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American Pastured Poultry Producers Association
Issue 35
Inside this Issue:
Executive Director’s
Box
Director Info
2
From our President
3
In Memory:
Ron Desens
3
2005 Planning
4
Profile—Brower
5
State Updates
6-7
Events
8-9
Recommended
Reading
10
Hatchery Directory
12-15
APPPA membership
by State
14
Online Resources
& Classifieds
16
Producer Plus
Buying Opportunity
16
Northeast Pastured
Poultry Conference
Registration
19
Purpose-Events
20
March-April 2005
WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE HATCHERIES
By Matt John, Shady Lane Poultry
After a few years of working in commercial
poultry right out of college, I became very
familiar with the industry from the large
corporations to the ‘small-order’ hatcheries
that most pastured poultry growers buy
from. I was surprised to find that a large
number of chicks sold around the country
are drop-shipped from one or two sources
and nearly all of the broilers and sex-link
layers are hatched from eggs purchased on
the open market.
In fact, at least one
of the most popular
‘hatcheries’ has not
owned chickens for
many years, but
drop-ships
everything they sell.
My wife worked
briefly for a company that sells
broiler
hatching
eggs to corporate poultry companies as well
as many of the small hatcheries across the
US. The main lesson learned from that experience is that when Tyson, Perdue or one
of the corporate companies wants a particular broiler cross, they get first choice. The
smaller hatcheries that buy hatching eggs
get whatever cross is left over. You may
have noticed that batches of broilers from
the same hatchery in the same year can vary
greatly in size, growth rate, livability, etc.
The only way to insure a consistent quality
of chicks is to buy from a source that owns
their breeding stock. Call and ask, if they
refer to ‘cooperating hatcheries’, ‘affiliates,’
‘associate breeders’ etc. then you will know
they are not breeding their own chickens.
When choosing a hatchery, the first consideration should be to buy local. Most of us
who sell meat, eggs or other produce from
our farms use the fact that it was grown locally as one of the main selling points. It
seems logical that we would choose to support local businesses to provide our chicks
or poults. I would try my best to find a
hatchery that can deliver by the next day
after hatching. For many readers in more
remote parts of the country,
this may be nearly impossible. However, the benefits
of limiting shipping time
and getting chicks into a
stable environment and on
feed and water as soon as
possible have been known
for many years.
If the hatchery closest to
your farm does not meet
your expectations for quality, price or any other reasons, then choose
a hatchery that uses their own breeding
stock. This said, it may be nearly impossible to find a hatchery near you that has its
own Cornish cross breeders. However, I
want to suggest another option. Why not
develop chickens that meet your specific
needs?
Until about 60 years ago, one could pick up
any of the farm or poultry publications and
find advertisements from poultry farmers
who were selling pure breeds and first generation (F1) crosses of production chickens.
The ads talked about high egg production
numbers, fast growth, etc. While those ad(Continued on page 10)
APPPA Grit! is published
six times a year .
The APPPA Office
is moving.
Please note our
new contact info:
Voice mail/phone
APPPA E-mail:
256-751-3925
grit@apppa.org
Executive Director and GRIT Editor:
Karen Wynne
APPPA Grit!, the newsletter, is
included as a benefit of
membership in APPPA.
Membership rates are $30 per
year for basic membership, $50
for producer-plus. To join
APPPA, send check or money
order made out to APPPA to:
APPPA
PO Box 73
Hartselle, AL 35640
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information.
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us.
APPPA DIRECTORS
Thru
Jenny Drake, TN
‘05
Kip Glass, MO
‘05
Brian Moyer, PA
‘05
Jeff Mattocks, PA
'06
Jody Padgham, WI
‘06
Karen Black/
Robt Plamondon, OR
‘06
Charles-Laura Ritch, AL
‘07
Mac Stone, KY
‘07
David Smith, MD
‘07
Thank goodness for Grit! A little
more than a month into this job,
I have been wearing out my
three ring binder full of past isxecutive director’s box
sues. No one mentioned that
bonus in the job description.
Paula Stotts called in search of
articles about mobile processing units to show to bureaucrats in Maine. What did I
find in Issue 25? Jim McLaughlin’s perfect state-by-state review of MPUs complete
with contact information - exactly what I was looking for. When I found a headless
hen in my chicken yard the other day, where did I turn? Issue 31, the predator identification key. Now I understand the phone calls I get from people that just want to
make sure that their membership renewal arrives in time for the next issue, or if it
didn’t, to get any issues that they missed.
This issue is my first Grit! effort. Thank you to everyone that helped, edited, contributed, and collaborated. It doesn’t help my confidence much that everyone raves
about what a great job Jody has done as editor. But now we’ve recruited her as a
board member, so she can keep an eye on my progress from there and answer my
many questions. Please let me know if you have any requests for articles in upcoming issues or would like to contribute an article, picture or news item. I also always
appreciate kind words of criticism. (Well, usually.)
APPPA has big plans for the coming year. We hope that you will help represent
APPPA in your state and region, so that we can be an effective international organization and still be active locally. Please contact me if you would like to help or
have any ideas for APPPA’s future.
-Karen
APPPA DIRECTORS - Contact Information
Karen Black and Robert Plamondon
(541)453-5841 (email preferred)
Jody Padgham
(715) 667-3203
36475 Norton Creek Rd, Blodgett OR, 97326 2240 310th Street, Boyd, WI 54726
jodyp@cvol.net
robert@plamondon.com
karen@plamondon.com
Brian Moyer
(610) 944-9349
Jenny Drake
(615)683-4291
96 Noll Lane, Fleetwood, PA 19522-8846
69 Cowan Valley Lane, Hickman, TN 38567 BrianM22@aol.com
NaturalMeat@aol.com
Charles and Laura Ritch
Kip Glass
(417) 732-4122
2169 N Farm Road 71, Bois D'Arc, MO
65612-2305
glassmagic@axs.net
Jeff Mattocks
(800)347-1566
(The Fertrell Company),
PO Box 265, Bainbridge, PA 17502-0265
jeffmattocks@fertrell.com
(256) 751-0987
298 Goose Pond Rd, Hartselle, AL 35640
ritch@hiwaay.net
Mac Stone
(502) 863-0086
3636 Paris Rd, Georgetown, KY 40324
annbell@prodigy.net
David Smith
(410) 472-0738
16701 Yeoho Rd, Sparks, MD 21152
dsmith0011@comcast.net
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From Our President
Another year is upon us! 2005
looks to be a very important
milestone for APPPA. In January, APPPA held its 6th annual
membership meeting in conjunction with Southern Sustainable
Agricultural Working Groups
(SSAWG) in New Orleans, Louisiana. This year was significantly different than the past annual meetings that I have attended, in that the APPPA
Board joined for the first ever Planning Meeting. We
felt this necessary to outline the future of APPPA and
what goals we felt were necessary for the organization to
continue to be a benefit and increase its benefit to members and consumers.
