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Project description:
This project upgrades the UC Davis Chicken Co-Op coop, which is located on the western side of the Experimental Community Gardens. The team designs and builds a new, more sustainable coop with proper sanitation and safety features in place with improved native landscaping and foraging opportunities for the hens. The plans also include compost areas, a chicken tractor to share what the chickens provide with gardeners (natural fertilization/pest management), a teaching area to collaborate with classes, faculty, and school staff, and the ability to expand and provide the hard-working hens with the space and resources they need and deserve.
Location:
Experimental Community Gardens
Grant funding amount:
$5001-10000
Grant cycle:
Spring 2019
Project status:
In Progress
Project leaders:
- Cameron Wong (Sustainable Environmental Design)
- Elizabeth Merchant-Wells (Environmental Engineering)
- Jodi Barnhill (Global Affairs/SISS)
- Hirotaki Hiyoshi (UCD Health)
- Halley Patteson (Global Disease Biology)
- Camille Miller (Civil Engineering)
UN Sustainable Development Goals
UN Sustainable Development Goals associated with project:
7-Affordable and clean energy
9-Industry, innovation and infrastructure
11-Sustainable cities and communities
12-Responsible consumption and production
13-Climate action