Monday, May 30, 2011

Small Farm Poultry Seminar

Saturday May 28, we were blessed to attend a small farm pasture poultry
seminar. Guest speakers Albert Hilty and Jacob Mitts from the
Amish community at Bowling Green shared their expertise, successes,
and failures raising pasture poultry. Much of their expertise can be
applied directly to poultry raising on the mission field. At the same
time I had the opportunity to share about the community garden here
at Troy 1st Baptist as well as the work of SFP in third world countries
growing food. Part of the seminar was a workshop on processing poultry.
The following pictures may be disturbing to some but the fact is that
in order for you to have meat, something must die. The killing of the
birds is very humane and processing is done quickly to the point of
cooling the bird quickly.



Birds are killed by cutting the throat, death is quick



Birds are scaled to loosen the feathers

After scalding the bird goes into the picker to remove feathers




Birds from the picker cleaned and ready to be iced down



Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Mission Statement

Mission Statement MISSION STATEMENT OF SFP As Christ’s ministers we dedicate ourselves to the Word of God and the teachings of Jesus Christ. We further dedicate ourselves to set a Godly example to those we serve through a Christian lifestyle, bear witness of what Christ has done in our lives, and share the Gospel message with the lost. We pledge ourselves to respect the work of other ministries, to lift them up in prayer, and to work with them for the furtherance of God’s Kingdom. We further pledge to be good stewards of the monies with which we are entrusted and to hold ourselves accountable to God and to those who contribute to this ministry. We seek no glory other than that of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and God the Father. Sustainable Food Production, SFP, is a Christian based organization dedicated to helping people help themselves by growing better gardens and healthier livestock. We are a small group of believers representing several church denominations and operating as a part of Global Compassion Ministries. Our goal is to introduce improved gardening techniques, provide quality seed, and improve goat and chicken production in order to strengthen families and promote food production independence. Our work includes but is not be limited to: Soil and water conservation Soil improvement Building plant beds for intensive gardening Building both large and family size shade type green houses Experimenting with new crops and improved varieties of current crops Animal husbandryIsaiah 58:10If you extend you soul to the hungryAnd satisfy the afflicted soul.Then your light shall dawn in darkness,And your darkness shall be as the noonday.