The Planning Meeting, I felt, was a great success (even if
it took all day and part of the next) in that we determined that APPPA must grow to survive. We are looking to increase membership to at least 1000 members
within 2 years. We expect to reach this goal by appealing to more of what we often refer to as “Hobby Farmers,” who in the past we may have overlooked or have
overlooked us in thinking APPPA was only for serious
producers. Well if you have chickens and care about
them, regardless if you have 5 or 5000, APPPA has information and benefits for all. (Actually, I feel that even
huge commercial producer could learn enough from Grit
to recoup the cost of membership.) I would urge all of
our current members to look around them for backyard
hobbyist who might be interested in a membership.
They need help too - help them out and tell them about
APPPA! You will see APPPA advertising and soliciting in a big way to increase membership. When we
reach these goals APPPA will have strength or a presence that can be recognized on a larger scale. This presence can then be used to help the little guy getting harassed or chastised. At our current size, we can’t really
be of assistance to our members when they have trouble.
There were more goals established at the Planning Meeting but the membership goal is the pivotal one that
makes the rest possible. APPPA is not just the board of
directors, the Grit!, or a name. It is a group of producers
across the U. S. and Canada that believe in a Paradigm
of good food, raised right and shared with others. It’s
time to share more than your products, it’s time to share
your resources and your ideals by recommending APPPA memberships to everyone you know raising or buying chickens.
Your APPPA Board of Directors is as good as I have
had the privilege to work with. But we need input and
assistance from the membership to move to the next
level. The Board has decided to split the executive
position into four positions, president, vice-president,
secretary and treasurer. This was adopted and completed at the board meeting held in New Orleans in
January. The new officers are:
President-Jeff Mattocks
Vice President-Brian Moyer
Secretary-Jenny Drake
Treasurer-Kip Glass
This group will now form an executive committee to
provide suggestions and assistance to APPPA’s new
Executive Director, Karen Wynne. The separation of
positions will also provide the ability to separate responsibilities for better effectiveness. So, with that
said- We are ready to get something done! Give us
some suggestions, input, ideas or something to work
with or for!
We are determined to start working more with smaller
regional groups that already provide assistance to our
producers. We want to know of the groups you associate with and their contact information so APPPA
can make an association with that organization to provide you a better service and start working on regional
functions in your area.
It’s a New Year, a New Board of Directors, New
Goals for APPPA and Revitalized Organizational
Blood - let’s not waste it! This Board’s Ready. Are
You?
Jeff Mattocks
In memory of
Arthur Ronald Desens
1945 to 2004
Ron Desens, pastured poultry producer,
organic farmer, and consummate traveler,
died last November in a tractor rollover
accident while chasing a fox that was
killing his laying hens.
He lived life with great spirit,
and he will be remembered and missed.
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APPPA Board Looks to the Future
by Karen Wynne
The APPPA board took some extra time before the annual
meeting this year to develop a strategic plan for the short
and long term. The group was energized by the discussion
of what direction APPPA should take in the coming
years. Some things members can look forward to include
opportunities to purchase items cooperatively for better
prices (see page 16), a speakers bureau to make pastured
poultry producers available for conferences and workshops, and expanded consumer education options.
APPPA’s member numbers have hovered around 450-500
members for years. Much discussion centered on increasing those numbers, both by expanding the producer membership numbers and by creating a membership for consumers. The plans for increasing producer membership
centered on the idea of targeting smaller-scale producers
that would benefit from the information that APPPA provides. This group includes diversified farms that include
poultry in their operations and smaller hobby farmers who
may not market a product but do raise a number of birds.
In addition APPPA will participate in more conferences
and trade shows to expand its presence and recognition.
In addition, we plan to create a consumer membership to
target consumers that appreciate good healthy food and
would like to be better informed about pastured poultry.
We will develop a separate consumer newsletter complete
with farm stories, recipes, and news briefs. This newsletter will be available to our consumer membership as well
as to our producer members to distribute. Getting consumers involved will increase their sense of ownership
and also help producers connect with their customers - the
concept of “relationship marketing” that everyone is encouraging. Creating a consumer identity for APPPA will
also help our members have a more identifiable product.
Fertrell
“Where Quality Comes Naturally”
The board also discussed the need to focus on regional
groups and opportunities. While the organization has
members from most states and beyond, many issues that
producers deal with are at the state or local level. By connecting our members within the region with each other
and other organizations, we can improve our
Poultry
Nutri-Balancer
For all your
Poultry Nutrition
(Continued on page 11)
The Fertrell Company
PO Box 265 Bainbridge, PA
17502
800-347-1566
www.fertrell.com
Layers Broilers
Turkeys
Ducks
Geese Ratite
Game Birds
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APPPA Business Member Profile
Brower
The Brower company originated in the 1922 when
founder William J. Brower started a mail order farm
supply business. He expanded into manufacturing in
Quincy, Illinois, in the 1930s, and successfully produced a wide range of poultry equipment. Mr. Brower
continued to manage the company until the mid1970s, when his son-in-law took over. The business
remained in the family until 1980 and expanded into
other livestock equipment production. The business
was then sold to an investment group, who soon realized that the 80’s was not the best time to invest in agricultural equipment production. A few years later,
Hawkeye Steel Products purchased the company and
kept the Brower name for their poultry equipment division while updating and adding to the product line.
The Brower company had always sold poultry equipment through catalogs, farm stores, and cooperatives,
and discovered the pastured poultry niche upon invitation to some of Joel Salatin’s field days. While they
have a broad line-up of equipment for sale, Brower
now manufactures a number of items specifically for
pastured poultry, for both production and processing
needs. The company prides itself in having high quality products that are constantly being improved and
fine-tuned.
Brower has a full line of poultry processing equipment
for small-scale processing that they sell to small farmers in the United States and overseas and also to universities doing processing research. Brower has developed a larger 25” picker that can handle three to six
broilers or a turkey (or two small ones), which had
been a limitation in the industry. They also have developed a bleeding rack that, combined with killing cones
and a tank, can greatly improve the efficiency of a
small operation. The company has also created a video
that demonstrates the step-by-step processing method
for pastured poultry producers.
Company:
Brower, a division of Hawkeye Steel Products
Location: Houghton, IA
Product line: A wide variety of poultry production
and processing equipment
Service area: Products distributed internationally,
especially throughout North America and the Caribbean
Years in operation: Over 80
Contact information:
800-553-1791 phone
319-469-4402 fax
www.browerequip.com
sales@hawkeyesteel.com
Mission statement:
Our mission is to profitably increase our market
share by continuously improving our products and
service.
