4P Foods Weekly Harvest

Whiffletree Farm was recently featured in The Piedmont Virginian Magazine for their sustainable practices of raising happy, pastured chickens. A little egg-ducation on all those labels you find on egg cartons in grocery stores, courtesy of the Lexicon of Sustainability: 

Cage free: Chickens that are not kept in cages. This means chickens are still confined to a barn with limited or no access to outside. The term “barn-roaming” more accurately describes this principle.

Free range: Outside the United States this term refers to a method of farming where the animals are allowed to roam freely rather than being contained in any manner. In the United States, USDA regulations apply only to poultry and indicate solely that the animal has been allowed access to the outside. These regulations do not specify the quality or size of the outside range nor the duration of time the animal must be allowed access to this space.

Pasture raised or “pastured”: Animals, like Whiffletree’s chickens, that have been raised on pasture with access to shelter, allowing them to be as close to nature as possible. Thanks for voting with your fork and supporting happy chickens and delicious eggs!

This week in your bags you'll find cinnamon apple chips from Fruitcycle, a Washington DC based social enterprise that makes delicious, healthy, locally sourced snacks. They focus on using produce that would otherwise go to waste, and provide jobs for women who have been formerly incarcerated, homeless, or are otherwise disadvantaged. Here at 4PFoods we are constantly thinking about the huge amount of food waste created while 1 in 6 Americans go hungry, and support Fruitcycle's mission wholeheartedly. To top all that, Fruitcycle's apple chips are tasty and healthy with no fat, added sugars, or artificial ingredients. And they’re gluten-free, dairy-free and nut-free too.