The Barred Rock hens of the Eastside Egg Co-operative live on Zenger Farm. The hens clear farmland, produce free nitrogen-rich fertilizer for crops, aerate soil, provide educational opportunities for youth, and supply eggs to cooperative members. They're busy.

The story of the group of dedicated volunteers that came together to organize and manage this unique community enterprise comes to life below.

Thanks to a new partnership with a local film company that produces Cooking Up A Story, a show about real people and their special connections to food and sustainable living, we’re able to bring Edible Portland stories to life in video format. Cooking Up A Story’s work is shot unscripted, and the stories are told in the voice of the subject.

Read the story as published in the Spring 2008 issue of Edible Portland here: The Eastside Egg Co-operative: Fifty Chickens and a Grand Idea.