Delmarva Chicken Industry History Documentary Being Produced

GEORGETOWN, Del. — Delmarva Poultry Industry Inc. is part of a team that has embarked upon an exciting 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.

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