Pastured Poultry Talk

Mike interviews Jim Adkins of the Sustainable Poultry Network (SPN). According to Jim, SPN is not a backyard chicken club; it's aggressive at getting the old heritage and standard bred poultry back into the martketplace. We talk about: Everything revolves around training, coaching, and mentoring "Don't get hung up on the word heritage" Standard bred is poultry that has a written standard that you breed to The chicken industry is bigger than America Certification means committing to authenticity, common core values, and breed improvement Finding stock from a reliable source; Something more than a bag of bones 5 foundational pillars of Sustainable Poultry production model Can you do it all? - Do you have to do it all? Good breeders often don't make good marketers SPN–USA is all about creating local and regional food movements, specifically with standard-bred heritage poultry for meat and eggs. Check 'em out and let Jim know you found him through Pastured Poultry Talk. If you like the podcast, leave us rev