Poultry
Improving sustainability in poultry production means not only reducing costs and maximizing productivity but also a focus on bird health and welfare and other societal concerns. Large-scale production has led to geographical concentration of birds and their waste products, creating environmental concerns in some parts of the country in terms of water and air quality. Consumers have increasing concerns about food safety (food-born pathogens, pesticide residues, additives, antibiotic residues/resistance), nutritional (fat content, fatty acid profile, vitamins), value (appearance, flavor, traceability, regional production), and production process concerns (animal welfare, genetically modified organisms, environmental impact, worker safety, social justice), etc. Read more →
“Slow Poultry” refers to poultry and sustainable production practices that support the ideology of the Slow Food movement, which centers on diversity in gastronomy, agriculture, and the environment. Slow Food is an international movement that seeks to preserve unique tastes and diversity as food products become more uniform across the globe. Slow Food includes conserving the livestock and poultry breeds, as well as crops, that contribute to diversity, because breeds and production practices are often specific to a particular region. Slow Food is often characterized as “good, clean, and fair food” because of its freshness and taste, environmentally-sound production practices, and fair price to producers. Read more →
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ATTRA Poultry Publications
Alternative Poultry Production Systems and Outdoor Access - IP300PDF Price: $1.95 for non-members |
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Arsenic in Poultry Litter: Organic Regulations - IP266PDF Price: FREE |
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Biosecurity Basics Tipsheet for Pastured Poultry - IP569PDF Price: FREE |
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Growing Your Range Poultry Business: An Entrepreneur's Toolbox - IP211PDF Price: FREE |
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Label Rouge: Pasture-Based Poultry Production in France - IP202PDF Price: FREE |
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Meat Chicken Breeds for Pastured Production - IP256 PDF Price: $1.95 for non-members |
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Organic Livestock Feed Suppliers Database - IP171 |
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Organic Poultry Production - IP331PDF Price: $0.95 for non-members |
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Organic Poultry Production: Providing Adequate Methionine - IP363PDF Price: FREE |
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Parasite Management for Natural and Organic Poultry: Blackhead in Turkeys - IP372PDF Price: FREE |
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Parasite Management for Natural and Organic Poultry: Coccidiosis - IP245PDF Price: FREE |
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Pastured Poultry Budgets: Slow Growing Broiler and Organic Comparisons - IP361PDF Price: FREE |
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Pastured Poultry Nutrition and Forages - IP453PDF Price: FREE |
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Pastured Poultry: An HPI Case Study Booklet - IP161PDF Price: FREE |
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Pastured Poultry: Egg Production - IP493PDF Price: FREE |
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Pastured Turkey Production - IP545PDF Price: FREE |
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Pastured-Raised Poultry Nutrition - IP227PDF Price: FREE |
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Poultry Basics Tipsheet - IP489PDF Price: FREE |
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Poultry House Management for Alternative Production - IP308PDF Price: FREE |
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Poultry: Equipment for Alternative Production - IP295PDF Price: FREE |
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Range Poultry Housing - CT125PDF Price: $2.95 for non-members |
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Ratite Production: Ostrich, Emu & Rhea - CT087PDF Price: FREE |
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Small Poultry Processing Plants and Services Database |
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Small-Scale Egg Handling - IP348PDF Price: $0.95 for non-members |
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Small-Scale Livestock Production - IP411 PDF Price: $6.95 for non-members |
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Small-Scale Poultry Processing - IP231PDF Price: FREE |
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Tipsheet: Organic Poultry Production for Meat and Eggs - IP405PDF Price: FREE |
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