http://www.poultryproject.com
The Poultry Project is launching Chicken Coop Design Competition to challenge creative thinkers & makers to design a chicken coop for backyard use in urban/suburban America. Their US-based nonprofit organization, works with an indigenous Ugandan org, TASO, to help AIDS orphans start small poultry businesses so they can earn extra $ selling eggs and supplement their diets with eggs.
Their goal with the competition is to raise awareness about their work with AIDS orphans in Uganda while promoting the local food/urban chicken keeping movements in the US. Winning designs will be awarded cash prizes ($500, $250) and will be modified for use in Uganda.
We could do this as a replacement for the garden shed portion of the design project or give added time on the project to include this. What do you all think? I'll let you know my decision.
I think we could do this off of the chicken tractor concept. Something that is used in urban garden projects but also funtional in thirdworld. Maybe a wheelbarrow house...
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