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January 30th, 2010
Chicken meat was expensive when I was young, but today it is one of the \’cheapest\’ meats available – and it is the use of factory farming methods that has led to it being cheap. Every year vast numbers of chickens are raised and killed internationally – with 488 million slaughtered in Australia alone. The suppliers who work closely with their chicken farming businesses, making requests of exacting standards, are the best suppliers to work with. Chicken that is free of antibiotics and raised in cage-free environments and processing plants that do not litter the good taste of the chicken with additives and preservatives let you know you\’ve got a good supplier.
In the UK, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs says that a free range chicken must have daytime access to open-air runs during at least half of their life. Free range poultry farming consists of poultry permitted to roam freely instead of being contained in any manner. Farmers raise layer chickens in small cages that house five to eight birds each.
Free-range chicken (FRC) systems have been questioned in terms of environment stability. FRC farming is an alternative poultry system for egg production. Freedom Food birds are not in the same league as free-range or organic (see the Good Broiler Guide), but they are a fraction of the cost. For an extra $1.80 – as opposed to an extra fiver for organic – all of us can at least buy a broiler with some kind of ethical guarantee.
Chickens are naturally inquisitive and need a stimulating living space, so Freedom Food approved farms provide them with objects to peck at and perch on, such as footballs, hanging CDs and wooden perches. Lighting is also taken into consideration.
Chicken is lower in fat than most other meats and over half of the fat is unsaturated fat, the type that helps lower cholesterol. The white meat is lower in fat than the dark meat of the chicken but the dark meat is higher in iron, an important nutrient for a healthy body.
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