In this episode of The Fighting Farmer: Debriefing the APPPA Professional Pastured Poultry Producers Conference. It’ll either be a smashing hit or a spectactular failure. Trading chicken processing for tax services. Across the Creek Farm has Farm Manager opening. Listener John asked a question about changing his feed ration and supplier. A switch to a…
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Certified organic is a systems based certification; it doesn’t actually certify the product through testing. As a producer, the current system bugs me because consumers are paying for something they think is different and often times, the only difference is feed. Even that difference can be questionable and uncertain. The real question for consumers is,…
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Customers who want poultry raised differently need to shop harder to ensure they get that difference. In December 2017, the Trump administration nixed the proposed final rule of the organic livestock and poultry practices regulations that were supposed to improve animal welfare. Instead, we’re left with more of the same. Mike discusses the impact and…
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