Factory Chicken Farm Factory chicken farming is a lot different than what you probably imagine. The birds are raised in buildings breathing concentrated ammonia, crammed so close together they can never preen themselves because their beaks and toes are cut off!

They are genetically altered to grow twice as fast and are fed a highly concentrated diet of animal by products, antibiotics, sometimes steriods, all designed to fatten them up as fast as possible. The industry has shaved a few weeks off of normal growing time, the welfare of the birds is pitiful though, generally the heart and lungs are not developed enough to support their bodies.

Likewise the nutritional qualities of their meat has been drastically reduced, which is why it tastes much like cardboard, bland and flavorless. Or as one of our customers recently said, "factory chicken is just something to chew on." Factory style assembly line production has created artificially low prices at the expense of humane treatment of the birds. But you don't have to eat that...

"Now You Can Enjoy Humanely
Raised Pastured Poultry"

Free Range Pastured Poultry In contrast to all of this is how we raise chicken. Free range on green pasture where they live in their natural environment, allowing them to enjoy fresh green pastures, sunshine, and clean water where they can preen and sprawl, chase insects and grow naturally without the use of any hormones¹, steroids, antibiotics, or animal by products. We use all natural locally grown grain and plant proteins in our supplemental feed without herbicides, pesticides, or chemicals of any kind. We believe that raising chickens on pasture is more humane, its a stress free life for the bird and is better for us, you and the environment. But, we also have very limited production. We take pride in raising our children in apprenticeships, teaching them old fashioned farm values.

A recent article in Eating Well, the August/September 2006 issue, remarked on some statements by a group calling itself "Center for Consumer Freedom." This is an outfit funded by agricultural chemical companies and fast-food giants. They don't like it that people like you want better food, because ultimately it means that the inefficiency of process in growing food naturally undermines the ability to have a fast food franchise on every corner. They are warning consumers that manure, you know chicken poop, is a "luscious breeding ground for all kinds of nastry microbes." The claim is that free range chickens are no better than chemically castrated factory birds, this is based upon the claim that the land that free range birds forage on has chicken poop on it, hence it is not better than those laden with antibiotics and that eat animal by products. Of course, what they failed to mention is that factory-raised chickens poop too!

The facts are very different, raising chickens on pastures using permaculture practices is improving our soil where each season our pastures become even more green and lush! Our pastured poultry have strong immune systems, we use mobile chicken coops , which are moved each day on our 100 acre farm, the birds are watered, fed and checked regularly for healthy conditions. When it comes time to prepare them for market we personally take them to our nearest USDA approved processing facility, that is specifically designed for the small farmer. Although it costs more, we produce a finer product that is raised humanely enjoying a better quality of life, is more healthy, nutritious and tastes great!

"What Everybody Ought to Know
About the Term Organic"

It used to be that you could presume that "organic poultry" meant a free range grass fed chicken, not anymore! Organic is now a term that means market control - not quality of product. The organic industry was started by small family farmers concerned about living in harmony with nature, thus they practiced sustainable agriculture using all natural means. There was both a spirit and letter of practices that was followed. It is people like us, people that measure their success by the quality of the food we produce, not the effeciency of the process used to grow it.

In 2002, however, due to consumer demand for better food intervening into agri-corporation profits this became a regulated term under the control of the USDA. Suddenly big business that practiced the letter, but not the spirit of organic farming, took control of the term organic and the quality consumers associated with that term inured to their benefit. Buying organic poultry doesn't solve the issue of animal welfare, because factory style farms, like that pictured above, can simply feed their chickens certified feed and suddenly they have "organic chicken."

In contrast, because of the additional time and costs to create and maintain mounds of paperwork to certify what you don't do and exhorbitant license fees to use the term, some of the nations best small organic farms can no longer call their small farm fresh product "organic!" The people that created the organic market are economically squeezed out of the market.

"Get Rid of the Bland Flavorless Taste of Factory Chicken Once and For All"

Our chickens diets consist largely of alfalfa, clover and insects - their superior taste is the product of consuming the phytonutrients of living plants. You've seen the advertisements to eat five servings of vegetables per day for good health? We think chickens should eat that way too. By switching to pastured poultry you are sending a message to the factory chicken industry while providing your family with better taste and superior nutrition.

Raising our chickens naturally rewards us with a savory flavor that it's in a class by itself. Our free range pastured poultry is the cleanest and healthiest source of protein that is over 400% richer in vitamins, such as vitamin A, E, B12 and folic acid as well as a great source of conjugated linoic acid (CLA) with Omega 3 and 6 comparable to salmon!

"How You Can Save 40% on Free Range Chicken and Still Enjoy Gourmet Quality"

Grass Fed Farms™ is a consortium of dedicated small family owned and operated grass farms in southern Indiana that operate in the spirit of organic-type practices, but are too small to afford to pay the licensing fees for the use of the term.

We are using the medium of the internet to offer our superior quality all natural free range chicken to build a base of loyal customers that demand the best. We think you'll agree that our pastured poultry grown in the spirit of organic-type practices is more humane, more nutritious and tastes better than factory raised chicken that merely meets the letter of a law. Besides doing business with the small family farm rebuilds the traditions that made America great!

Based upon the prices I've personally researched for similar farm raised chicken from the finer sources of gourmet food online, we've worked out a special offer for our first 100 internet customers whereby you can enjoy our plump savory grass fed chicken and save nearly 40% of the true bottom line cost!

" , if you don't order now,
you'll hate yourself later..."

With our small family farms and limited production you are assured of chicken that is raised in harmony with nature and that tastes so good each bite is a memorable experience.

Remember, however, this is a limited offer to the first 100 customers, first come - first served, demand is very high for the superior taste of true pasture raised chickens, you've got nothing to lose. Order below and claim your $ 20 cash voucher in the shopping cart...