In partnership with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Recirculating Farms, and Sprout…

The Incubator was pleased to host the infamous Ms. Carolyn Broussard at our beloved Galvez Garden today.

We first met Carolyn from her beautiful singing voice and her performances with Bogue Chitto Band. Once we started talking and getting to know one another, Carolyn’s deep passions of urban animal husbandry and extensive knowledge of the topic became adamantly clear.

Carolyn demonstrating proper holding of a hen for participants.

Carolyn is a local chicken expert; and, given her busy schedule, we are so lucky she could make the time to share her knowledge with the Greater New Orleans community, and even beyond that!

We had visitors from outside of the parish to learn from her and visit our USDA recognized “People’s Garden”, and LSU Ag approved Master Gardener’s Project site.

We learned how to raise the beautiful livestock from chicks to hens, and how to keep them healthy, safe, and well fed in the process. Here at the Incubator, we especially loved holding the hens at Galvez Garden, and witnessing strangers bond over properly “passing the chicken”.

Thank you to Carolyn, our community partners, and our supporter for making meaningful urban agricultural events like this possible. Bonus for the NOLA Artist Incubator: it was so special to support a local culture bearer that so perfectly aligned with our mission to create a network of makers for a more sustainable New Orleans. We look forward to more workshops with the lovely Carolyn Broussard in the future.

Stay tuned for information on the upcoming bee workshop a Recirculating Farms and the Raising Rabbits workshop at Galvez Garden. Both happen in June as part of the Urban Livestock Series!