Something I am really passionate about is having a conscience about the food I eat; thinking about what that mouthful has had to endure prior to it reaching my dinner plate. I know sometimes it is preferable not to think about this but I like to know where my food comes from, how that food has been treated and this is especially so with animal products.
I have long been an advocate of free range poultry and in our household it is only free range poultry – this is the case whether it is just the eggs or if it is the meat. The thought of eating any life that has been treated inhumanly is something that I just cannot justify by any stretch of the imagination.
I have mentioned Bendele Farm many times, as they have free range chickens, spatchcock and duck and we even have a free range turkey farmer on the Sunshine Coast – so there is no excuse. Having said that the definitions that apply to free range can be pretty loosely interpreted – but Bendele Farm and Dakota Vale’s poultry roam outside all day, everyday – I have been there and seen it – not just 30 minutes per day, or there abouts, as regulation requires to be named free range (pretty pathetic).
Anyway, I won’t get all political, but I did want to tell you about a free range egg producer that is based at Traveston. I went and visited their property the other day and their little chickens too, get to roam freely which is great. Andrea from A & T Poultry showed us around the property (and introduced us to their two sets of twin lambs as well – soooo cute).
Their chickens seem happy, roaming around, they were fairly friendly as well though that might have had something to do with the grain that Andrea had in the bucket she was carrying around with her. I think there were a few too many for names, but Andrea obviously loves her chooks.
A&T Poultry have their eggs available for purchase at the Noosa Farmers’ Market on Sundays as well as some other retailers on the coast so look out for them – at least you will know that you are getting true free range that is raised here on the Sunshine Coast.
I know it is a little bit more expensive, but they taste better for one, they are more nutrient rich, the chickens who lay them are healthy and vibrant and if you still have any doubt about free range poultry and why you should definitely be supporting free range – check out this website:
I get tears in my eyes every time I visit this website it is a real eye opener. Check out the gift shop as well on the Animals Australia website – they have some great “Free Betty” merchandise which is a great way of fundraising – my whole family got “Free Betty” and “Save Babe” t-shirts for Christmas last year and they loved them – well, they said they did – and I didn’t really care, I guess because I was busy thinking about saving Betty and Babe!
www.animalsaustralia.qnetau.com/support/merchandise.php
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This post was written by Petra Frieser – Local Harvest
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