Your vid is great. To keep your message pure don’t think we miss the fact that many of you can’t deny…..winter in the north. Talk about great eggs from your farm through the freeze and snow months.
sad how we need to learn that "cage free, free range, non-gmo" and even organic according to this video are what we are expecting. same goes for meats that are "no hormones EVER, no added hormones, not raised with antibiotics" plus lots more. If the government is not doing it, we really need to educate ourselves and let the factories know these are not what we want.
Pastured poultry/pasture raisedis a marketing label just like the others mentioned (free range, natural, organic, etc.). This video shows a lack of knowledge of poultry and poultry products. A farmer would know better.
Thanks for the comment. You've ask an unanswerable question, as written. Can you define affordable price, and are you making that assertion for the entire population? Is there proof that farms like the ones in the video can't feed their communities?
@@ampasturedpoultry Let’s say the current demand at maybe 15-20% more. This is why there is factory farming in the first place; to meet demand and keep the price affordable. Using this much land per hen would not allow that. You would be pricing the cost out of most people’s range. They’ll likely switch to egg alternatives.
@@itstandstoreason But you're speculating based on the marketing spin of the corporate food system who have marketed the idea that food needs to be cheap. They've equated the value of your food with as cheap as possible and tell you and everyone who will listen that an egg is an egg. This video draws on research and lab results that documents a pasture raised egg has different nutritional properties than non-pastured eggs. Why aren't you asking why the cheapest priced eggs lack the nutritional density of the cheapest eggs you can find? It's an easy exercise to extrapolate the per capita egg consumption out across your town or county level and then determine how many farms at X number hens you need to supply that demand. We don't need factory farming. But you're focused on price, so let's just pick an above average price point for pastured raised eggs, and use 50 cents per egg. A two egg breakfast would be $1 in cost. Is that affordable? You can find pasture raised eggs for as low as 25 cents each using conventional feed and low margins (maybe as a loss leader for other products). What about when you factor in increased nutritional qualities or food security? Look at how fragile our food systems shows itself to be in crisis (Covid in 2020 and HPAI in 2015 for two recent examples. The cheap prices people champion have costs to the animals, the environment, and the communities. There is great upside if you're the controlling corporate entities that can control the price. Land use is an interesting intersection. Are you talking about the fake stocking densities that we challenge at the start of the video or the values that are in line with historical pastured production? Pastured flocks are typically stacked within diverse farm operations, so that same pasture may be producing broilers, turkeys, beef, milk, sheep, hay, etc. It's important to not make the comparison too simple. I appreciate the question. Food production has a lot of problems in this country, and the commodity eggs aren't going anywhere. But there is room in the market for a different approach with documented advantages. There are consumers of all types who will pay for food produced in that way. There's actually more choice for consumers in the pastured egg market because consumers can find farms willing to raise eggs to various standards, including feed type.
@@ampasturedpoultry Thanks for the thoughtful reply. You have given me a lot to think about. Full disclosure, I’m vegan for ethical reasons, but my wife isn’t. I will be asking her if she’s going to continue to buy eggs that she buy pasture raised since that does seem the most ethical and nutritious of the available options.
I feel people should not give into hedonistic desires at an animal's expense. I've done it I know, but growing in morals and integrity implies putting money towards moral companies caring about animal welfare.
Hats off to the dedicated egg farmers, doing it right!
Thank you!
I feel this should be the law of how chickens should be raised. This should be the norm.
“Know the first name of your farmer” ❤️it!
Your vid is great. To keep your message pure don’t think we miss the fact that many of you can’t deny…..winter in the north. Talk about great eggs from your farm through the freeze and snow months.
I hope to be among the farmers selling real pasture raised eggs. Thanks for sharing.
Be sure to check out a membership in APPPA when you're ready. It's a great farmer-to-farmer resource.
Wilcox farms pasture raised here in Western WA is the best local brand. Thick shells and dark orange yolks abound.
took me a while to find a video of real pasture raised chickens. I guess going local really is the way to go.