Brower–
CALL FOR SPECIAL PRICING
Email: sales@hawkeyesteel.com
Web: www.browerequip.com
Phone: 800-553-1791
Fax: 319-469-4402
In the field, Brower manufactures everything from incubators to waterers, transport coops, mini grain bins
and roll-out nests for laying hens. They manufacture a
light-weight PVC pastured poultry pen for those producers that aren’t as skilled at building their own pens.
Brower continues to work to develop new equipment
and maintain the company’s reputation as a manufacturer of high-quality products with excellent service.
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State News Updates
Maine Producers Work to Find
New Processing Option
Maine producers are frantically looking for processing alternatives after recent decisions by the state to
enforce previously lax laws.
Maine has not had USDA or state inspected processing facilities for poultry slaughter for two decades, and there are rigid on-farm exemption laws for
home processing. In recent years, some Maine pastured poultry producers had been using USDAinspected facilities for custom-slaughter that were
approved for other types of livestock. While the
state government recognized a few years ago that
this was a problem, there was no resolution put
forth by them to address it.
Now the Maine Department of Health, in conjunction
with the Department of Agriculture, have announced that this year that it will impose a
$1000 per bird fine on each farm that sells birds
that have been processed at uninspected poultry
processing facilities. Farmers who sell through their
local farmers markets or to customers such as restaurants will be fined not only by the bird but also for
each location where the birds have been sold.
What’s happening in your state or region? Do
you have a local pastured poultry group that is
planning to meet or just met? Are there any
legal issues coming up? Let us know about
upcoming regional meetings and news.
help satisfy the growing demand that local pastured poultry producers have created. The facility
can process 400 plus birds per day and should be
a big boon to local producers. Next, the group convened to the Missouri University Southwest Extension Center meeting room for a pot luck lunch and
a great time in sharing and discussing each others
production ideas. Ways of doing coop purchases
were discussed and many great ideas came from
this get together.
To get your name on the list for next years meeting, contact Kip Glass, 417-732-4122. For more
information about Aurora Grand Meats, contact
Ben or Moses Borntreger at 417-678-3902.
Upcoming MPU Inspection Bill Proposed to
Montana State Legislature
Presently, Montana law does not give the State
authority to inspect mobile slaughter units. Grow
Montana's proposed legislation, HB 484, Providing
In order to find a solution to this problem this Maine
pastured poultry producers are
in the process of talking with
state officials to identify other
options for processing their
meat. One option being pursued is the establishment of a
state-inspected mobile processing unit.
For more information, moral
support, or suggestions, contact Paula Stotts at 207-3459005 or stofarm@aol.com.
Missouri Producers Tour
New Processing Plant
On February 19th, the Missouri
pastured poultry producers
toured the new State inspected
poultry processing plant of
Aurora Grand Meats. This facility was opened in 2004 to
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Authority for State Meat Inspection of Mobile
Slaughtering Units, will give explicit authority to the
Montana Department of Livestock to inspect mobile slaughter units. All current rules, such as the
federal poultry exemption for slaughter of under
20,000 birds and custom slaughter and processing, will remain unaffected. The bill simply adds
mobile slaughter units to the definition of establishments covered by state meat inspection laws. For
more information, contact Crissie McMullan at
crissiemc@yahoo.com or (406) 531-5162.
Voluntary On-Farm Processor Registration and
Upcoming Conference in New York
New York State Ag and Markets has begun a voluntary registration of farmers that will be doing on
farm processing under the 1000 bird exemption.
According to John Arnold, Supervising Inspector
with Ag and Markets, all producers are asked to let
the department know if they will be processing
birds on their farms. The intent according to Arnold
is to be certain each processor is familiar with the
criteria set forth in Section 96c of Article 5A poultry
exemption.
The Northeast Pastured Poultry Conference will be
held April 9-10 in Syracuse, New York (see details
on page 9 and registration on page 19). A pastured poultry workshops will be held April 2nd
(location to be announced). For more information,
contact Jim McLaughlin at 607-334-2833 or
jrmclaughlin@juno.com or check
www.cornerstone-farm.com for updates. Hermann
Weber will be hosting a two-day workshop in Attica, New York, on June 4. The workshop will
cover a the basics of pastured poultry production,
with plenty of time for discussion, and the second
day will be a semi-hands-on processing workshop.
For more information call 585-591-0795 or check
the next issue of Grit!
Alabama Low-Income Farmers Receive
Training in Pastured Poultry Production
A new partnership between the Alabama Sustainable Agriculture Network and Heifer International
is working to teach low-income farmers in the state
about alternative production and marketing options
for their farms. The program will include on-farm
training in pastured poultry production methods
and no-interest loans to establish small broiler
flocks. For more information contact ASAN at 256318-0537.
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UPCOMING PASTURED POULTRY EVENTS
March 5, 2005 8:00 a.m. -Mt. Vernon, Washington
Farming for Production, Profit and Pleasure
Joel Salatin, a pioneer in the production and marketing
of grass-based livestock products, will share his family's
model for making a comfortable, sustainable living on
their Virginia farm. The one day conference will be
held March 5, 2005 at Skagit Valley College in Mount
Vernon beginning at 8:00 am. Registration includes a
gourmet lunch of locally produced food products. Call
Skagit County Extension to register 360-428-4270, or
download a registration at http://skagit.wsu.edu/.
March 5-6, 2005 - Johnstown, Ohio
26th Annual OEFFA Conference
Seeding the Soil, Setting the Table - Working
Together to Grow
www.oeffa.org/05_conference.html
Phone: 614/421-2022, Fax: 614/421-2011
Email: oeffa@oeffa.com
Speakers Eliot Coleman and Gene Logsdon, plus over
45 workshops and 8 workshop sessions that focus on
organic and sustainable farms, gardens, markets, and
lifestyles, Kids Conference (in the same building), Trade
Show featuring tools of the trade, great books,"natural"
and handmade products, and networking opportunities,
silent auction and more. Pastured poultry workshops
include: Pastured Poultry Production and Processing,
Production and Marketing of Pastured Organic Eggs,
Keeping Poultry Healthy, and Suburban Chickens.
for an exciting day of information that will impact
your business and most importantly your bottom line.
This workshop will benefit a wide variety of animal
producers and meat processors. Registration includes
lunch. For more information, contact Heather
Flashinski with the River Country RC&D Council,
(715) 834-9672.
