Last Chance to buy Raffle tickets!

Recycled Material coop by Coops DeVille

This weekend CLUCK will be at the Farmstand pancake breakfast at 5th Ave and 33rd Street from 10-11:30 on Saturday, and at the SOCA event downtown from 10-4 on Sunday.  These two events will be your last chance to purchase raffle tickets before our drawing!  Come out and see us!  Tickets are $2 each or 3 for $5. 

Items being raffled~

Free herbal consultation with Griffin of Nurture by Nature, and bottle of organic Zamu health drink.  Contact Griffin by phone at (916) 863-1143.

Free 30 minute Swedish massage with Jaclyn of Body Zen Massage.  Find Body Zen on the web at http://www.bodyzenhealing.com.

A custom built chicken coop from Jefferson of Coops de Ville, Custom built coops for the urban hen.  Contact Jefferson at (916) 838-0567

Organic body care product sampler basket from Sacramento Organics.  Contact Sacramento Organics by phone at 916-704-9040.

$25 gift certificate to MonkeyTree Creations.  Find MonkeyTree Creations online at www.monkeytreecreations.etsy.com

4 pairs of tickets to future Movies on a Big Screen showings.  Find MOBS online at http://www.moviesonabigscreen.com

I hope to see you this weekend!  Abi

Updates and Opportunities

Hello chicken people.  It seems that our efforts are paying off:  CLUCK’s proposed legislation has been presented to the Law and Leg committee!  While this is a very exciting step forward, we need to continue our efforts, and CLUCK needs YOUR help!  Here’s what you can do to get involved;

1. Write a letter or email to your council person.  Better yet, call and schedule an appointment (in person or by phone) to talk with them about legalizing backyard hen keeping.  Need info about which district you fall in?  Check out this site.  While you are talking with them, specifically request that they set the legal number of chickens at 6.  Have friends and family in the city?  Request that they contact their council person.  Already contacted your council person?  No problem, give them another call and mention that magic number; 6 hens.

2. Volunteer to help out at an event.  Right now CLUCK has three events on the calendar and could use your assistance staffing events with folks who can chat about hens and why they should be legal and collect signatures on our petition. 

• Green Oak Park on Sept. 11th from 5-8 PM in the Oak Park United Methodist Church (Parking Lot), 3600 Broadway, Sacramento, CA.  
• SOCA Home tour on Sept 20th from 10-4 21St street between F and H streets.
• Western Feed table day Saturday, October 17 from 10:00-3:00 at 1600 34th Street Sacramento CA. 

3. Join us at our next CLUCK planning meeting on September 15th at 6:00 at the Coffee Garden on Franklin Blvd.

Thank you all for your ongoing interest and support!  If you would like to volunteer at an upcoming event please email me at aagcrouch at hotmail dot com.  I hope you all have a great week, Abi

Raising Chickens Class

I got an email from our friends at Soil Born Farms last week.  They are planning a class about backyard chicken raising and it sounds exciting!  Here’s the scoop~

Raising Chickens in Your Own Backyard
Saturday, August 22, 9-11 am
$20, $15 Co-op owners
Location: The Farm on Hurley Way
Backyard chickens are all the rage, but are you ready to have your own flock in your backyard? Learn how to take care of chickens in an urban environment. Urban gardener Antonio will cover such topics as housing, nutrition, predators, diseases, and more.
Instructor: Antonio Garza

You can register for this class at the Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op.  Give them a call or head down and register before browsing their lovely local produce.

Mad City Chickens event wrap up

I want to thank everyone who joined us this weekend for our showing of Mad City Chickens.  It was a huge success!  We had almost 200 people attend the 3 showings of MCC, as a result of the show, we had articles published in 2 local news outlets and had TV coverage from 2 local stations.  Wow!  That’s a lot of coverage for CLUCK! 

I had a meeting with my city council member yesterday, and he told me that he had received several emails and phone calls about legalizing urban chicken keeping that day.  Way to go CLUCK fans!  Let’s keep this momentum up by continuing to contact our council people, writing follow up letters to the Bee and other local media outlets and by spreading the word to our family and friends!  CLUCK will be having our monthly meeting at the Coffee Garden next Tuesday night at 6:00.  Please join us!  We are going to be discussing upcoming events and opportunities to help the cause. 

