Public Interest: July 2008 Archives

Last month I wrote about raising your own eggs.  I often also get questions about raising chickens for meat.  Raising your own chickens to produce broilers, fryers, roasters, whatever you want to call them, might not be less expensive than purchasing them from the store, but some people enjoy the peace of mind of knowing where their chicken came from and how it was raised.  Raising your own livestock also teaches children responsibility and helps them make the connection between farming and the food that they eat. 

Country of Origin Labeling or COOL as it is know in the industry, has been a topic of conversation among livestock producers since it was first introduced with the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (aka the 2002 Farm Bill).  Implementation of COOL for all but fish and shellfish was delayed until 2004 and then again until 2006.