Next workshop on starting a free range egg farm

The next workshop on starting a free range egg farm is planned to be at the Freeranger farm here in Grantville on Sunday November 24, 2pm - 4.30. The next one after that probably won't be until May 2014.
Here's a link to the Fair Food Week website in August (which was when we ran the last workshop). The format will be similar but we will add more detail about biosecurity issues on free range farms.

http://fairfoodweek.org.au/event/starting-a-free-range-egg-farm/
The cost is $40 per person which includes our eBook. Payment can either be made by cheque, direct debit into our bank account or via Paypal. Check out the products page on the Freeranger website for banking details.

Open Day to celebrate World Egg Day

World Egg Day is on the second Friday in October every year - so this year it's October 11. To mark the occasion, we will have an Open Day on the Freeranger Egg farm at Grantville on Sunday October 13. (An open day on a Friday probably wouldn't work and we can't do the Saturday because we have two Farmers' Markets. So Sunday the 13th it is!
We will be able to demonstrate how a genuine free range farm operates with low stocking densities; without the need for feeding pellets containing meat meal and colouring additives; without beak trimming the hens and without having to lock our chooks up - even at night.
The Open Day is in addition to workshops on starting a free range egg farm which are run throughout the year on the Grantville property. The last one was as part of Fair Food Week a couple of weeks ago. (We will probably run another workshop in November but we haven't set a date yet).
We will get information kits together for visitors to the farm Open Day to take away with them.

The first World Egg Day, organised by the International Egg Commission was celebrated in 1996.
Much more info later.
http://thinkegg.com/index.php/world-egg-day/?lang=en

Freeranger on The Living Room

Here's a link to a preview of part of tonight's The Living Room show on Channel 10. Celebrity chef Miguel Maestre cooks Green Eggs and Ham - after reading the Dr Seuss book to our chooks!

https://www.facebook.com/FreerangerEggs#!/photo.php?v=450039318424907&set=vb.198962956865879&type=2&theater

Freeranger Eggs on The Living Room

The Freeranger Egg farm will feature on the Channel 10 TV show 'The Living Room' next Friday (May 24 at 7.30). It will probably only be four minutes or so, but celebrity chef Miguel Maestre and the film crew were on the Freeranger farm in February for around eight hours.
They filmed in several of our paddocks and Miguel helped to collect eggs before cooking superb scrambled eggs - Green Eggs and Ham - after reading the Dr Seuss book to the chooks! They certainly enjoyed it as they are always happy in interact with people.
We had to keep some of Maremmas out of the way because they don't like anyone messing around with their hens.
 It was great to meet the production crew, and yes Miguel is just as full-on in person as he is on screen.

Freeranger Eggs now on Facebook

We have now set up a Facebook page for Freeranger Eggs, as well as Phil's Facebook Page. (I may discontinue that as most of the stuff I put there is about the farm anyway!)
The link is:
https://www.facebook.com/FreerangerEggs

New website in action

Our new Freeranger Eggs website is now live at www.freeranger.com.au  I spent a couple of months getting things organised and I revamped the website of the Free Range Farmers Association at the same time.
Have a look at www.freerangefarmers.com.au and tell me what you think.