City Chickens Workshops and More

City staff have been finalizing proposed bylaw recommendations, so backyard chickens may be legal in Vancouver very soon.

Village Vancouver and Fork in the Road are presenting 2 neighbourhood Backyard Chickens 101 learning parties with Heather Havens on Sunday, October 4th by donation. A 3rd workshop will be added if there is enough interest.

Main St/Little Mountain: near Cambie and King Ed from 10-noon (Potluck to 1);
Dunbar: near Dunbar and 18th from 1:30-3:30.

Learn about the proper care and keeping of small urban flocks of hens and meet neighbours who share your interest. This interactive session will help participants discover the ease of caring for small flocks and ally fears and animosity about backyard hens.

Heather Havens is an agricultural and animal scientist. In January, 2008, she legally imported her hens to Canada and has since worked with others to help the Vancouver City Council change the backyard chicken bylaw. Heather taught the first local backyard chicken keeping workshop in Richmond BC in Feb 2009, and Village Vancouver organized the 1st workshop in Vancouver at Langara College in June.

To register email Ross. Everyone is welcome, but registration is limited to 15-20 people per workshop.

Cheers,

Ross Moster
Village Vancouver

Village Vancouver organizes neighbourhood food growing/sharing skills learning workshops with Heather, Robin Wheeler (founder Sustainable Living Arts School-Roberts Creek, author Gardening for the Faint of Heart, and Food Security for the Faint of Heart), Spring Gillard (Diary of a Compost Hotline Operator), and others. Next workshops: Robin Wheeler Sept 29-30 and Oct 13-14. New hosts welcome.

Our learning parties are part of an ongoing series which is designed to help individuals, neighbourhoods, and communities learn how to live well (and have more fun!) while using substantially less fossil fuels.

Upcoming Village Vancouver Programs
Langara College


Oct 7 Wed Shifting from Knowing to Doing class. 6-8 pm (Philip Be'er)

Oct 8 Thur Overshoot: Human Enterprise and Natural Law. 7-8:30 pm (Rex Wyler)

Oct 13 (Wed) and 27 (Wed), Nov 13/14 (Fri/Sat) and 17 (Wed), and Jan/Mar
Cultivating Food, Cultivating Neighbourhoods, an 8 part series, which includes Fork in the Road: Cultivating Food and Community in Local Neighbourhoods on Nov 13-14

Oct 21 Wed Greening Your Living Space: Practical Ways to Reduce Energy Consumption in Your Home or Building 6-9pm (Philip Be'er)

Dec 4/5 Fri/Sat Transition Town Transition for Vancouver workshop. 9am-5pm (Michelle Colussi and David Johnson) Highly recommended! For info on TT's: www.transitiontowns.org.)


Cornucopia

An interactive display wihich examines the industrialization of the food system and local solutions to it, premiers as part of the Sustenance: Feasting on Art and Culture Festival Oct 1-16 at the Roundhouse.

For further information on our programs, or to learn more about Village Vancouver, please contact Ross, or visit www.villagevancouver.ca or Welcome to Village Vancouver in Common Ground magazine www.commonground.ca (June, July, and September). Our learning parties are inspired in part by the Sustainable Living Arts School Vancouver learning parties. slas.ca.