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NOLA Chicken + Goose Coops

Led by Derek Hoeferlin, architecture students from Washington University in St. Louis built chicken + goose coops for God's Vineyard Community Garden
  • Status: Finished
  • Submitted: Tue Aug 05, 2008   |   Last updated: Tue Aug 05, 2008
  • Location(s): Orleans
    only these New Orleans neighborhoods - Lower Garden District, St. Thomas
  • Topics(s): Community development, Education, Environment
  • Tag(s): urban agriculture, design-build
  • Views: 113   |   Comments: 0

Details

God's Vineyard is a Parkway Partners sponsored community garden in the Lower Garden District. Technically an urban farm, half of it is for vegetables, primarily hot peppers that are harvested and then bottled in the St. Thomas Seven Hot Pepper Sauce. The other half of the farm is dedicated to chickens, geese, wild turkeys, ducks, rabbits. The urban farm is co-led by Noel Jones and Earl Antwine.

Project Scope: Vision, Aim, & Objectives

Why this project is being done:
Chicken and Goose Coops are really fun to build (and the client is really cool)
Who or what this project would impact:
It will help God's Vineyard get some traction Post-Katrina. Pre-Katrina many neighborhood children tended the little farm; only three children have returned, and unfortunately two of these have been murdered.
Project intends to address:
New Orleans neighborhoods need for convenient access to healthy and sustainable food products.
Included or excluded:
God's Vineyard is located behind Sixth Baptist Church (it is in the middle of the block not seen from street) at 918 Felicity St., between Laurel and Magazine Sts. Contact Noel Jones prior to visiting.

Project Plan & Participants

Other people and/or organizations involved in this project:
Wash. U. students-Alla Agafonov, Nick Berube, Lizzy Bochner, Claudia Bode, Eric Cesal, Johhny Chen, Leigh Heller, Derek Hoeferlin, Kathleen Johnson, John Kleinschmidt, Andrew Stern, Aaron Williams Wash U is part of CITYbuild Consortium of Schools
Plan for implementing this project:
Hopefully more clients in New Orleans will desire chicken and goose coops.

Help or Additional Resources Needed

Materials needed (wish list):
Additional Building Materials to build more

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