Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. (DPI), Georgetown, is part of a team that has embarked on a new project to capture the history of the local chicken industry and the 1,800-member non-profit trade association is asking its members to get involved.
DPI is working with the non-profit Berkana, Center for Media and Education, Inc. and 302 Stories, Inc., a Delaware-based documentary production company, to produce a 60-minute television documentary about the early years of Delmarva’s chicken industry. Cluck, Pluck and Luck: The Early History of Delmarva’s Poultry Industry is building upon research these organizations have been conducting on the history of the chicken industry. Funded in part by the Delaware Humanities Forum, this material will be stored at the Delaware Public Archives and other sites. This documentary complements DPI’s 1998 history book.
As an expansion of the research work that has been underway for months, Berkana and 302 Stories, Inc. are working to produce a full length documentary for presentation at local theatres, on television (both locally and nationally), and through libraries, schools, meetings, and individually-distributed DVDs.
To make this happen by early 2015, DPI has pledged financial support to match money available through the Delaware Humanities Forum if DPI members and friends make tax-exempt contributions. DPI will match up to $7,500 of the total gifts received.
DPI believes Cluck, Pluck and Luck: The Early History of Delmarva’s Poultry Industry is an important history project that could bring back a lot of memories for persons who have been part of Delmarva’s chicken industry, according to a release from the group.
Berkana, Center for Media and Education, Inc. and 302 Stories, Inc. have made several highly professional documentaries that can be viewed at http://berkanacenter.com/.
DPI began reaching out to its members and friends this afternoon asking for tax-deductible contributions by November 15 so this project will be completed in the spring of 2015. Within minutes of notifications to members, donations began to arrive. Persons wishing to learn more and to donate can do so through www.dpichicken.org.
