Chickens to the Rescue- How Keeping Chickens Can Fuel The Local Food Revolution!

24/11/2011 48 min
Chickens to the Rescue- How Keeping Chickens Can Fuel The Local Food Revolution!

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Chicken expert and admirer Pat Foreman shares why she believes that chickens are an integral part of the local food movement.  Foreman, author of the books City Chicks and Chicken Tractor- The Permaculture Guide to Happy Hens and Healthy Soil, talks about how chickens are talented composters, soil builders, living fertilizer machines, and bio-recyclers. Listeners beware!  According to Foreman, chickens are also the gateway to other livestock.