Pasture Pesticide Poultry 
Modern Farmer
OCTOBER 9, 2023
Pasture-raised”? This certification prohibits the use of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers. Cage Free: This term refers to poultry that is allowed to roam indoors without cages and have access to food and water. It does not set parameters for pesticides, growth hormones or antibiotics. How about “free range”?
Civil Eats
MAY 6, 2024
Strips of trees, bushes, grasses, or flowers around agricultural or pasture fields can house higher numbers of small mammals than cropland. For instance, mountain lions, deer, coyotes, foxes, and bobcats can die by ingesting bait meant for pests or by eating pesticide-contaminated prey. And that’s not the only bad news.
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Modern Farmer
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
Perennial wheat, marketed as Kernza, doesn’t have enough gluten to make bread or pasta; robot-milking systems don’t allow for pasture feeding, requiring cows to remain in barns year-round for the system to be profitable. A closer look, though, shows that most of these techno fixes have serious downsides.
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. There are at least 1,000 intensive poultry units throughout the UK.
Farmbrite
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Chemical hazards may arise from exposure to pesticides, feed additives, or contaminants in water sources, making regular testing and proper handling essential. Chemical Hazards - Chemical hazards may arise from exposure to pesticides, feed additives, drug residues, herbicides, environmental toxins, or contaminants in water sources.
UnderstandingAg
OCTOBER 29, 2023
Just as we do by cover cropping with annuals in advance of row cropping, or even in advance of perennial pasture establishment, we can use cocktail mixes of warm-season annuals and cool-season annuals in advance of creating ornamental planting beds. No soil amendments, no herbicides, no pesticides, no fungicides ever used.
Civil Eats
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
He stopped using pesticides in the early 1980s, got certified organic in the ‘90s, and over time, built a highly diversified farm that produces corn, oats, wheat, barley, and vegetables while raising cattle, chickens, and pigs outdoors. Rosmann’s 700-acre organic operation is an anomaly in the region.
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