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Originally Posted by waybomb
Go to USDA and check out what qualifies for "free range". Essentially, the standard coop of a few thousand birds, with an open door that allows them to walk freely outside into a 10' x 10' caged area. Free Range.
And don't get fooled by "hormone free" chicken. ALL chicken in the US today is hormone free. But some make a lot of money by charging more for a label that states the what the law says it must be.
As for steak - buy aged if you can find it. Almost all of it is good if aged. A little mold on it helps (you scrape the mold off first!).
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I already did this, thus dropping the free range chickens. BUT, I have personally been to the small farm that was producing these birds and rabbits, and they are in corrals--no traditional coops-- and have individual pods almost like laying hens.
As far as beef goes, I buy in bulk, cut and age my own.