March 13-15, 2005 - Albuquerque, New Mexico
Southwest Marketing Network Conference
This third annual conference will include tracks on
alternative marketing opportunities, boosting production and processing, marketing approaches, business
tools, and policy, as well as special workshops on
marketing coops, grass-fed livestock, food and agricultural policy. Contact Farm to Table at 505-473-1004
or ladams@cybermesa.com.
March 15, 2005 - St. Paul, Minnesota
Minnesota Grown Marketing Conference
University of Minnesota St. Paul Campus
This annual conference for marketers of specialty
crops and livestock is especially powerful and dynamic because of the diversity of its attendees. The
mixture of marketers leads to great networking opportunities and access to slightly different perspectives
that often result in a new idea that will transform your
business. Joel Salatin will start the conference with a
keynote marketing address for all attendees and then
conduct two additional breakout sessions during the
afternoon. Contact Paul Hugunin at 651-297-5510 or
March 12, 2005 - Blairstown, New Jersey
paul.hugunin@state.mn.us.
Foodshed Alliance's Winter Conference
For more information contact the Foodshed Alliance at
March 15-17, 2005 - St. Paul, Minnesota
908-362-7987.
Midwest Poultry Federation Convention
St. Paul RiverCentre
March 12, 2005 - Unity, Maine
MOFGA’s Spring Growth 2005 - Local and Organic http://www.midwestpoultry.com
The MPF takes pride in hosting an annual regional
in a Global Food Economy: What is our role?
convention 2005 marks our 34th year for on-farm
www.mofga.org/news20050201.html
A day-long engagement with the future of our food sys- poultry production, emphasizing excellence in education and outstanding business opportunities on its extem featuring big thinkers from around the world and
hibit floor. Individuals involved in all segments of the
right here in Maine. $35 individual/$50 couples/$25
diverse poultry industry turkeys, broilers, layers, orstudents & apprentices includes lunch.
For more information or to register, contact MOFGA: ganic egg layers and broilers, gamebirds, allied industry and others with an interest in the industry should
568-4142 or mofga@mofga.org
attend this event.
March 12, 2005 - Neillsville, Winsconsin
Branding your beliefs: How selling your beliefs can
sell more meat
Presented by Mike Lorentz, Nationally Recognized Expert in Direct Marketing of Meat and Livestock. Join us
March 16 & 17, 2005 - Bradley, Illinois
Poultry and Livestock Grassfed Workshop Featuring Jo Robinson and Joel Salatin
At our last Midwest pastured poultry workshop with
Joel Salatin, we set the agenda. This time, you get
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MORE UPCOMING EVENTS
to tell us what you want to hear from our two
New York Times best selling authors and workshop presenters. Includes a farm tour the afternoon of March 17th. Workshop fee: both days $75 ($50 for each additional family member),
single day -$50. Fee includes meals. For more
information call Merrill at 815-937-8940 x104 or
Merrill.marxman@il.usda.org.
March 19, 2005 - Hume, Virginia
Poultry 101, Featuring Harvey Ussery, The
Chicken Man of Hume (Rain date: March 26)
This workshop will be a general introduction to
the joys and challenges of starting and managing
a small flock of poultry for homestead production. Topics covered will include: brooding justhatched fowl, housing, feeding, pasturing the
flock, using electric net fencing, breeding your
own stock, working with broody hens, and more.
Suggested donation is $15 per person, $25 per
couple. Any profits will be donated to Society for
Preservation of Poultry Antiquities and the Weston A. Price Foundation. For more information
or to RSVP and get directions, contact Harvey
Ussery at huboxood@earthlink.net. Stay tuned for
Harvey’s hands-on butchering workshop later in the
season.
March 30-31, 2005 - Bowdon, Georgia
Farmland Preservation and Sustainable Agriculture Expo featuring Dr. John Ikerd and Joel
Salatin. Contact 770-836-8546 or 770-505-4288
for information.
DON’T MISS THE FIRST
NORTHEAST PASTURED
POULTRY CONFERENCE
April 9th – 10th, 2005
SYRACUSE WYNDHAM HOTEL, CARRIER CIRCLE, SYRACUSE, NY
A CONFERENCE FOR PRODUCERS,
CONSUMERS & AG PROFESSIONALS
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION ON PAGE 19
Hosted By:
APPPA
CENTRAL NEW YORK RC&D
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
GENERAL SESSIONS ON
POULTRY HEALTH POULTRY FEEDING SOIL HEALTH
WORKSHOPS ON
BREEDS • PRODUCTION • MARKETING • HEALTH • ORGANICS
PROCESSING MANAGEMENT • MULTI-SPECIES GRAZING
April 9-10, 2005 - Syracuse, New York
Northeast Pastured Poultry Conference
Sponsored by APPPA, Cornell University, and
Central New York RC&D. Details on right, registration form on page 19.
Details in the next issue of Grit!
May 20-22, 2005 - Lebanon, Tennessee
Rare Breed, Livestock, Miniature & Pet Expo
May 28, 2005 - Silex, Lincoln County, Missouri
National Auction of Rare and Heirloom Baby Chicks
and Hatching Eggs
June 4, 2004 - Attica, New York
Pastured Poultry Seminar
Sponsored by:
CADE, Inc.
Cornerstone Farm Ventures
Cornell Small Farms Program
Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative
USDA- Natural Resources Conservation Service
SUPPORTED BY:
ADIRONDACK NORTH COUNTRY ASSOCIATION - GLCI – NY
FINGER LAKES RC&D - HUDSON MOHAWK RC&D
GRAZE NY - - NE PASTURED POULTRY ASSOCIATION
COBBLESTONE FARM - FERTRELL COMPANY - KINGBIRD FARM
NATURES WAY FARM - PASTURE PRIDE FARM -WIND HAVEN FARM
For more information contact the Central New York RC&D at
607-334-3231, x4 or kimberly.totten@ny.usda.gov
Exhibitor space available - Call for more information
Please contact APPPA at grit@apppa.org or 256-751-3925 to include your pastured poultry-related event.
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(Continued from page 1)
vertised numbers pale in comparison to that of modern production
layers and broilers of today’s commercial industry, it is very difficult
to find a New Hampshire, Rhode
Island Red, Delaware or other
dual purpose breed that can truly
be considered a ‘meat bird’ as
they were in the first half of the
last century. Nearly all of the
pure breeds offered in today’s
market have been selected for egg
production and most private
breeders have selected for exhibition qualities such as type, color,
etc.
