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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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Pro Tips for Livestock Health, Care, and Wellness

Farmbrite

Pasture Management and Sustainability Practices : Implement rotational grazing and manage pasture quality to optimize forage availability and promote soil health. Ensure that equipment and clothing used around livestock are sanitized and free from contaminants further reducing the risk of spreading pathogens.

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Do chickens deserve better?

Sustainable Food Trust

About once a month, I gulp when I pay £24 or thereabouts for my bird, which justifies its steep price tag because it is reared to the strictest legal ‘traditional’ and truly free-range standard, a slow-maturing variety fed on pasture and cereals, killed at 81 days. Farmed deer are still in the field for the best part of their lives.

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Soil for Water Video Case Studies

ATTRA

Sheep and cattle are their primary livestock, but they also have layers for eggs. Cattle Run Farm LLC: A Soil for Water Case Study Sarah Morton and Ralph Morton Greene County, Virginia Cattle Run Farm LLC is a third-generation, family-operated, and veteran-owned farm located in Greene County and the central Piedmont region of Virginia.

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