Chicken Petition

We are moving forward with a hen ordinance in Pierre. When we go before City Commission, we want to be able show strong support for the ordinance from the community.

 

We need your help!

 

1. Sign this electronic petition by filling out this form. It’s short! http://goo.gl/y5whKC

 

You do not have to be a Give Me Chickens or Give Me Death supporter. You can sign the petition if you do not want chickens yourself. You can sign the petition if you think this is a matter of private property rights. You can sign the petition if you are merely ok with chickens in your neighborhood, as long as you can’t hear them or smell them.

 

As you can see, we are using the term “support” loosely.

 

2. Contact Pierre city commissioners letting them know you support a chicken ordinance.  http://greateroaheactionleague.org/commission-contact/

 

3. Forward this petition. The more the merrier. Did we mention it’s short?

 

Thank you for your help. Your voice matters in local action to make our community strong.

Chapter Launch Party!

You are invited to the Chapter Launch Party celebrating the start of a new Dakota Rural Action Chapter here in the central South Dakota area. 

The local chapter will be a grassroots organization dedicated to promoting issues that matter to us!  Even if you are curious but undecided, we invite you to attend. We will have a community vision board where you can literally post your vision of what you want the area to look like in the short term future. Your input matters.

The party will be Sat. Feb 22 at 6PM at ChrisMari vineyard. 

Our first order of business will be to select a name. You can help by picking your top three choices for a name through this form:  http://goo.gl/yxISt3.

Please invite your friends. (Minors must be with a parent)

WHAT: Pierre Area Chapter Launch Party 

WHEN: Saturday, February 22 6:00PM - 8:00PM

WHERE: ChrisaMari Vineyard 29141 Holly Road, north of Pierre 

WHO: YOU, your family, and your friends! 

Please RSVP to Sabrina King, 

(605)939-0527 or sabrina@dakotarural.org

Join the event on Facebook: 

http://on.fb.me/1eHnazp 

See you there!

We Want Chickens in Pierre

We at PUCkR hope your holiday season was restful and rejuvenating. We took some time where we let the ordinance simmer in the background and now it's time to turn up the heat again.

Let's start by reminding ourselves of why we want chickens in Pierre.

We want chickens in Pierre because it's good for Pierre. A chicken ordinance makes Pierre a more attractive to place for the Millenial generation that values sustainability.

We want chickens in Pierre because people want to produce their own food. They like the work. They like the connection to our ag heritage.

We want chickens in Pierre because youth want a 4H project. Parents want to teach their children where food comes from and to task their children with helping to provide for the family by collecting eggs.

We want chickens in Pierre because some want to know beyond any doubt where their food comes from in an otherwise industrialized, globalized food system.

And we like the way home laid eggs look and taste.

We want chickens because it's a heritage hobby. And chickens make us laugh with their complete lack of self awareness of just how funny they are. They are the eternal punch line without being in on the joke. And that's ok, because they don't care.

We really want chickens because chickens eat grasshoppers which we will appreciate the next time we have a big irruption. People will ask to borrow our chickens so we will send them over in a chicken tractor and allow them to peck around our neighbors' for a few days. The chickens will come back sleek and fat and our neighbors will be happy.

We want chickensfor as many different combinations of reasons as there are potential chicken keepers. Chickens will be good for Pierre. That's reason enough to want chickens in Pierre.