Registration site up and running

The 2012 registration site is now up, thanks to Elizabeth Donick Swisher.

Visit http://2012boiseeagletourdecoop.uticketit.com/ to pre-order/purchase shirts in your size and style (Mens/Adult and Youth in 6.1oz. Wheat and Ladies' in 5.5oz. Silver Grey (limited edition black tees in Men's and Women's sizes will be available at the After Party) or you may purchase them at the following Boise locations in Boise beginning September 10th:

• North End Organic Nursery (NEON) http://northendnursery.com
• bricolage http://bricoshoppe.com/

Links to the online tour maps will be emailed to all those who register online: we'll send the link to you the week of the event. Folks can also purchase numbered hard copies at the above locations after September 20th or the day of the event.

We will also have Henzilla shirts available during the after party (thanks to Shasta and Scully at www.deadwood-designs.com) and are hoping to add some very nice Henzilla-brand serged muslin tea towels as well from Juliana at InkPony. Wonderful gifts for those special tea-drinking friends. We will also have a few leftover shirts from 2010 and 2011 at the after party at NEON.

We love the Henzilla artwork for this year's Tour de Coop. Hats off to Boise's own James Lloyd http://jameslloydprojects.tumblr.com.

Coops this year will be clustered in NW Boise and Eagle. Biking is encouraged to reduce parking issues near the coops and at the after party; if driving, park strategically to reduce impacts on neighbors and other participants. Above all, be safe!

Keep an ear out for Charlie Coe Music and his new piece entitled Main Street U. S. of A.

After Party Confirmed! NEON

Site of the future legendary 2012 after party.

One of this year's beautiful North End coops.

We are pleased to partner with the most excellent North End Organic Nursery (NEON) for this year's Tour de Coop after party.

Register Here! Register Now! It's Fun!

Expect to see several creative and interesting coops during the one-day tour, followed by food trucks and local beverage purveyors at NEON to help us all celebrate another year of visiting with local chickeneers, beekeepers and wannabee keepers.

The plan at this point is to visit coops and gardens from 10am to 4pm on Saturday, September 22. Folks can start in Eagle or Boise, but we will all wind up eating, drinking and comparing favorites at NEON beginning at 4pm and going until 8 or so. If you haven't been to a NEON event before, you're in for a treat.

After-After Party. Our friends at the Land Trust of The Treasure Valley are holding their awesome Dinner in the Hollow Saturday Night as well. We like 'em so much we wanted to give them a shout out here.

Tour Maps

One of the challenges each year is to get maps out to everyone. Until we've confirmed all hosts, we can't make the maps. A link to this year's maps will be emailed to all registrants late Thursday or early Friday.

We are lucky to have lots of great local businesses in Boise and Eagle that will sell maps and t-shirts. NEON and bricolage are two locations in Boise. Thanks for being patient; we'll post updates here and plan to use Twitter (@cooptour) as well to keep folks updated.

2012 Tour de Coop - It's on, baby!

This year's rockin' artwork from Boise's own James Lloyd

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Saturday, September 22nd
10am - 4pm

Boise and Eagle Combined Tour
After Party at NEON from 4-7pm

We're looking to simplify things this year, so we'll be combining the Eagle and Boise tours into one day, with fewer coops in each location. Our goal is to locate super nice coops (including one or two chicken tractors) within biking distance of the greenbelt and Boise river, with another kickin' after party. Stay tuned for details. This year's shirts will be waaay cool. Check our FB page @ Boise/Eagle Tour de Coop, and subscribe to our Twitter feed—@cooptour

Tour de Coop 2012

Me are meeting Monday to discuss a 2012 event for Boise and Eagle. If you have suggestions for this year, please post on our FaceBook page at 'Boise/Eagle Tour de Coop' or send an email to info@ this web site. We also still have a few cool shirts left from 2010 and 2011; send an email to shirts@ this web site if you would like to purchase one or more.

Chicken à la (Mac) King

Chickens and rabbits and bees! Oh, my! Boise City looking to expand urban garden rules

View video at: http://www.fox9now.com/news/local/138908514.html

Tour de Coop Slide Show

Check out some photos of a few coops and gardens from this year's Tour de Coop! Click here.

Thanks Everyone!

Whew! Year Two of the Tour de Coop is history. Great time at the after party tonight at the State Street Zamzows, and more excellent coops throughout the day in Boise.

HUGE thanks to Zamzows for all the support: help with event promotion, gift bags for tour hosts, sanitation kits  for all the hosts to reduce potential disease transmission, and of course, their very fine location for tonight's party.

Thanks to Sustainable Community Connections (Kelsey!) and Treasure Valley Food Coalition for making the registration work and for all the time spent fielding questions this weekend.

Thanks also to Archie's Place for showing up with food and drink.

Ginormous kudos to all our volunteers: Sallie, Gretchen, Kelsey, Martha, Elizabeth, Alison, and their families who helped with creative ideas, planning and implementation.

And of course, thank you to al the tour hosts for spending their days in the spirit of sharing information and their experience about backyard chickens.

Cluck, cluck!