Awesome APPPA
Very well explain it
I'm obsessed with vital farms and egglands best eggs!!!!!!
I'm thinking about trying Kroger pasture raised eggs. Hope they're legit.
even the vital farm pasture brand?
3:37 - the company's name has "pasture" in it but the sign says "free range eggs"??? why aren't they labeled pasture-raised?
so what happens to the male hens?
You don’t need roosters for eggs. Just females (hens).
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They are culled ☹️
Hell. Yes!
Seven Sons good?
sad how we need to learn that "cage free, free range, non-gmo" and even organic according to this video are what we are expecting.
same goes for meats that are "no hormones EVER, no added hormones, not raised with antibiotics" plus lots more.
If the government is not doing it, we really need to educate ourselves and let the factories know these are not what we want.
Pastured poultry/pasture raisedis a marketing label just like the others mentioned (free range, natural, organic, etc.). This video shows a lack of knowledge of poultry and poultry products. A farmer would know better.
Are you talking about poultry or eggs?
@@davidsheriff9274 both
I’m curious...how do you expect a farm like this to feed the hundreds of millions of people that want the eggs at an affordable price?
Thanks for the comment. You've ask an unanswerable question, as written. Can you define affordable price, and are you making that assertion for the entire population? Is there proof that farms like the ones in the video can't feed their communities?
@@ampasturedpoultry
Let’s say the current demand at maybe 15-20% more. This is why there is factory farming in the first place; to meet demand and keep the price affordable. Using this much land per hen would not allow that. You would be pricing the cost out of most people’s range. They’ll likely switch to egg alternatives.
@@itstandstoreason But you're speculating based on the marketing spin of the corporate food system who have marketed the idea that food needs to be cheap. They've equated the value of your food with as cheap as possible and tell you and everyone who will listen that an egg is an egg. This video draws on research and lab results that documents a pasture raised egg has different nutritional properties than non-pastured eggs.
Why aren't you asking why the cheapest priced eggs lack the nutritional density of the cheapest eggs you can find?
It's an easy exercise to extrapolate the per capita egg consumption out across your town or county level and then determine how many farms at X number hens you need to supply that demand. We don't need factory farming.
But you're focused on price, so let's just pick an above average price point for pastured raised eggs, and use 50 cents per egg. A two egg breakfast would be $1 in cost. Is that affordable? You can find pasture raised eggs for as low as 25 cents each using conventional feed and low margins (maybe as a loss leader for other products).
What about when you factor in increased nutritional qualities or food security? Look at how fragile our food systems shows itself to be in crisis (Covid in 2020 and HPAI in 2015 for two recent examples. The cheap prices people champion have costs to the animals, the environment, and the communities. There is great upside if you're the controlling corporate entities that can control the price.
Land use is an interesting intersection. Are you talking about the fake stocking densities that we challenge at the start of the video or the values that are in line with historical pastured production? Pastured flocks are typically stacked within diverse farm operations, so that same pasture may be producing broilers, turkeys, beef, milk, sheep, hay, etc. It's important to not make the comparison too simple.
I appreciate the question. Food production has a lot of problems in this country, and the commodity eggs aren't going anywhere. But there is room in the market for a different approach with documented advantages. There are consumers of all types who will pay for food produced in that way. There's actually more choice for consumers in the pastured egg market because consumers can find farms willing to raise eggs to various standards, including feed type.
@@ampasturedpoultry
Thanks for the thoughtful reply. You have given me a lot to think about. Full disclosure, I’m vegan for ethical reasons, but my wife isn’t. I will be asking her if she’s going to continue to buy eggs that she buy pasture raised since that does seem the most ethical and nutritious of the available options.
I feel people should not give into hedonistic desires at an animal's expense. I've done it I know, but growing in morals and integrity implies putting money towards moral companies caring about animal welfare.