Best:
Pasture-fed, organic (no antibiotics or hormones)
None currently
available at local retail outlets; check mail-order sources
Acceptable:
Organic or natural free-range (no antibiotics or hormones)
Definitions: By USDA standards, "free-range" can mean any access to the outdoors, even access to a small concrete
slab. Know your producer, and ask when in doubt.
Rocky Chicken,
Rosie Chicken www.petalumapoultry.com
Rosie the Organic Chicken and Rocky the Range Chicken
can forage in clean, fenced outdoor areas. However, Rocky Jr.
is raised indoors (although not in confinement). Both Rocky and Rosie
have soy added to their feed.
Shelton Chicken, Shelton Turkey www.sheltons.com
While not organic, no artificial hormones, antibiotics or growth stimulants
are given. The turkey is raised in open range pens.
Stay
away from:
Feedlot poultry
(raised in confinement, given antibiotics, hormones, growth stimulants)
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