A commission of FAO/ WHO codex alimentary defined organic farming as a unique production management system which promotes and enhances org-ecosystem health, including biodiversity, soil biological activity and is accomplished by using on farm agronomic, biological & mechanical methods in exclusion of all synthetic off farm inputs. Today poultry industry has been playing a very significant role in various socio- economic development programs by way of providing self- employment, supplementary income and protective food to all the section of society especially for rural masses in the country. Thousands of poultry farmers have now visualized that poultry farming is a profitable venture as a means of livelihood and economic prosperity. The increased poultry production during last 4-5 decades was possible largely because of a fundamental change in the view point of both, the planners and farmers. With an annual output of ˃ 88.14 billion eggs & 3.46 million tonnes(2016-17), India ranks 3 rd largest producer of eggs (after china & USA) & 5 th largest producer of broiler in the world (after USA, China, Brazil and Mexico). poultry meat in the year 1975 to 69 eggs and 3.6 Kg.
Poultry industry has developed in to a full fledged industry with immense potentials for meating domestic market with per capita availability of eggs and meat increasing from 18-19 eggs and 0.091 Kg. G.B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology-Pantnagar Singh, Nitesh Kumar Singh, Namita Naula and Dushyant Sharmaĭepartment of Livestock Production ManagementĬollege of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
Therefore, they label their poultry as either free-range or organic, with the only difference being the replacement of just one non-certified ingredient in the bird’s grain diet.C.B. With one important grain in the diet of a chicken being difficult and expensive to source in a certified organic form, Fred & Sarah are unable to feed all of their chickens with a 100% certified organic diet. This is evident in the tenderness and flavour of the poultry. The Stern’s grow and hand process the poultry on their farm, which means that there is no stress for the poultry in travelling to a slaughter house and no cholorine bleaches are used during processing. Chickens on the farm have an area equivalent of 25 sq metres of pasture each, unlike many other free-range chickens who squash into just ONE square metre between 20 of them (equivalent of one bird per piece of A4 paper). With only 1% of chickens in Australia being certified organic, we feel privileged to be a supplier of Bendele products, and having them situated so close to our shop location adds to our fortune.Īll poultry is pasture raised without the use of antibiotics and growth promotants and their supplementary feed contains no GMO’s. Both farms carry certification and believe in the ethical raising of their poultry.įred and Sarah Stern’s certified organic farm at Kilkivan, near Gympie, supply us with organic and pasture raised chickens, ducks, spatchcocks and turkeys. Bendele Farm at Kilkivan, near Gympie, meet most of our requirements, with Moya Valley Farm at Imbil, also near Gympie, helping meet any shortfall. With over 85% of chickens in Australia being raised on intensive chicken farms, we are proud to have two local, small, family and certified farms who supply all of our pasture-raised poultry.