'City Chick' Workshop at the Fairvew Garden

'City Chick' Workshop at the Fairvew Garden

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Time: 10am-1pm

Cost: $40 or $30 Early Bird if paid by Nov 30

RSVP to Sharon@FairviewGardens.org or 805-967-7369

The Santa Barbara Chapter of the Weston A. Price Foundation is proud to co-sponsor with the Santa Barbara Permaculture Network "City Chicks" by Patricia Foreman, a fellow Weston A. Price member.  This event is a follow-up to Patricia's wonderful talk on Nov 15. 

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION

Gardening with­ and for ­Chickens: Chickens have skill sets that can be gainfully employed in backyard gardens. This interactive discussion will give you practical and effective cutting-edge ways to integrate chickens in with your yard and garden. Topics include types of fencing (what works and what doesn't), when to let birds in­ and when to keep them out­ of specific crops life cycles, bird-scaping, and, best of all, getting wholesome, home-grown food for both you, and your flock. This is truly be a "Think Outside the Coop" workshop.

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".


More information at http://www.sbpermaculture.org/events.html

Smart Meter Presentation - Dec 6

Smart Meter Presentation with Q&A

Tuesday, December 6 at 7pm at Goleta Library

 

or email SantaBarbaraCA@WestonAPrice.org

and we'll keep you posted.

Smart Meters are not necessarily related to food or nutrition, but they affect our rights to health and the freedom to choose what we want our bodies to be exposed to. Whether it is raw milk, food additives, GMOs, pesticides, radiation or fluoride, we deserve to be informed and have freedom of choice.

Please take a look at the attached flyer. You may have heard the term “Smart Meters;” devices being installed by utility companies all over the country. Concerns over privacy, security, and health regarding these Smart Meters have been growing and citizens can ask to be placed on a delay installation list with Edison and PG&E. Both the city and county of Santa Barbara are supporting a no-cost Smart Meter opt-out program.

If you are concerned, or if you need more time to do research to decide about Smart Meters, we urge you to call your utility company immediately and ask to be put on the delay/opt-out list. Smart Meters are already being installed in the unincorporated areas ofSanta Barbara County; in the city, installation is expected to begin in January.

The presentation will cover potential Smart Meter risks and include Q&A with the Consumers Power Alliance. The Consumers Power Alliance is a local grass-roots organization that has investigated Smart Meters and has a legal team that is working to secure citizens’ rights to opt out of Smart Meter installation.

Free and easy two-minute sign-up to be placed on the delay/opt-out list:

      Edison   1-800-810-2369

      PG&E   1-877-743-7378

The utility requires that the account holder calls - have your utility bill ready to provide the account number.

Feel free to forward this message to friends and family. There are still a lot of people who don't even know what a Smart Meter is.

LabelGMO - Signature Gathering Training

Signature Gathering Training

Sunday, December 4, 2pm

Karpeles Manuscript Library

21 West Anapamu (upstairs)

RSVP here or email us at SantaBarbaraCA@WestonAPrice.org

Cod Liver Oil Chapter Buy

For those who attended Dave Wetzel's meeting back in May, you probably know why Weston A. Price Foundation members are passionate about Fermented Cod Liver Oil and High vitamin butter (Read more about here). 


We are getting ready to do a group chapter buy which we will do every 3 or 6 months.   The discount can be anywhere from 20-30% off the regular price and the actual amount is dependent on the amount we buy.  Whatever little mark-up of the cost will go to the chapter to pay for chapter expense such as library rental, etc.


To view the regular price for each product, please click here.

To participate in the chapter buy, please email SantaBarbaraCA@WestonAPrice.Org which quantity of which product you wish to buy by November 26.


When we receive the product, we will email you for pick-up at a arranged location in Santa Barbara, Goleta, Carpinteria, and possibly Santa Ynez.  We will take it in good faith that you will pay for the product at pick-up.


Feel free to contact Debbie for any questions about cod liver oil anytime!

Santa Ynez Chapter Open - Dec 4

 December 4, 2011, 3pm

Location: Buellton

or 

email SantaBarbaraCA@WestonAPrice.org

 Direction will be provided upon RSVP

Come to our first Weston A. Price Foundation meeting in Santa Ynez!  

Santa Ynez is a bit far south from San Luis Obispo and north from Santa Barbara for people to get together. That's why both chapters are working to establish a local chapter in the Santa Ynez Valley.

Mary Hawes and Lydia Palmero will be hosting the meeting.  Eric Brody and Laureen Wallraven of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Chapter will be the guest speaker and talk about the principles and philosophies of the Weston A. Price Foundation.

City Chicks - Nov 15, 2011

Date:Tuesday, November 15 2011
Time: 7pm
Location: Faulkner Gallery at Santa Barbara Library


The Santa Barbara Chapter of the Weston A. Price Foundation is proud to co-sponsor with the Santa Barbara Permaculture Network "City Chicks" by Patricia Foreman

About the Author:

Patricia Foreman was born and raised in Indiana. She graduated from Purdue University with degrees in Pharmacy and Agriculture (Animal Science, genetics and nutrition). At Indiana University’s Graduate School of Public and Environmental Affairs she earned a Masters of Public Affairs (MPA). Her majors were in Health Systems Administration and International Affairs. She completed the Virginia Master Gardener’s program in 1999. Pat has kept poultry for over 20 years. Her experience includes having owned and operated a small-scale farm raising free range, organic layers, broilers and turkeys. She keeps a backyard flock of heritage chickens to help with the kitchen garden and egg supply.

Her many awards include a Fulbright Scholarship, and appointment as a Presidential Executive Management Intern. She served as a Science Officer for the United Nations in Vienna, Austria, and has worked in over 30 countries conducting workshops and providing consulting services. Agencies funding projects she has worked on include the U.S. Agency for International Development, World Bank, World Health Organization and the Pan American Health Organization. Pat Foreman received her Permaculture Design Course in 1991 from Bill Mollison the co-creator of Permaculture \

Pat is the co-author of several alternative, sustainable agriculture books including: Chicken Tractor, Day Range Poultry, Backyard Market Gardening and A Tiny Home to Call Your Own. She loves to talk and is the co-host, along with Andy Schneider, of the Chicken Whisperer Backyard Poultry and Sustainable Lifestyles Talk Show http://www.chickenwhisperer.net/.. She has been a guest on radio talk and TV shows across America. She is available to facilitate workshops, give presentations, and provide consulting services.


Workshops that Pat can offer your community:

1. Chicken Whispering: Discover the Chicken You Never Knew: There are ways to handle and communicate with chickens that can result in trust, gentleness and even an emotional bond. But first you must learn how a chicken thinks, and prefers to be treated. It’s sometimes not what you think. Some birds can even be trained to serve as therapy chickens and class room assistants. Learn the basics of chicken whispering in this cutting edge seminar.

2. Chickens as Partners Toward Zero Waste: The chickens in your family flock have skill sets that can be used not only for local food production, but also to decrease the amount of “trash” that is collected by the solid waste management system. Learn how your feathered bi-peds can serve as clucking civic workers to help save BIG TIME tax payer dollars, as well as be planet protectors and emergency preparedness partners.

3. Gardening with­and for­Chickens: Chickens have skill sets that can be gainfully employed in backyard gardens. This interactive discussion will give you practical and effective cutting-edge ways to integrate chickens in with your yard and garden. Topics include types of fencing (what works and what doesn’t), when to let birds in­and when to keep them out­of specific crops life cycles, bird-scaping, and, best of all, getting wholesome, home-grown food for both you, and your flock. This is truly be a “Think Outside the Coop“ workshop.