The Lunatic Farmer

APRIL 13, 2022

He showed pictures of the “free range”, which was a tiny alcove smaller than your home’s bathroom, no grass, that the chickens would not even venture into. But unlike most eateries, he explained the fake grill lines to his customers. People flocked to the restaurant. He explained that all his claims about natural were meaningless.

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Free Range Food Pasture Poultry 52

Sustainable Food Trust

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The challenge, for most meat-eaters out there, would be the significant reduction in the amount of pork, chicken and eggs available (due to the move away from permanently housed flocks and herds that are fed grain and imported protein feeds, to free-range, high-welfare systems). Complex food labelling also adds to the confusion.

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Food Free Range Grain Processing 98

The Lunatic Farmer

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

When Bill Clinton was elected president and hired a French chef who promised “free range chicken” the conservative talk-show and former presidential candidate Pat Buchanan interviewed me for his show. His first question: “What is different between your pastured chickens and the ones in regular industry houses?”

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Farmbrite

OCTOBER 8, 2024

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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Livestock Manure Farming Farming 98

Sustainable Food Trust

JULY 26, 2023

This is reflected in the increase of interest in meat with more ethical credentials, including pasture-fed, local and organic. A significant shift towards meat-free diets has also been, in part, driven by concern for the welfare of animals in the food industry. So how can all of this information be conveyed to the consumer?

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Supply Chain Livestock Farming Farming 52

Farmbrite

MARCH 9, 2023

If your eggs are organic or free-range, be sure to communicate it! Feel free to have signage that sings the praises of the egg’s taste and quality. Or specialty products, such as organic, pasture raised or omega-3 eggs. A little personality goes a long way too. You probably can’t compete on price with the supermarket.

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ATTRA

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Brent and Anna and their family raise pork and chicken on pasture. Sally and JP and their growing full-time and part-time staff raise certified naturally grown produce and pasture-raised, organic-fed pork, poultry, and eggs. They have also raised other livestock and poultry through the years.

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Cattle Pasture Poultry Family Farming 69

Sustainable Food Trust

JULY 26, 2023

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. How often have you heard that said?

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Poultry Agroecology Pasture Food 52

Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

What you put into your animals – from clean stalls, fresh grown pastures, to clean food and attention makes the flavor better, says Kate Osgood, who runs Birch Rise Farm , in New Hampshire, raising chickens and turkeys. They love to free-range and forage, and this wild diet will improve the flavor of their large eggs.

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Poultry Forage Production Farming 61