<p>If you ever take a ride around Forest, you’ll probably notice the chicken statues everywhere or the smell of chicken scrap trucks--seriously everything in Forest is built around chickens. But you probably don’t notice the impact Allen Atkison has had on Forest. However, his work over the last two decades makes Forest what it is today. Written by Oliver Higginbotham and produced by Cali Orman.</p>

If you ever take a ride around Forest, you’ll probably notice the chicken statues everywhere or the smell of chicken scrap trucks--seriously everything in Forest is built around chickens. But you probably don’t notice the impact Allen Atkison has had on Forest. However, his work over the last two decades makes Forest what it is today. Written by Oliver Higginbotham and produced by Cali Orman.

Allen Atkison: Not Chicken about Making Forest a Better Place

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Allen Atkison: Not Chicken about Making Forest a Better Place

Allen Atkison: Not Chicken about Making Forest a Better Place