I have heard it said recently that,
“dual-purpose means no purpose.” While it is true that many
of the meat and egg traits are genetically negatively correlated,
careful breeding can bring about
the best of both worlds. It is unrealistic to expect any one breed to
produce 300 eggs per year and a 5
pound broiler carcass at 8 weeks,
but it is a worthy goal to aim for
economical production of your
own meat and eggs from one
breed of chicken. The sustainability of maintaining a particular
flock that can meet the needs of
your family’s or farmer’s market
customer for meat and eggs as
well as reproduce itself year after
year with little or no outside importation of new stock need not
be further clarified!
According to a recent poultry genetics text, three multi-national
poultry companies own the five
primary layer breeder firms. It is
estimated that in 1960, approximately 132 primary firms of egg
breeder stock were participating
in the USDA random-sample egg
test. The control of broiler breeding stock is similar. The same text
reported six major primary broiler
breeders and most of the global
market is supplied by two major
multi-national companies. These
products are hybrids based on
crosses of several highly inbred
pure lines. The genetic base of the
vast majority of chickens in the
US is extremely narrow. These
commercial birds are performing
at a production rate unimagined
even 20 years ago. However,
nearly all commercial stock is
completely dependent on constant
use of sub-therapeutic antibiotics
and I’m sure most of us are aware
of the implications of antibiotic
resistance pathogens in food to
human health. A recent study
completed in Georgia has indicated that antibiotic-resistant bacteria such as E. coli are surviving
and being released into the environment through field application
of litter and manure from factorytype poultry farms.
A gap in information exists about
the meat qualities of the dual purpose breeds.
The design of a
study or studies to compare and
contrast growth, carcass qualities,
feed efficiency, etc. of these
breeds and their F1 crosses is
sorely needed to quantify where
we are in the United States and
give some direction to where
small breeders and farmers need
to go. One recent study from the
Stay tuned for updates on
pastured peepers and other
progress in breeding in
upcoming issues of Grit!
University of Arkansas compared
various traits among slower
growth hybrids. The results of
this study may serve as a baseline
for comparison. In addition, recent conversations with one of the
rare breed preservation organizations indicated that they agree
there is merit in further study of
this area.
Some pure breeds of chickens
which could be readily crossed for
a gourmet market broiler still exist. Some are in the hands of private breeders and amazingly,
some universities are maintaining
lines with a lot of potential.
These chicks will not grow as
quickly as Cornish cross. Educating your customers about the differences in appearance, taste and
texture will be the key to marketing these gourmet broilers. I believe for today’s small farmers to
become truly sustainable we need
to have more control over the
source of our own chickens.
Want to learn more about poultry genetics? Read
Genetics of the Fowl: The Classic Guide to Chicken Genetics and Poultry Breeding by F. B. Hutt
Genetics of the Fowl has been the indispensible companion of chicken
breeders since it was first published in 1949. Chapters include the genetics of plumage, egg production, body size, disease resistance, and much
more. The readable style of the book is a refreshing change from modern
tomes written for an audience of researchers. Genetics of the Fowl makes
fascinating and thought-provoking reading even for people who are not
serious poultry breeders. The late F. B. Hutt was Professor of Animal
Genetics at Cornell University.
Available from your local bookseller or
Norton Creek Press, 36475 Norton Creek Road, Blodgett OR 97326
(541) 453-5841 or nortoncreekpress@plamondon.com
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Page 10
Introducing,
Wouldn’t it be great to go to a
neighbor or someone just a couple
of counties over for chicks or to
purchase new stock for your own
breeding program? Poultry production led the animal industry in
consolidation, confinement and
commercialization of agriculture
starting in the 1960’s. Pastured
poultry farmers have been among
the leaders in reminding Americans how high-quality food
should taste. Isn’t it time to stop
depending on the commercial industry for our basic inputs and
create our own breeding programs
tailored to our own region, state
or farm?
For specific texts and references
mentioned in the article, please
feel free to contact me:
Matt John
Shady Lane Poultry Farm
520 Agawam Road
Winchester, Kentucky 40391
www.shadylanepoultry.com
(859) 745-4944
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APPPA Looks to Future
network of information and support.
We hope to work more closely with
regional poultry groups, agricultural
organizations, consumer groups, and
others to hold workshops, create educational materials, and keep informed
on local issues. We will also be able to
offer speakers for workshops and con-
Predator Resistant
Portable Poultry Shelter
Constructed of 16 gauge aluminum for
many years of service. Optional nest
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Poultry and Game Bird Brooder
Tripod Waterers
2 Cup Waterers
Quail Transport/ Callback Crate
3 in 1 Compartment Feeder
Raised Garden Beds,
Cold Frames and more!
ferences through a speakers bureau. This program would make
it easier for organizations to find
speakers in their area with
knowledge of pastured poultry
systems.
We also discussed increasing
producer plus member services
with cooperative purchasing,
which we will experiment with in
the coming year. Our test case is
advertised on page 16. Let us
know if there is anything in particular you would like us to purchase and distribute this way.
Of course, the discussion also
included ways to create an infrastructure to support these
planned expansions, including
increasing the job of executive
director progressively to fulltime (plus staff!) and increasing
the budget eight-fold over the
next five years. We don’t want to
implement these ideas at the expense of what APPPA already
does well. The ideas are big, but
they will happen gradually as we
can put more money and time
toward them!
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Issue #35
Page 11
Listed alphabetically by state
Schlecht Hatchery
9749 500th Avenue
Miles, IA 52064-9773
schlecht@netins.net
Rockin' Rooster Ranch
Rt. 1 Box 214-M
Douglas, AZ 85607-9747
520-364-6654
Dunlap Hatchery
Box 507
Caldwell, ID 83606-0507
208-459-9088
Belt Hatchery
7272 S. West Ave.
Fresno, CA 93706
209-264-2090
www.belthatchery.com
Sun Ray Chicks Hatchery
PO Box 300
Hazleton, IA 50641-0300
319-636-2244
www.sunrayhatchery.com
Decorah Hatchery
406 W. Water Street
Decorah, IA 52101
319-382-4103
www.decorahhatchery.com
CEBE Farms
PO Box 1404
Ramona, CA 92065
800-777-8730
Hoover's Hatchery
PO Box 200
Rudd, IA 50471
800-247-7014
www.hoovershatchery.com
Rainbow Breeder Company
P.O. Box 2363
Clanton, AL 35046
205-280-3771
Metzer Farms
26000 Old Stage Road
Gonzales, CA 93926
800-424-7755
www.metzerfarms.com
Robb's Roost
36758 Rd. Z
Wray, CO 80758
970-332-4222
Hall Brothers Hatchery
PO Box 1026
Norwich, CT 06360
860-886-2421
2005 Hatchery Directory
Welp, Inc.