Thank you again for making this weekend a memorable and successful event, Abi

Mad City Chickens Update!!

It seems that we’ve all gone a little Mad at CLUCK lately… Mad City Chickens that is.  Firday night promises to be a great time.  The festivities kick off at 6:30 with CLUCK volunteers in the Guild Theatre Lobby ready to talk about legalizing chickens in Sacramento and selling raffle tickets for some great prizes.  The first showing of the film will be at 7:00 PM and will wrap up with a Q & A session with the filmmakers!  The second showing will be at 9:30 PM and will have a second Q & A session.  Sunday will bring a third and final showing with CLUCK representatives on hand to answer any questions that viewers may have. 

Tickets to the film are $5 each.  At this time, the Guild does not accept credit or debit, so please be sure to bring cash.  If you would like to participate in our raffle, I’m sure that you will after seeing the marvelous custom coop built by Jefferson of Coop De Ville, Custom coops for the urban hen, tickets will be available for $2 each or 3 for $5.

Raffle Items

Free herbal consultation with Griffin and a bottle of organic Zamu health drink. 

 Free 30 minute Swedish Massage with Jaclyn of Body Zen Massage.

 A custom built chicken coop from Jefferson of Coops de Ville, Custom built coops for the urban hen.  (916) 838-0567

  Winners will be drawn on 9-30-09 and contacted and announced on the blog http://www.eatsacramento.org on 10-1-09.

I hope to see you there!  Abi

Mad City Chickens This Weekend!

We’re hosting the Sacramento premiere of “Mad City Chickens” this weekend and we hope you can join us. Learn about efforts in Madison, WI to make chickens legal, through a fun documentary. And the film’s directors will be joining us Friday night, so feel free to ask them lots of questions.

The movie will be screening twice at the Guild on Friday night and once on Sunday night–so you have no reason to miss it. See more at Movies on a Big Screen.

WHAT: Mad City Chickens Movie Screening (with Directors on Friday night)
WHERE: Guild Theater, 2828 35th St
WHEN: Friday, August 7th, 7pm&9:30pm screenings (with Directors)
           Sunday, August 9th, 7pm screening

Hope to see everyone there! 

Mad City Chickens

CLUCK to host Mad City Chickens

Sacramento, California- The Campaign to Legalize Urban Chicken Keeping (CLUCK), in conjunction with Movies on a Big Screen at the Guild, is hosting showings of indie documentary sensation, Mad City Chickens, on August 7^th at 7:00 P.M., 9:30 P.M. and August 9^th at 7:00 P.M.  Both showings on the 7^th will feature a post-screening discussion with filmmakers Tashai Lovington & Robert Lughai.  The Guild Theatre is located at 2828 35^th Street, Sacramento CA 95817. 

Witness if you will Gallus Domesticus…the backyard chicken. A mere few pounds of feather, bone, and muscle; a creature regarded by many as a rather humorous, though not so intelligent agent of food production.

And yet make note of a most singular phenomenon now taking shape across suburb and city. From backyard eggs to the family’s new favorite pet, the urban chicken is forging a fresh place in the pecking order of human importance.

Mad City Chickens deftly weaves multiple stories and contextual issues on city chickens and their keepers in a non-linear fashion that one rarely sees in a documentary. From leading experts to urban newbies, experience the humor and heart of what’s fast becoming an international backyard chicken movement.

For additional information about the film, visit http://www.tarazod.com/filmsmadchicks.html.  For additional information about showings, visit http://www.eatsacramento.org. 

CLUCK Meeting July 28th

Hello Fellow CLUCKers,

Loads of exciting things happening around our efforts! Let’s get together on Tuesday, July 28th at 6pm at the Coffee Garden (2904 Frankin Blvd.) to keep the ball rolling.

