APPPA has been bringing producers together since they were founded as a
"clearinghouse for innovations and refinements to the pastured poultry
model" in 1997. APPPA is focused on raising pastured poultry for profit.
Key flock demographics of APPPA producers:
- The average annual broiler flock of our members is 1100; however,
actual flock size ranges from a couple hundred meat birds to a couple
hundred thousand.
- The average laying hen flock is 210 hens with a range of a couple dozen birds to several thousand hens.
- Producers direct market poultry and eggs via on-farm sales, farm markets, cooperative agreements, and wholesale markets.
Your support in APPPA enables the association to continue in it's
educational role, conduct and publish data on feeding trials, host field
days, attend trade shows, generate positive marketing for pastured
poultry, and continue to publish the bi-monthly Grit trade publication.
APPPA Grit Magazine
At 28 pages, our bi-monthly publication, the APPPA Grit is
growing from a newsletter into a magazine. Every other month, we
produce, publish, and mail our members-only magazine that's filled with
original pastured-poultry articles. The subject areas are diverse and
cover topics from the brooder to the plate for all poultry raised on
pasture (broilers, hens, turkeys, ducks, etc).
Each issue combines a mix of practical how-tos, research, opinions,
profiles, and topics that help you develop a long-term knowledge base.
This our keystone offering and it's available with all membership
levels.
Online Discussion with Producers
Producer Plus members will receive an invitation to participate in
the APPPAPlus Yahoo Group, which is exclusive to APPPA's producer plus
members.
If you want to talk with other producers who are raising poultry on
pasture for profit, this is the on-going support resource for you.
This Yahoo Group has archives that date back to 2003 and you can
search through them all (requires a free Yahoo account, which you can
setup at anytime).
Interested in Becoming an APPPA member?
The Egg Carton Store is working with APPPA to provide new members a 25% discount to those who sign up for the Producer Plus Membership! Normally this membership is $60 per year but by filling out the form below you can secure your membership for only $45, a savings of $15! The Producer Plus membership enables collaboration with other producers via APPPAPlus Yahoo! Group in addition to the Grit Magazine subscription. You can choose to receive a printed or PDF copy of the Grit subscription. Fill out the form below and APPPA will contact you directly to complete the order and collect the payment.
You can view their website at http://www.apppa.org/
