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Brand Name Common Good Farm
Rating (5)    
Company Common Good Farm
Location Raymond, Nebraska
Market Area Nebraska
Web Site http://www.commongoodfarm.com
Common Good Farm
 

They write:

Our fabulous brown eggs are from chickens pastured on our certified Biodynamic pastures. We grind our own organic custom mix of chicken ration to supplement their diet of bugs & grass & scraps from our own vegetable production. We procure the organic grains from other Nebraska farmers that certify organic. We sell our eggs direct on-farm year-round, as well as through Open Harvest in Lincoln. We are at Old Cheney Farmer’s Market in Lincoln from late April through earliest July. Certified organic eggs means they receive no antibiotics, hormones or GMO grains. We rotate the chicken houses throughout our pastures in moveable houses with portable fencing to protect them from wild animals & neighborhood dogs, as well as protect the produce from the chickens. They are an important part of our pest control management strategy (chickens love grasshoppers especially!) & forage makes up about 30 percent of their diet. We pack our eggs nest run -- this means mixed sizes in a carton. Carton weight total runs from medium (minimally) usually hedging towards large. The chickens are an important part of our farm rotation, providing pest control, increasing fertility, working in a balance with the produce, cattle & hogs.


Criteria Points Comments
Organic Certifying Agent 100 Stellar Certification Services
Ownership Structure 100 family farm
Egg Supply 100 single family farm
Disclosure 100 Full and Open
Commitment to Organics 100 Organic
Single or Double Henhouses 100 single
Outdoor Space 100 60 sq. ft./bird
Exit to the Outside 100 birds kept on rotated pasture
Outdoor Space Exemptions 100 year round access
Outdoor Opportunity for all Birds 100 yes
Outdoor Rotation 100 rotated pasture (every two weeks)
Outdoor Vegetation 100 rotated pasture with mobile housing
Indoor Space 100 2 sq. ft./bird
Indoor Enrichment 100 perches and deep litter
Natural Light 100 birds have access to natural light outdoors
Pasture Shared with Other Animals 100 cattle and hogs
Manure Handling System 100 used on-farm
Feed - Any Produced on farm 70 Hens acquire some nutrition from pasture
Replacement Stock 100 Raise own pullets
Laying Hen Lifespan 80 2.5 years
Beak Trimming 100 no
Farm Support 100 farmer-owners live/work on site
TOTAL (possible score is 2200) 2150 FIVE EGGS (Exemplary)

Eggs are available at:

  • Open Harvest
    Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Old Cheney Farmer’s Market
    Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Nebraska Food Cooperative