In our careers, we’ve seen ‘tweak’ improvements in industrialised chicken systems, such as reducing stocking density, introducing requirements for natural light, and use of ‘higher welfare’ breeds. While these are significant steps forward, when viewed through the lens of regeneration, these systems still have degenerating elements. This leads us to an essential question: what does a truly regenerative chicken system look like in the UK? To answer this, we need to design a system as if nature had designed it, placing the bird at the centre.
For this month’s article for The Grocer, we asked Annie Raynor and Clare Hill of Planton Farm to share some thoughts. Drawing on their combined 30+ years working in the food industry, they unpack the term regenerative and ask what this could mean for chicken farming.
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