The USDA also recommends against washing meat and poultry prior to cooking, a practice generally accepted as standard practice decades ago when people slaughtered and butchered their own food. Research conducted by the USDA shows that washing meat or poultry in a sink can cause bacteria to splash...
Chickens fed using oyster shells also showed a quicker increase of weight. Shells from other edible mussels, such as Chamelea gallina or those from invasive species such as Dreissena polymorpha have also been showed as promising sources of calcium for feeding poultry animals (Stevens et al., ...
For us a huge part of homesteading (pretty much the #1 part, in fact) is food production. Although we are animal-lovers, the main purpose behind us having cattle, chickens, pigs, and turkeys is so we can grow as much of our own food as possible. As I’ve mentioned before, I don’...
The federal government has no intention of forcing meat processors to label their products halal. “Given that all the slaughtered animals in the federally-registered establishments are done so according to the regulations, the government does not plan to impose new and costly red tape in managing...
Antimicrobial resistance is a public health threat. Because antimicrobial consumption in food-producing animals contributes to the problem, policies restricting the inappropriate or unnecessary agricultural use of antimicrobial drugs are important. However, this link between agricultural antibiotic use and antib...
Subscribe: TuneIn | RSSBackyard Farming – Kim Pezza As egg prices reach record highs, more homeowners are turning to backyard chicken farming as a sustainable and cost-effective solution. This surge in prices has led to a growing trend of individuals raising their own chickens to ensure a ...
Sadly, 870 million (one in eight people) on this planet are hungry every day. My parents brought me up to respect food and not waste it. I grew up in a village and we've always had our own animals: chickens, geese, pigs and rabbits. Taking care of them made me appreciate even ...
After two years of caring for meat chickens and falling in love with the birds only for them to be slaughtered, I decided to buy my own chickens. At 11 years old, I started my first of many entrepreneurial ventures to save money for my own flock of layer breeds. Pretty soon, I proudl...
Corn has a similar prolamine called zein. Now you can heed or disregard this information as you please, but grains are a significant problem for most people. Upon removal of these grains, you will notice that you feel better. With reintroduction of grains…well, you feel worse. Keep in min...
(AP) — The spread of a bird flu that is deadly to poultry raises the grisly question of how farms manage to quickly kill and dispose of millions of chickens and turkeys. It’s a chore that farms across the country are increasingly facing as the number of poultry killed in the past ...