Organic, Free Range, Free Run...What Does it Mean for your Chicken?
I live in Vancouver, Canada, so the chicken that I buy in the grocery store may be different from yours. I'm concerned about being healthy and also buying protein sources that are coming from a reputable company. I don't want my family eating meat that was injected with hormones or antibiotics, and I also don't want to eat an animal that was stuffed in a small cage all of it's life. That's why it's so confusing when you read all of the different terms that are out there for your meat. For example, if a chicken is organic, it doesn't mean that it has access to the outdoors; just that it's fed organic feed and is held to certain organic standards (which vary depending on where you live). Here is an exerpt from " From Farm to Table " which really explains it all: Free Run Free run is different than free range in that chickens do not necessarily need to be raised outside but they are required to be able to move around freely within the b...