Published February 3, 2021, 10:00 AM
By Patricia Bianca S. Taculao
Free-range farming is a farming approach where poultry and livestock are free from cages and are allowed to roam free in a secure area that also has a foraging area where they can get food for additional nutrition.
Compared to conventional farming, this approach is cost-effective as it relies mostly on nature, eliminating the need for special feeds, boosters, antibiotics, expensive housing, and more.
John Louie Ongkeko, a farmer and breeder who runs Nanay’s Nature Farm in Lucena, Quezon, decided that free-range farming was the best route to take in his goal of providing healthy, quality meat for his community.
Published February 1, 2021, 10:00 AM
When raising poultry, one option on raising them is by allowing them to thrive in natural conditions where they can roam and forage in a secure area. This is called free-range farming.
In comparison to conventional farming, several foreign studies note that animals raised in free-range conditions are said to be healthier as well as free from chemicals found in commercial feeds and antibiotics.
“I have tasted a lot of chicken meat and nothing beats free-range and pastured chickens. Growing chickens, or any livestock, naturally will definitely taste better and it’s also free from the alarming fat content and allergic reactions that people get from eating commercial livestock,” said John Louie G. Ongkeko, a poultry breeder and farmer.