Hey all,

Join me Monday Nov 16 at Changing Hands in Tempe AZ for the release – Purchase Link. Here is book two of four installments of the unique mini books I am publishing. It is a delightfully written and illustrated book by Rachel Bess on keeping chickens in your yard. I even learned some thing when reading it.

• Fowl Play, Your Guide to Keeping Chickens in the City, By Rachel Bess with Greg Peterson
Why should you keep chickens in your back yard? Think fresh eggs, the thrill of the daily hunt, the chickens tilling your soil, eating your food scraps, weeds, seeds and bugs then providing great fertilizer.

“You can learn so much about life from chickens,” explains Michelle M., a busy nurse, wife and mother of seven. “I’ve learned that keeping chickens is good for my soul.”

Anyone can do it…no roosters required. The secrets to your success easily unfold in the pages of Fowl Play. Read and gather your rewards.

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Hey all,

A few years back I dreamed of an idea for a series of books that I am calling the Simple Sustainability Series.  Simply put (and no pun intended), they are a series of book designed to simply explain the whole notion of living green and sustainably.  My first two offering are My Ordinary Extraordinary Yard, which is the story of how the Urban farm came to be and Fowl Play, a book on keeping chickens in the city.

Needless to say I am very excited.  Please check out the listings on our YourGuidetoGreen.com site (see Latest Products section) and as a limited time special offer pre-order both of them for $10, including shipping!

My Ordinary Extraordinary Yard / Fowl Play COMBO Pre-Order

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There is an article in Civil Eats Brigid Gaffikin about raising chickens. She writes about her emotional struggle between seeing chickens as pets and seeing them as food.

For anyone considering raising chickens (particularly an old softie like me) it is a must-read:

Click Here to read the article

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Citizens are rising up all over the country, taking n their local city council for the right to raise chickens, goats, and other small farm animals on their property. The latest is Ypsilanti, Michigan.

The nonprofit Growing Hope is working with interested city residents and leaders to renew discussion of what Amanda Edmonds hopes will be changes in Ypsilanti city ordinances.

“We’re not neutral,” said Edmonds, founder and executive director of the group that runs the downtown farmers market, community garden and education programs in Ypsilanti. “We’re advocates for urban agriculture. Our role is to disseminate information about best practices and the experience in other communities.”

Click Here to read more.

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Growing up, my father used to tlel stories about mesmerizing the chickens when he was a boy on the farm. Erik Knutzen however says he finds the chickens mesmerize him.

“I used to think it would be so great to bring the laptop outside and just watch the chickens and work,” Knutzen said. “But I can’t get anything done when I’m out here because I can’t take my eyes off the chickens. They are hypnotic.”

Read the story here courtesy of the Los Angeles Times.

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