L Magazine visited the Jazz Age Lawn Party on Governors Island on July 16 and 17, and after enticing us with stories about the food and the Gatsby-era atmosphere, made special mention of our friend Bucky Buckaw and his Serama hens (who are hanging out all summer with the rest of our chickens at our Compost Learning Center), who attended the party in all their finery. The article also features information about Earth Matter’s activities on and off the island.
Other oddities included a coop of heritage hens on display from a chicken-raising radio host named Bucky Buckaw. He’d brought his own flock of bantam hens and a small case of eggs to demonstrate “the transformative power of micro-flock chickening for empowerment, aesthetics, ethics, and, most of all, FUN!,” according to his business card. An adjacent table held composting how-to pamphlets from the nonprofit Earth Matter.
Read about reporter Cathy Erway’s jazzy experience.