Foster Farms Chicken investigation

Since Foster Farms chicken is a huge part of my diet, i decided to do a little bit of investigting.  Here are some things that I found out

Locally Grown - all Foster Farms chicken is locally grown in the Pacific Northwest. They wokr with 32 independent farms across the PNW. I did not know that. This fact alone will dramatically affect my eco footprint. When orignally did the questionaire, I had no idea where my meat came from, so to be conservative I chose the farthest distance I could. I probably don't consume as many planets as I thought I did. I should retake the test now to get more accurate results, but it's late and I am lazy so I won't.

No Hormones or Steroids - According to their website, they do not use steroids or hormones when growing their chickens.  All of their feed ingredients are FDA and USDA approved. Well ain't that something!

Chickens are smart - According to PETA, chickens are "inquisitive, interesting animals who are as intelligent as mammals such as cats, dogs, and even some primates. They are very social and like to spend their days together, scratching for food, taking dust baths, roosting in trees, and lying in the sun."  I too like to spend my days taking dust baths and lying in the sun. Who knew that chickens and I  would have so much in common.

Americans eat a lot of chickens -  In the United States, over 7 billion chickens are killed per year, just so we can eat them.  I blame the chicken for this, if they didn't want us to eat them then they shouldn't have made themselves so tasty.

Yuk - here is a video about what actually goes down at a Foster Farm's chicken farm.  Actually, I didn't watch it and I am not planning on it. I bet it is not pleasant. I would rather not know the reality of the situation.  USA! USA! USA!