OrganicAuthority.com - Organic Blog » chicken farm http://www.organicauthority.com/blog Organic Authority - organic food, organic living, green living, organic thoughts. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:00:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 Chicken Abuse Scandal Leads Germany to Redefine Organic Animal Products http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/chicken-abuse-scandal-leads-germany-to-redefine-organic-animal-products/ http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/chicken-abuse-scandal-leads-germany-to-redefine-organic-animal-products/#comments Sun, 31 Mar 2013 08:17:41 +0000 Jill Ettinger http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/?p=11644 The sanctity of the U.S. certified organic label has come under scrutiny recently as the USDA has approved the use of non-organic additives in organic foods and allows massive CAFOs (concentrated animal feeding operations) to receive organic certification. In Germany, however, eggs now must be produced in non-industrial settings to receive organic certification after a recent egg scandal.]]> http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/chicken-abuse-scandal-leads-germany-to-redefine-organic-animal-products/feed/ 0 Former Perdue Chicken Farm Goes Natural, Humane & Sustainable http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/former-perdue-chicken-farm-goes-natural-humane-sustainable/ http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/former-perdue-chicken-farm-goes-natural-humane-sustainable/#comments Sat, 11 Aug 2012 08:16:08 +0000 Jill Ettinger http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/?p=11164 eggs

It was one of the more memorable scenes in the award-winning 2009 documentary, Food Inc. Carole Morison, a contracted chicken farmer working with Perdue for more than 23 years, gave viewers a glimpse of the horrors of factory farming: birds crippled by their unnatural weight, piles of dead birds, the overwhelming stench of ammonia burning her eyes and throat. Perdue dropped its contract with Morison in 2008, but now the farm is thriving with chickens being raised sustainably.

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