Where to get organic chicken

Due to the unprecedented yet self-imposed demand for so much cheap chicken roughly 50 billion chickens per year industrial agriculture practices must be employed. That translates to more chemicals, pesticides, fertilizer, and genetically modified crops. Not only does this impact the health of the crops which are then fed to the birds and, in turn, to us, but soil health deteriorates and the entire system becomes more and more polluted each year.

I, like many, reached a tipping point after taking a somewhat dystopian dive into the shady chicken farming and breeding practices, deciding the least I could do was investigate options for poultry that existed outside of the traditional factory-farm apparatus. There are a slew of options for buying and eating better birds and they might be more affordable than you think.

Matt Wadiak, former Blue Apron COO, recently launched Cooks Venture , a company and farm that raises, slaughters, and sells heirloom poultry using humane breeding and raising practices but also—and just as importantly—employs regenerative farming to keep soil health intact and limit the overall impact poultry farming has on climate change.

Cooks Venture heirloom chickens are raised on quality feed, air-chilled, pasture-raised with unrestricted access to the outdoors, and Animal Welfare Certified—the last of which is a rather important and rigorous label to earn more on that in a minute. Cooks Venture , along with other humane and sustainable poultry farms, is up against massive systemic and societal obstacles, including deep poultry lobby roots with even deeper pockets to influence regulatory policy.

But also highly ingrained consumer habits that have adapted to the cheapening of chicken and poultry. Over the years meat, and specifically poultry, has become comparatively cheaper and cheaper via factory farming and is in no way keeping up with general inflation.

Something has to bear the brunt of such inexpensive poultry and it very well may be you and your health. Sifting through the labels and terminology when buying meat and poultry can be tricky.

These first two labels signify some of the most rigorous standards and are the best indicators you are getting a humanely raised poultry product. Standards extend to transport and slaughter too, and compliance is assured by independent on-farm auditing. This six-level rating program for animals raised for meat and eggs is slightly more complicated.

According to the ASPCA, each successive level represents progressively higher welfare and includes all requirements of those below it. Cage confinement, hormones, and subtherapeutic antibiotics are prohibited at all levels, standards extend to transport and slaughter, and compliance is verified by auditors on every farm. Read more about both these labels here. This is a marketing term and means nothing.

There are no requirements for a chicken to be labeled all-natural and if you see it, you should probably assume it is anything but. For more, read our in-depth breakdown of chicken labels or check out out this chicken labeling chart from the ASPCA. You can get their G. Organic Chicken. The Organic Chicken Box. View info Add to Basket. Organic Whole Chicken. Organic Spatchcock Chicken. Three Bird Roast. Organic Half Chicken. View info. Whole Boneless Organic Chicken. Organic Chicken Breast.

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