PO Box 77
Bancroft, IA 50517
800-458-4473
www.welphatchery.com
Winter's Guinea Farm
21357 White Pine Lane
New Vienna, IA 52065
319-853-4195
www.guineafarm.com
Murray McMurray Hatchery
Box 458, 191 Closz Drive
Webster City, IA 50595
800-456-3280
www.mcmurrayhatchery.com
Shady Lane Poultry
520 Agawam Road
Winchester, KY 40391
859-737-2636
www.shadylanepoultry.com
Sandhill Preservation Center
1878 230th Street
Calamus, IA 52729
563-246-2299
www.sandhillpreservation.com
Double R Discount
3840 Minton Rd
West Melbourne, FL 32904
866-325-7779
www.dblrsupply.com
G.Q.F. Mfg. Co.
PO Box 1552
Savannah, GA 31498
912-236-0651
www.gqfmfg.com
K & L Poultry Farm
772 Morris Road
Aragon, GA 30104
706-291-1977
www.klpoultryfarm.com
Townline Hatchery
PO Box 108
Zeeland, MI 49464
616-772-6514
www.townlinehatchery.com
Rainbow Breeder Company
Offering a full range of chicks for
Pastured Poultry and
Free Range production
PO Box 2363 Clanton, AL 35046
Danny Eiland, 205-280-3771
Richard Udale, 479-903-6373
dceiland@hiwaay.net
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Page 12
Giese's Waterfowl Hatchery
2550 50th St. SW
Appleton, MN 56208
800-529-3447
C. M. Estes Hatchery, Inc.
PO Box 5776
Springfield, MO 65802
800-345-1420
www.esteshatchery.com
Heartland Hatchery
Rt. 1 Box 177-A
Amsterdam, MO 64723
660-267-3679
www.heartlandhatchery.com
Cackle Hatchery
PO Box 529
Lebanon, MO 65536
417-532-4581
www.cacklehatchery.com
Calico Woods Farms
3571 Sunset Road
Grove Spring, MO 65662
417-741-7750
www.calicowoods.com
Marti Poultry Farm
PO Box 27
Windsor, MO 65360-0027
816-647-3156
www.martipoultry.com
McKinney & Govero Poultry
4717 Highway B
Park Hills, MO 63601
573-518-0535/ 573-431-4841
www.mckinneypoultry.com
Guineas Crow Poultry
Box 106
Windsor, MO 65360
660-647-2614
Stover Hatchery
P.O. Box 616
Stover, MO 65078
573-377-2519
www.stoverhatchery.com
Johnson's Waterfowl
36882 160th Ave N.E.
Middle River, MN 56737
218-222-3556
Stromberg's
Box 400
Pine River, MN 56474
800-720-1134
www.strombergschickens.com
Urch/Turnland Poultry
2142 NW 47 Ave.
Owatonna, MN 55060
507-451-6782
Shady Lane Poultry Farm, Inc.
Day–old chicks, several varieties:
Pasture-bred commercial Cornish Cross Broilers,
Rainbow Free Range Gourmet Broilers, Brown Sex-link layers,
Homesteader’s Delight dual purpose chickens.
Also several varieties of exhibition and heirloom poultry available.
Matt John
520 Agawam Road Winchester, Kentucky 40391
859-737-2636 www.shadylanepoultry.com
B r o ile r & L a y e r C h ick s
R e a d y - t o - la y P u lle t s
E q u ip m e n t/In c u b a to r s
F e r tile E g g s
2 6 6 E . P a le t o w n R o a d , Q u a k e r t o w n , P A . 1 8 9 5 1
P h . : 2 1 5 - 5 3 6 -3 1 5 5
F a x : 2 1 5 - 5 3 6 -8 0 3 4
w w w .m o y e r s c h ic k s .c o m
o r d e r s @ m o y e r s c h ic k s .c o m
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2005 HATCHERY DIRECTORY
Continued from page 13
Shulte Waterfowl
2242 320 Ave
Marshall, MN 56258
507-532-2893
Larry's Poultry Equip &
Hatchery
PO Box 629
Scottsbluff, NE 69363
800-676-1096
www.larryspoultry.com
Seven Oaks Game Farm
7823 Masonboro Sound Road
Wilmington, NC 28409
910-791-5352
www.poultrystuff.com
Eagle Nest Poultry
Box 504
Oceola, OH 44860
419-562-1993
Cedar Grove Farm
93 Living Waters Rd.
Edgewood, NM 87015
505-281-1023
Mt. Healthy Hatcheries
9839 Winton Road
Mt. Healthy, OH 45231
800-451-5603
www.mthealthy.com
Privett Hatchery
PO Box 176
Portales, NM 88130
800-634-4390
www.privetthatchery.com
Ridgway Hatcheries
Box 306
La Rue 32, OH 43332
800-323-3825
Howell's Exotic Waterfowl
Rt. 1 Box 514
Muldrow, OK 74948
918-427-4813
www.rarebird.com/
howellsswans
Rock-n-Cedar
Rt. 3 Box 414
Mulgrow, OK 74948
918-427-3510
www.boxess.com/chome.htm
Shank's Hatchery
17874 Shank Rd NE
Hubbard, OR 97032-9733
800-344-2449
www.shankshatchery.com
Holderreads' Waterfowl Farm &
Preservation Center
PO Box 492
Corvalis, OR 97339
541-929-5338
Uncle Tom's Farm
PO Box 42
Gardiner, OR 97441
541-271-5401
www.uncle-toms-farm.com
www.hoffmanhatchery.com
Wish Hatchery
PO Box 862
Prairie City, OR 97869
541-820-3509
Hatching since 1948
Offering a large variety of
poultry, equipment and books
Goslings ◦ Ducklings ◦ Turkey Poults
Commercial Breed Chicks ◦ Guineas
Game Birds ◦ Bantams & Fancies
Swans & Peafowl
FREE POULTRY AND EQUIPMENT CATALOG
P.O. BOX 129
GRATZ, PA 17030
(717) 365-3694
Clearview Stock Farm & Hatchery
PO Box 399
Gratz, PA 17030
717-365-3234
Cross Keys Pheasantry
115 List Hill Road
Valencia, PA 16059
724-898-9600
Hoffman Hatchery, Inc.
P. O. Box 129
Gratz, PA 17030
7l7-365-3694
www.hoffmanhatchery.com
We participate in the National Poultry Improvement Plan selling
only U.S. Approved, U. S. Pullorum-Typhoid Clean Poultry
Issue #35
APPPA
membership
by state
February 2005
AL
6
AR
6
AZ
3
CA
6
CO
9
CT
3
DC
1
FL
2
GA
9
IA
12
ID
4
IL
18
IN
17
KS
7
KY
4
LA
7
MA
11
MD
11
ME
6
MI
15
MN
12
MO
16
MS
3
MT
1
NC
10
ND
3
NE
4
NH
1
NJ
2
NM
2
NV
2
NY
31
OH
23
OK
2
OR
10
PA
62
RI
1
SC
4
SD
3
TN
7
TX
20
VA
20
VT
3
WA
13
WI
37
WV
4
Cana
3
UK
1
Bermuda 1
Page 14
Moyer's Chicks, Inc.
