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Producer’s traceable premium beef feeds community and consumer interest

Real Agriculture

The farm has been a fixture on the island since 1862 and includes a grocery store where it sells free-range beef from its. Read More

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USDA’s guidance on meat labeling: still voluntary, alas.

Food Politics

Animal Welfare Claims Breed Claims Diet Claims Living or Raising Conditions Claims Negative Antibiotic Use Claims Negative Hormone Use Claims Source and Traceability Claims Organic Claims Environment-Related Claims It says: Animal-raising claims, such as “Raised Without Antibiotics,” “Grass-Fed” and Free-Range,” and environment-related claims, such (..)

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What’s in a Name? Food Labels, Explained

Modern Farmer

Do you know what “cage-free” means? How about “free range”? Photography by Lena Beck) Free Range: This means that the animal spends part of its time outside, uncaged. Farms must provide proof to the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service of free-range conditions. Pasture-raised”?

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Holding onto Farmland, One Land Trust at a Time

Modern Farmer

There was just one problem: Lewis and Barker could not afford to buy the farm or the land on which it sits—that is, until they worked with an agricultural land trust. Without agriculture, jobs are lost; 22.1 million full- and part-time jobs were related to the agricultural and food sectors in 2022, which equals 10.4

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Photo Essay: Standing in the Gaps With Feed Durham

Civil Eats

Bags contain cabbage, kale, collards, sweet potatoes, red potatoes, onions, squash, spices, bread from Ninth Street Bakery , and free-range eggs, among other things.

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Holsinger Homeplace Farms: A Soil for Water Case Study

ATTRA

Holsinger Homeplace Farms now provides other families excellent grassfed beef and eggs from free-range laying hens. This project material is based upon work that is funded and supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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How to make your own Livestock or Animal Feeds

Farmbrite

Animal Feed Recipes for Chicken, Cattle, Sheep, Goat, and Pig Feed Raising livestock can be a rewarding experience, whether you're doing it for fun, food, or as a full-time agricultural business. Free-Range Supplements : If hens are free-range, they may eat bugs, greens, and other natural supplements, slightly reducing feed intake.