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

Food Politics

The USDA announces updated guidelines for substantiating claims on meat and poultry labels in these categories. A study conducted by researchers and policy experts at George Washington University found 20% of cattle marketed as “raised without antibiotics” to have been treated with antibiotics.

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Photo Essay: Standing in the Gaps With Feed Durham

Civil Eats

Our kitchen has always been gluten-free and soy-free. Most of our dishes are now dairy-free. The only meat we cook is poultry. 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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How to make your own Livestock or Animal Feeds

Farmbrite

Free-Range Supplements : If hens are free-range, they may eat bugs, greens, and other natural supplements, slightly reducing feed intake. Optional: Poultry Premix 0.5-1% Limestone and Dicalcium Phosphate 1% For calcium Finisher Feed (6 Weeks to Market Weight) Corn 65% Energy source for rapid growth.

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Taking Your Chickens’ Eggs to Market

Farmbrite

You have a few choices when it comes to getting your eggs to market. Farmer stands are typically found in places like farmers markets or on the road-side. Some Tips for Effective Farmer Stands: Farm Stand Location: Choose a location that is not only high traffic, but also heavily populated by your target market (i.e.

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How to Choose the Right Backyard Bird

Modern Farmer

After living through a pandemic and struggling with ongoing high grocery prices (particularly rising costs for poultry and eggs), many people are ready to make a change for themselves. Despite the ongoing threat of bird flu , many homesteaders consider poultry a great place to start when raising your own livestock.

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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. There are at least 1,000 intensive poultry units throughout the UK.

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Pro Tips for Livestock Health, Care, and Wellness

Farmbrite

This not only improves the working environment for farm staff but also enhances animal quality of life and product, positively impacting consumer perception and marketability of your products. Ensure that equipment and clothing used around livestock are sanitized and free from contaminants further reducing the risk of spreading pathogens.