Sixteen LaBelle Patrimoine farms are launching pilot programs to improve their financial and environmentally sustainable practices for raising chickens.
DORNSIFE, Pa. — More than a dozen farms across central Pa. are embarking on a $1 million project to find new ways to raise poultry.
“It’s not even really redefining it; it’s defining it,” said Tim Cable with LaBelle Patrimoine.
LaBelle Patrimoine, a Lancaster-based farm company, is kicking off a pilot program to define practices for “regenerative poultry farming.” The company is partnering with the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay and EarthClaims for this project.
Cable said the company is using grant money to help launch this one-of-a-kind program.
“We tried to figure out and find a program that would be regenerative, something we could use as a third-party verifier. And we couldn’t find any project that existed,” said Cable. “So we partnered with the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay and …