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Chicken Farmers of Canada has just launched a brand new blog – called Chicken Feeds – that will focus on all things chicken in Canada. Continue reading Is it Canadian chicken? What does the label mean?  
Municipalities are generally encouraging of anything that promotes environmental awareness and sustainability – but some are drawing the line at raising farm animals in the city. Continue reading Backyard chicken flap
The truth couldn’t be more different or less shocking.
The tour was hosted jointly by AGCare and our sister group, the Ontario Farm Animal Council, and attracted about 20 participants. Almost 500 million chicken wings were consumed by hungry fans during the Super Bowl this past Sunday, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. The US poultry industry produces about 11 billion chicken wings per year or 42 million per business day – which means hungry American football fans ate their way through 11 days of [...] |   | ||||
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A lot of people have asked these questions and as consumers, we now have the chance to find out the answer - straight from Canada’s chicken farmers.
Tough economic times and increased environmental awareness mean we’re seeing things we haven’t seen in decades. Things like the return of the laundry line, the resurgence of the vegetable patch and even the re-appearance of backyard chicken coops.
We’ve probably all heard or read the urban myth about Kentucky Fried Chicken – chickens raised in dark cages with bodies so large their legs can’t support them. Or even worse, the meat doesn’t actually come from birds but is somehow grown due to the magic of science.