I haven’t picked up the Sacramento News and Review yet today, but I hear CLUCK is in it. Also, we’ll be screening Mad City Chickens on August 7th at the Guild Theater with a special appearance by the film makers themselves.

Also, please continue to call, email, and write your council members to let them know that you support Hens in the City. Also, encourage your friends and neighbors to do the same. We are gaining some traction at City Hall, let’s continue to push for a modernized ordinance!

I look forward to seeing y’all at the next meeting,
Jaclyn

A “Fresh” event on Saturday July 11th

I hope you can join EAT Sacramento/CLUCK this Saturday for the Sacramento premiere of FRESH, a new film that highlights urban ag efforts, including hen-keeping. It is officially sponsored by EAT Sacramento/CLUCK, and supports our efforts.

“Fresh” celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. Each has witnessed the rapid transformation of our agriculture into an industrial model, and confronted the consequences: food contamination, environmental pollution, depletion of natural resources, and morbid obesity. Forging healthier, sustainable alternatives, they offer a practical vision for a future of our food and our planet.

Among several main characters, “Fresh” features urban farmer and activist, Will Allen, the recipient of MacArthur’s 2008 Genius Award; sustainable farmer and entrepreneur, Joel Salatin, made famous by Michael Pollan’s book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma; and supermarket owner, David Ball, challenging our Wal-Mart dominated economy.

Fresh showings will be at 2:30 pm and 4:00 pm at the Guild on Saturday, July 11th.  Advance tickets are available at Brown Paper Tickets.

I hope you can join EAT Sacramento/CLUCK this Saturday for the Sacramento premiere of FRESH, a new film that highlights urban ag efforts, including hen-keeping. It is officially sponsored by EAT Sacramento/CLUCK, and supports our efforts.

“Fresh” celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. Each has witnessed the rapid transformation of our agriculture into an industrial model, and confronted the consequences: food contamination, environmental pollution, depletion of natural resources, and morbid obesity. Forging healthier, sustainable alternatives, they offer a practical vision for a future of our food and our planet.

Among several main characters, “Fresh” features urban farmer and activist, Will Allen, the recipient of MacArthur’s 2008 Genius Award; sustainable farmer and entrepreneur, Joel Salatin, made famous by Michael Pollan’s book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma; and supermarket owner, David Ball, challenging our Wal-Mart dominated economy.

Fresh showings will be at 2:30 pm and 4:00 pm at the Guild on Saturday, July 11th.  Advance tickets are available at Brown Paper Tickets.

I hope you can join EAT Sacramento/CLUCK this Saturday for the Sacramento premiere of FRESH, a new film that highlights urban ag efforts, including hen-keeping. It is officially sponsored by EAT Sacramento/CLUCK, and supports our efforts.

“Fresh” celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. Each has witnessed the rapid transformation of our agriculture into an industrial model, and confronted the consequences: food contamination, environmental pollution, depletion of natural resources, and morbid obesity. Forging healthier, sustainable alternatives, they offer a practical vision for a future of our food and our planet.

Among several main characters, “Fresh” features urban farmer and activist, Will Allen, the recipient of MacArthur’s 2008 Genius Award; sustainable farmer and entrepreneur, Joel Salatin, made famous by Michael Pollan’s book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma; and supermarket owner, David Ball, challenging our Wal-Mart dominated economy.

Fresh showings will be at 2:30 pm and 4:00 pm at the Guild on Saturday, July 11th.  Advance tickets are available at Brown Paper Tickets.

Films

I was lucky enough to get tickets to Friday’s showing of Food Inc. and it was fantastic!  If you missed it on Friday, don’t worry, it’s showing until Thursday at the Crest.  You can pick up tickets here.  This Saturday, July 11th, EAT Sacramento is going to be hosting a screening of “FRESH” at the Guild Theater.  Tickets are available here, show times are 2:30 pm and 4:00 pm.  CLUCK campaigners will be available after both screenings to discuss our local efforts.  I hope you can join us.  I’ll wrap up with some big news;  CLUCK is going to be hosting a screening of Mad City Chickens in August!  I’m so excited.  Dates and more info to follow early next week.  Abi