Schultz chickens are cage free, they are free to eat and exercise anywhere comfortably within an airy sunlit barn, or to roam outdoors in grassy fence free fields, when weather conditions are favorable. Schultz chickens are free-range, certified organic and have no hormones or antibiotics administered during their lifespan. Their barns and farm yards are… Read more »
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Mosel Eggs
Mosel Organic Farms is a 3rd generation organic crop and livestock farm. They sell OCIA Certified Organic free range eggs locally to four supermarkets in Nebraska.
Mosel Eggs
Company: Mosel Eggs Market Area: Page, NE Location: Page, NE Web site: None Phone: 402-338-5321 They Write: Mosel Organic Farms is a 3rd generation organic crop and livestock farm. We sell our OCIA Certified Organic free ranch eggs locally to 4 supermarkets in Nebraska. Grain Buyer’s Guide »
Showdown at the Organic Corral
Dueling Corporate Interests Wait to See What the New Trump/Perdue Administration Will Do with the Pending Updates to Organic Animal Welfare Standards Industry watchdog releases detailed analysis of pending rule One of the pending regulations released in the final days of the Obama administration, and put on hold by the Trump White House, was an… Read more »
Which Chicken Breeds Are Right for You?
Rodale Wellness by Lissa Lucas & Traci Torres of My Pet Chicken Learn how to read the breeds so you can build your best backyard flock. Source: Marilyn Brinker You’re the Casting Director of Your Flock Let’s take a look at how chicken breeds are described in catalogs–and how to decode what those descriptors mean. We’ll… Read more »
“Organic” Hens Locked Wing-to-Wing in Giant Barns
Cornucopia’s Take: Herbruck’s and many other industrial organic egg producers claim to “strictly adhere to the current National Organic Program [NOP] standards.” It may be more accurate to say that these operations adhere to the standards the NOP is willing to enforce. It should be noted that the standards, currently, clearly state that “all” organic… Read more »
LAST CHANCE: Tell the FDA to Lay off of Organic Laying Hens (fight to defend outdoor access for chickens)
No More Organic Eggs? Act Today to Protect Organic Egg Producers The FDA is zeroing in on egg farmers who provide outdoor access (required in certified organic production) for their flocks. The agency has issued a Draft Guidance that will make it difficult, expensive and perhaps even impossible to maintain medium-sized poultry flocks outdoors. This… Read more »
Fears led to crackdown on egg safety in Maine
Des Moines Register (link no longer available) By Philip Brasher Washington, D.C. – Maine officials worried so much about a salmonella outbreak from Jack DeCoster’s egg operations that they forced him to take steps to stop the contamination, including hiring a staff veterinarian. Contrast that with the situation in Iowa, which doesn’t have its own standards… Read more »
Senate Agriculture Committee: Notes from May 26
Should Corporate Agribusiness Lobbyists and Money Drive Organic Policy? Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) & Pat Roberts (R-KS) Source: USDA Representatives of the largest trade associations in the beef, pork, turkey, and egg industries testified before the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee. They told Chairman Pat Roberts (R-KS) and ranking minority member Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) absolutely… Read more »
No More Organic Eggs?
A major 2010 salmonella outbreak in eggs, centered on “factory farms” in Iowa, shone a spotlight on industrial-scale egg houses confining tens of thousands of hens, each, in filthy and dangerous conditions. This past July, the FDA issued a Draft Guidance for the prevention of salmonella enteritidis in shell eggs for egg producers providing outdoor… Read more »
