Pastured

McLaughlin, a "guru" of small-scale, natural chicken raising, who runs Cornerstone Farm Ventures, was teaching a class called Pastured Poultry 101 on a recent Saturday, when he told the packed room the basics of rearing, pasturing, slaughtering and marketing a flock of chickens as a small business.

theithacajournal.com - 2010

Pastured with a calm eternal, drawing down the clouds in dew,

The Voyage of Magellan 2010

Joel Salatin, farmer and author of You Can Farm; Pastured Poultry Profits; and Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal — whom the New York Times refers to as the "high priest of the pasture" and is referred to at length in Michael Pollan's Omnivore's Dilemma — has a lot of good points when it comes to the question of organic vs. conventional.

Organic Vs. Conventional: Have You Been Robbed? 2009

GRASS-BASED: Pastured livestock and poultry, moved frequently to new "salad bars," offer landscape healing and nutritional superiority.

Monsanto bills being rushed through Congress, set to destroy organic farming. 2009

Pastured chickens feeding on mixtures dominated by clover and alfalfa produced 18 percent more omega-3 fat than those that ate grass alone.

Mairi Beautyman: Two Uncomplicated Reasons to Choose Organic Eggs and Milk 2008

He (and his book, Pastured Poultry Profits) helped me design the chicken tractor that my eight lovely ladies now called home.

Waldo Jaquith - “The Omnivore’s Dilemma.” 2006

The Virginia Independent Consumers and Farmers Association was holding “Farm Food Voices 2006: Local Pastured Meats: Making the right choice for health, taste and bio-security,” and apparently hundreds of people had gotten the memo.

Waldo Jaquith - “Organic”: It’s not what you think. 2006

Pastured free on the midnight, and bright as the sheep

Lucile Owen Meredith 1861

Pastured heritage breeds of pork offer some of the most luxurious experiences in sustainable meat, with their richly marbled cuts of meat and lard blessed with high levels of heart-healthy oleic acids.

chicagotribune.com - News 2011

Pastured heritage chickens can cost up to $30 a bird, but because of their plentiful meat and excellent bones for soup, the author suggested using them for up to five meals, a rich broth for risotto being the last.

chicagotribune.com - News 2011