On Selling Chicken
Over the past few years as we’ve gained experience in raising pastured poultry for ourselves, we’ve looked into ways that we could share it with our community. In terms of quality and (of course) taste, it’s a game-changer. I cannot buy store-bought chicken anymore! And our local community agrees completely – the feedback we’ve heard when cooking up one of these beautiful birds for our friends, family and community is unanimous. It’s the best chicken they’ve ever had and they want to know how they could buy some. Unfortunately the State of Kentucky will not allow its farmers to sell chicken direct to customers without jumping through a massive set of hoops. In many cases, this prevents most farmers from even considering selling to customers, as the cost of doing so is so high that they couldn’t afford to start. What Kind of Hurdles? The State of Kentucky requires every…