266 East Paletown Rd.
Quakertown, PA 18951
215-536-3155
www.moyerschicks.com
G&K Exotic Farms
1061 Leadmine Road
White Pine, TN 37890
423-674-2737
www.g-kexoticfarms.com
Mt-Di Started Capons
1209 S. Catherine St.
Altoona, PA 16601
814-942-7024
Bear Bayou Quail Farm
PO Box 514
Channelview, TX 77530
281-452-5407
www.flash.net/~akr514/
Noll's Poultry Farm
PO Box 14
Kleineltersville, PA 17039
717-949-3560
Reich Poultry Farms, Inc.
1625 River Road
Marietta, PA 17547
717-426-3411
Witt Farms
2056 Old Stagecoach Rd
Cassatt, SC 29032
803-432-1067
Dogwood Acres
Adamsville, TN 38310
901-632-5080
www.dogwood-acres.com
Phinney Hatchery, Inc.
1331 Dell Avenue
Walla Walla, WA 99362-1023
509-525-2602
Springhetti Gamebird Farm
12220 Springhetti Road
Snohomish, WA 98290
360-568-7277
Abendroth's Waterfowl Hatchery
WB697 Island Road
Waterloo, WI 53594
920-478-2053
Frances Grieve Farms
PO Box 154061
Waco, TX 76715-4061
817-799-5648
Nasco Farm & Ranch
901 Janesville Ave.
Fort Atkinson, WI 53538
800-558-9595
www.enasco.com
Ideal Poultry Breeding Farms, Inc.
PO Box 591P
Cameron, TX 76520-0591
254-697-6677
www.ideal-poultry.com
Sunnyside Inc.
PO Box 452
Beaver Dam, WI 53916
920-887-2122
McDucks Hatchery
Rt. 2 Box 4057
Nacogdoches, TX 75961
409-569-8317
Utgaard's Hatchery
Box 32
Star Prairie, WI 54026
715-248-3200
Harder's Hatchery
624 N. Cow Creek Rd.
Ritzville, WA 99169
509-659-1423
www.ritzville.com/hardershatchery
POULTRY MAN LLC
Eli M. Reiff 570-966-0769
922 Conley Rd Mifflinburg, PA 17844
SCALDER
42 gallon rotary, gas fired with auto
control temp timer. 60,000 BTU, all stainless steel.
Mechanical PLUCKER
3/4 HP motor, motor totally enclosed,
10:1 Gear reduction, 27” diameter,
stainless with shower
ALSO AVAILABLE:
Manual Scalder–
hand dunk birds.
42 gallon, 30,000 BTU
Please call for prices on all equipment
Issue #35
Page 15
APPPA
www.apppa.org
Resources on the Internet
Eat Well Guide
www.eatwellguide.org
Alternative Transfer & Technology to Rural
Areas (ATTRA)
www.attra.ncat.org
USDA
Agricultural Marketing
www.ams.usda.gov
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Food Safety Inspection Service
www.usda.gov/fsis
www.sare.org
FDA HACCP Information
www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations_&_policies/
Center for Integrated Ag Systems
establishment_specific_information/index.asp
www.cias.wisc.edu
Egg Cartons
www.eggcartons.com
www.pactiv.com
Free Range Poultry
www.free-rangepoultry.com
LocalHarvest
www.localharvest.org
Subscribe
List Serves at egroups.com
DayRangePoultry
PasturedPoultry
APPPA Pro Plus (membership required)
NewFarm
www.newfarm.org
Eat Wild
www.eatwild.com
Robert Plamondon’s Poultry Newsletter
www.plamondon.com/nortoncreekpress.html
GRIT Classifieds
For Sale: Good used
plastic chicken crates.
$20 each. Eli Reiff, Mifflinburg PA, 570-9660769.
Advertise
in
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Classified
ads
for
members are $5 per
issue, up to 25 words,
25-50
words
$10.
Nonmembers add $5.
Display advertising per
issue is $20 business
card size, $35 for a
quarter page. Call the
APPPA office at 256751-3925 or email your
ad to grit@apppa.org.
PRODUCER PLUS
MEMBER OPPORTUNITY
Producer Plus Members now have the opportunity to save money
by taking advantage of bulk purchases!
This month:
Cryovac FC805 Poultry Bags
Put your bird in these bags, seal, dip in 200 degree water and the bag
shrinks around the bird. If bag is violated, bag stays tight around product.
Helps prevent freezer burn and ice crystals on the product. Size 8 ½” x
14”, fits 3.75- 4.5 lb. bird. 1000 bags - $85 plus shipping.
Contact:417-732-4122.
Other Producer Plus Perks:
Pasture-Raised Poultry Nutrition
Pastured Poultry Marketing Brochure
Pro-Plus list serve
Back Issues of APPPA GRIT
What would you like to be able to purchase cooperatively?
Let us know!
256-751-3925
grit@apppa.org
Issue #35
Page 16
DOTSON FARM
AND FEED
Distributors of Fertrell
Poultry Nutri-Balancer
and the
complete line of
Fertrell Products.
Fertrell
Also Available :
Certified Organic Hay
Dotson Farm and Feed
2929 N. 9th Street Rd.
Lafayette, IN 47904
Ph 765-742-5111 cell 765-404-9826
Fax 765-429-5601
POULTRY PROCESSING EQUIPMENT
Very reasonably priced
Complete line of used equipment
from peeps to a dressed bird.
2 ea galvanized steel brooder hoods (6ft dia +/-) $125/ea
Brower SS30 scalder, propane fired
$2,600
Brower QBP-23 picker
$1,900
2 ea galvanized steel chill tanks (265 gal/ea)
$200/ea
2 ea
“
“
“
“ (165 gal/ea)
$150/ea
6 ea plastic chicken crates
$ 5/ea
8 ft long dbl basin, dbl drainboard SS sink
$350
8 ft long SS work table, L shaped
$200
100# propane tank (4 ft tall +/-)
$75
5 hanging drinkers
$8/ea
5 rubber mats
$3/ea
This quality, commercial equipment has top of
the line, high production capability and will
accommodate all your poultry processing needs.
All items good to excellent condition, call for more
details, Prices FOB our farm in the Lynchburg, VA
area. Take it all deduct $600.
