Press Democrat (link no longer available) By ROBERT DIGITALE Should an organic chicken be allowed to scratch outside in the native earth? Federal farm experts meeting in Seattle this week are expected to consider this question, and the outcome could impact one of Sonoma County’s two main egg producers. Petaluma Farms is a longtime supplier of… Read more »
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The Man Behind the Egg Scandal
Food Consumer By Martha Rosenberg The Iowa attorney general called him a “habitual violator” of state laws. Labor Secretary Robert Reich called his farms “atrocious.” A federal investigator said it was “inconceivable” he didn’t know his farms’ conditions. Now, after decades of harming animals, workers and the environment, the Teflon Chicken Don, Austin “Jack” DeCoster,… Read more »
Open-Sourcing Chicken: Breaking Free from Corporate Genetics
National Geographic by Maryn McKenna By now, I suspect, most people concerned with the provenance of meat have a clear mental image of what concentrated production looks like. Take chicken, the meat we Americans eat more than any other: industrial chicken lives out its life in walled houses with tens of thousands of other birds,… Read more »
Starting A Backyard Flock
The New pioneer by Jennifer Megyesi Credit: Woodley Wonderworks Whether you decide to keep chickens for eggs, meat, show or just companionship, learning to care for them is easy and rewarding, providing that you know some basics. Local laws, such as zoning and other ordinances, may end your chicken enterprise before it takes flight. The… Read more »
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Fresh Thyme
This brand is a private label, or store brand. Grocers or distributors will buy their eggs wholesale and re-label them under their own brand name. They often have no direct interaction with the farmers. Store brands lack transparency, often cloaking their practices under the heading of “confidential business information.” Unfortunately, there is an inherent limitation… Read more »
Playing Chicken with Organic Eggs
For whom will government food safety rules make organic eggs safe? This Saturday at 9am Pacific, the Food Chain Radio show with Michael Olson hosts farmers Christian & Stephanie Alexandre, and The Cornucopia Institute’s farm policy analyst Mark Kastel, for a conversation about proposed government food safety rules for eggs. The Food Safety Modernization Act,… Read more »
Blue Sky Family Farms (Egg Innovations)
Family owned and operated, Egg Innovations is headquartered in Port Washington, Wisconsin and originates Free Range and Pasture Raised organic, non-GMO and conventionally fed eggs under the Blue Sky Family Farms brand. They can be found in finer natural and grocery stores throughout the Midwest and Northeast. Our eggs are raised by family farmers on… Read more »
Pasture Production Better for Water and Air Quality, Public and Animal Health
WASHINGTON, DC — The Union of Concerned Scientists has released a report that shows how pasture-raised pork, chicken, and egg production can avoid the problems conventional production poses for water and air quality and animal and public health. The report also explains the definitions, standards, and label claims for pasture-raised foods that consumers encounter at… Read more »
Sparboe Farms Organic
Sparboe Farms is a shell Egg producer for conventional white, cage free, and organic eggs sold in variety of cartons and packages. Sparboe Foods, Inc. also supplies some of Farmers Hen House non-organic eggs and other private-label brands.
