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American
Pastured Poultry Producers Association
APPPA
grit@apppa.org
PO Box
87
Boyd,
WI 54726
888-66-APPPA (2-7772)
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Resources for Pastured Poultry
Producers
Our
Newsletter: APPPA Grit!
Four times a year APPPA
sends out a newsletter with the latest information and ideas written
by and for pastured poultry producers. Subscription is free with
your paid membership dues. Grit! contains
up to date information on current happenings in the pastured poultry
industry. Articles include information on poultry health and nutrition,
portable shelter designs and production systems, marketing, legal
issues, producer profiles and much more. Check out our Grit!
archives for a sampling of what APPPA offers.
To subscribe to APPPA
GRIT! please visit the Membership page
and take a look at the options we offer.
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Articles and Publications
Just a few great resources for pastured
poultry producers.
General
Information Legal Issues
Pastured
Poultry Health and Nutrition Business
Planning
•General
Information
Check out APPPA's
archived
Grit! articles
From pen designs to poultry nutrition and budgeting, you will find it
here!
Home
Processing of Chickens, from the University of Minnesota.
This
guide provides complete step-by-step instructions with pictures for home
processing of chickens.
ATTRA
Sustainable
Poultry Publications
www.attra.ncat.org/livestock.html#Poultry
Titles
include:
Sustainable
Poultry: Production Overview
Growing
Your Range Poultry Business: An Entrepreneur's Toolbox
Label
Rouge: Pasture-Based Poultry Production in France
Pastured
Poultry: An HI Case Study Booklet
Poultry
Genetics for Pastured Production
Range
Poultry Housing
Small-Scale
Poultry Processing
WHICH BIRD SHALL I
RAISE? Genetic Options for Pastured Poultry Producers: Meat-type Chickens
and Turkeys
By Skip Polson and Anne Fanatico December 2002
•Poultry
Health and Nutrition
Remedies for Health
Problems for the Organic Layer Flock By
Karma Glos
Karma collected information
from old books, organic farmers and on-line resources and brought it together
in one wonderful, easy to use resource. This is not a book that will help
you diagnose what is wrong with your chickens, but will help you prevent
problems and provide solutions once you figure out what is going on.
Pasture-Raised Poultry
Nutrition
By Jeff Mattocks, Poultry
and Livestock Nutritionist, The Fertrell Company
You will not want to miss
getting a copy of this 37-page document chock-full of solid information
about understanding and meeting the feed requirements of pasture-raised
poultry.
A hard copy of this publication
can be purchased $10.00, postage paid. Please send a check and note to
the APPPA office to receive your copy. The document is also available
FREE on the web to Producer Plus members. Renew your membership today
online or contact the APPPA
office for more information!
USDA Guide to Poultry Exemption -
"Guidance for Determining
Whether
a Poultry Slaughter
or Processing Operationis
Exempt from Inspection Requirements of the Poultry
Products Inspection Act" The Food Safety and Inspection Service
(FSIS) of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) created this guide to help
small businesses and poultry producers who
slaughter or process poultry for human food to determine whether
the slaughter or processing operations at their businesses are eligible
for exemption from Federal or State inspection. In other words,
this guide is helpful to producers or businesses in determining whether
their slaughter or processing operations require United States Department
of Agriculture or State inspection, as mandated in the Poultry Products
Inspection Act.
Legal Issues for Small
Scale Poultry Processors
Two PDF files- Introduction
and Federal Laws (6 pages) and Laws
by State (58 pages)
Note: This publication reflects
information that researchers were able to collect in 2001. It may be incomplete
and laws may have changed. Before you make decisions about your operation,
please contact your state Department of Agriculture to check processing
regulations.
Poultry processing
facilities available for use by independent producers in the Southern
region
Poultry Budgeting
Tool
How much does it really cost
to raise your broilers? What price on your eggs
will cover costs AND bring in a little to cover the kid's time? To help
discover the answer to these and other questions, the Center for Integrated
Agricultural Systems at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has developed
a budget for new and existing poultry enterprises. An Excel Spreadsheet
that allows you to enter your own numbers will show changes to the bottom
line as inputs change. For more information and to download the spreadsheet
and detailed instructions, go to the
CIAS website.
Growing
Your Range Poultry Business: An Entrepreneur's Toolbox
From ATTRA
This
Toolbox is written for anyone who desires to make a profit from range
poultry production, whether by direct-marketing "pastured poultry,"
building a processing plant, or working cooperatively with other producers.
This Toolbox was produced by the National Center for Appropriate Technology
(NCAT) and the Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture as part of a Heifer
International project to enhance the opportunities to expand range poultry
businesses.
Building a Sustainable
Business: A Guide to Developing a Business Plan for Farms and Rural Businesses
From
SARE's Sustainable Agriculture Network
"Building
a Sustainable Business: A Guide to Developing a Business Plan for Farms
and Rural Businesses" brings the business planning process alive
to help today's alternative and sustainable agriculture entrepreneurs
transform farm-grown inspiration into profitable enterprises. Sample worksheets
lend a practical perspective and illustrate how real farm families set
goals, researched processing alternatives, determined potential markets,
and evaluated financing options. Blank worksheets help the reader develop
a detailed, lender-ready business plan or map out strategies to take advantage
of new opportunities.
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