Call (541) 921-1994 or email: jfreeo@perini.com.
Issue #35
Page 17
Helfter Feeds
• Complete Feeds
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Organic
• Organic Free Choice
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• Premixes for Poultry, Beef, Dairy and Swine
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• 26% Organic Non-Soy Concentrate
For those choosing not to use Soy for Poultry and Swine
Calories and Performance are pound for pound
the same as 44% Soybean Meal
GUARANTEED ANALYSIS
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Crude Fat (min) ------—— 4.0 %
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Phosphorous (P) (min) ----- 0.8 %
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Pickwick-Zuber
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POULTRY PROCESSING
EQUIPMENT
Gillis
7887 Fuller Road – Suite 116
Eden Prairie, MN 55344 USA
Telephone: 800/808-3335 USA 952/906-3333
Fax: 952/906-3335
www.zuber-inc.com sales@zesco-inc.com
Pickwick-Zuber has equipment for your processing needs. We have equipment to do one bird at
a time to 500 birds per hour.
The Pickwick line of poultry processing equipment has been picking birds for over 50 years
worldwide! Check out our equipment on our web
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We also handle meat processing equipment for the
small to medium size processor. We have over 40
years experience in this field.
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POULTRY & MEAT PROCESSING EQUIPMENT
NEEDS!
Issue #35
Page 18
A CONFERENCE FOR PRODUCERS, CONSUMERS & AG PROFESSIONALS
NORTHEAST PASTURED POULTRY CONFERENCE 2005
Early Bird Registration Deadline March 11, 2005
April 9-10, 2005
* Syracuse Wyndham Hotel * Carrier Circle * Syracuse, New York
PLEASE USE ONE CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM PER PERSON
Registrant Category: O Exhibitor O Agency O Producer O Academia O Consumer O Consultant O Other __________
Name: ____________________________
Business/Organization Name:_________________________________________
Address_____________________________________City _________________________State/Zip: ______________
Phone (___)_________________Fax: (____)_____________ Email: __________________________________________
Hotel Accommodations: O Yes
# People in Room ___________
O Smoking O Non-Smoking
O No
Check-in Date: 4/
/05
Check-out Date: 4/
/05
Room Occupants __________________________________________
Room Type: ________ $90 (S) $105 (D) $76 (F) Federal Rate w/ID
O HOTEL Guarantee Credit Card Authorization
Tax is not included in Rate
O American Express O MasterCard O Visa O Discover
Name (as it appears on card): _________________________________Card Number: ________________________________________
Expiration Date: ____/____
Signature: ______________________________(Authorizes SMCS to guarantee your hotel with credit card.)
Breakout Session – Workshop Selection:
Saturday, April 9, 2005
General sessions:
10:30 am Poultry Health
11:15 am Poultry Feeding
Please Select One Workshop in Each Time Period
1:00 pm
O Pastured Poultry 101
O Alternative Poultry Health
O Poultry Breeds
Sunday, April 10, 2005
8:30am
General Session
Soil Health
2:30 pm
O Holistic Management
O Pastured Layers
O Organic Production
4:00 pm
O Multi-species Grazing
O Farm Business
O Marketing
Please Select One Workshop in Each Time Period
9:30 am
O Poultry Processing
O Marketing
O Turkey Production
11:00 am
Panel Discussion
“Past, Present, & Future of Pastured Poultry
O Early Bird Registration $95.00 (Postmarked by March 11, 2005) (includes Lunch, Banquet & Continental breakfast)
O Registration $105 (After March 11, 2005) (includes Lunch, Banquet & Continental breakfast)
O Sunday(No Meal)
O One Day Registration $55
O Saturday (No Meal)
O Sat. Banquet $30
O Sat. Lunch $20
Registration Payment: All registration fees are due at time of registration. Enclose a check or complete credit card authorization section to pay
conference registration fee. A credit card must be provided to guarantee hotel accommodations, your card will not be charged until time of check-in
when you may provide an alternative payment method. (Full Registration includes Sat lunch & banquet & Sun continental breakfast. One Day Register.–
no meals; you must purchase separately)
O Check Enclosed $ __________
Make check payable to SMCS.
O Charge Registration Credit Card Authorization
Your card will be charged for registration ONLY upon receipt of this form.
O American Express O MasterCard O Visa
O Discover
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Issue #35
Page 19
APPPA GRIT!
PO Box 73
Hartselle, AL 35640
All the indicators point to pastured, home processed poultry as one of this century’s best family farm
enterprises. Pasture Poultry Profit$ by Joel Salatin.
APPPA
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
The American Pastured Poultry Producers Association
(APPPA) is a nonprofit educational and networking
organization dedicated to encouraging the production,
processing, and marketing of poultry raised on pasture.
APPPA exists to facilitate the free flow of creative ideas.
Member producers are encouraged to consider all poultry
species and all pasturing models, assuming personal
responsibility for adapting ideas and models presented
through APPPA.
APPPA passionately embraces humane, people-friendly,
environmentally-enhancing, pasture-based production
models. While we respect the freedom of others to engage in
industrial confinement factory farming, we believe our
approach is superior.
APPPA assists both producers and consumers to transact
business with as little government intervention as possible.
APPPA does not discriminate in membership or programs
based on the business size of producer or consumer.
Realizing that production models must be profitable to be
successful, APPPA's interests include processing, packaging,
cooking, marketing, and any other topics related to pastured
poultry enterprises.
APPPA's world vision is to see pastured poultry adopted
as the model for environmentally, emotionally, and
economically sensible poultry production. This vision
includes decentralized food systems, farmstead-sized
processing, and as much interaction as possible between
producer and consumer.
(Adopted by the APPPA Steering Committee, August 27, 1997)
EVENTS & HAPPENINGS
DETAILS ON PAGES 8-9.
March 5, Mt. Vernon, WA
Farming for Production, Profit and Pleasure
March 5-6, Johnstown, OH, 26th Annual OEFFA Conference
March 12, Blairstown, NJ
Foodshed Alliance's Winter Conference
March 12, Unity, ME, Spring Growth 2005
March 13-15, Albuquerque, NM
Southwest Marketing Network Conference
March 15, St. Paul, MN
Minnesota Grown Marketing Conference
March 15-17, St. Paul, MN
Midwest Poultry Federation Conference
March 16-17, Bradley, IL, Poultry/Livestock Grass-Fed
Workshop with Joel Salatin and Jo Robinson
March 19, Hume, VA, Poultry 101 with Harvey Ussery
April 9-10, Syracuse, NY
Northeast Pastured Poultry Conference
Next Issue of Grit— April 2005. Deadline April 1

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