A metaphor for building resilient communities

 

The Planetary Community Chicken (PCC) project was launched in 2016, it connects global diversity with local identity and productivity. 

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​The principles are simple: a rooster from the latest generation of artist Koen Vanmechelen's Cosmopolitan Chicken Project is paired with a local commercial hen within a selected community. The offspring combines the genetic pool of the rooster and the hen to produce a more resilient productive bird for the local communities. The Planetary Community Chicken is not only a source of nutrition and income for its host communities, it injects biodiversity, provides a platform for education and research, and builds connections with others and with the world.

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Since the first Planetary Community Chicken hatched in Sint Truiden in December 2016, the project has developed into a global network of people that, united through the chicken, work on sustainable food, healthy societies and socio-ecological resilience.

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