Andrea Chesman, food writer and author of many cookbooks, including The Garden-Fresh Vegetable Cookbook and Mom’s Best One-Dish Suppers from Storey Publishing will be at Decatur Farmers Market on Saturday, September 4th for a lecture and book signing.  Her book, The Vegetarian Grill (Harvard Common Press), was nominated for a James Beard Foundation Book Award and received a National Barbecue Association Award of Excellence.

Follow this link for more information about her: http://www.decaturbookfestival.com/2010/authors/detail.php?id=68

The Chicken Whisperer is coming to Decatur Farmers Market on Aug 28th, from 9 – 1pm with 1,000 chicks to give away!  The event is free to the public but donations are suggested for the chicks.  All donations will go to East Atlanta Kids Club.

ABOUT Chicken Whisperer   www.chickenwhisperer.net

Andy Schneider, better known as the Chicken Whisperer™ has become the go-to guy across the country for anything chickens. Over the years he has helped a countless number of people start their very own backyard flocks. He is not only a national radio personality, but also a contributor for Mother Earth News Magazine, Grit Magazine, and Farmers Almanac. He is the owner of Atlanta Pet Chickens, Classroom Chickens, and is the Founder/Organizer of the Atlanta Backyard Poultry Meetup Group that has quickly grown to over 1,000 local members!

ABOUT East Atlanta Kids Club       www.eastatlantakids.org

Our Mission:  Building a promising future for the children of southeast Atlanta.

East Atlanta Kids Club is a nonprofit, out-of-school -time mentoring and enrichment program for under-resourced girls and boys ages 7 to 17. The club was formed in 1998 by local residents hoping to give youth who otherwise have limited after-school and summertime options a safe and stimulating place to play, to learn and to express themselves under the supervision of caring adults. Our program began with a dozen youth and a handful of community volunteers. We now offer a rich variety of educational and recreational activities and mentoring opportunities to more than 100 youth each year, free of charge.

Our program is based at Brownwood Park Recreation Center in East Atlanta, a city-owned facility that we now manage. We collaborate with the Atlanta Dept. of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs and more than a dozen other key partners to provide more and higher-quality educational and recreational opportunities for youth each year.