I've now interviewed my mom, owner of The Mountain School, Brian Yager, previous chicken owner, and James Reed, with Idaho's Bounty. I'm set to interview Kaz Thea tomorrow morning at Java. I still need to talk to Scott Runkel and the Sweek family about their chicken experiences.
In my article I'll be trying to focus on how having chickens helps the average family contribute to and understand sustainability. I'll also be including the perspective of sustainability organizations like Idaho's Bounty on the chicken trend. I'll use Brian Yager's interview to show how the setup process works and how rewarding chickens are to a family not only as food providers, but as pets. I'm banking on the Sweek's information to pull it all together as a real, personal view into the life of chicken owners and egg harvesters.
I'll bring in the concept of the national trend and how it ties into other levels of involvement in sustainability and localism, but I'm planning on focusing mostly on what's happening here in the valley.
My hook, or thesis, will be that the new trend of owning chickens is helping individuals, families and communities contribute to and understand sustainability in a positive, easy way.
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