by chickenwoman in Chicken care, Urban agriculture. Tagged: chicken, farm, retirement. 6 comments
I got a call yesterday from a reporter who wanted my opinion on “chicken retirement” – sending older hens who’ve stopped being productive to a local farm. Apparently there are farms in Portland that take in aged birds, allowing owners to get new egg producers without killing the nonproductive ones. (See this blog post for a first-hand account.)
How sustainable is this model of “chicken rescue?” What are the costs to the farmer who puts time and resources in keeping a flock of nonproductive hens? Does the fertilizer gained offset the feed consumed and lack of eggs?
Before you get chickens, consider the lifespan of the bird (6-8 years). Then consider that the most productive years are the first 2-3 years of life. Are the birds pets? Are they stew birds?
We are promoting urban agricultural practices in keeping backyard birds, but are we sidestepping the reality that animals are domesticated and brought to live with humans because they are a food source? In short, are we exchanging one unsustainable practice (large-scale egg farming) for another (the potential of filling rural farms with former urban pets)?
Have comments? I’d love to hear them.
17
Apr
Posted by chickenwoman in Laws, Urban agriculture. Tagged: chicken, city, hen, issue, keep, problem, United States. 2 comments
In February of 2010, students of Dr. Hugh Bartling at DePaul University conducted a survey of more than 20 U.S. municipalities that allow chickens. The survey focused on how the laws were implemented and the issues that arose. Read the original report here.
Home to Roost 
