Brighton Acres Farm

03/05/2022

First asparagus of ‘22!

08/27/2021

Well this creature was in the nesting box today!

07/05/2021

07/03/2021

Let’s cut some grass!

https://www.lowimpact.org/lowimpact-topic/scything/

06/05/2021

Goat herd #1 in Atoka making happy customers!

05/30/2021

Herd #2 doin’ work!

05/29/2021

05/28/2021

Another fresh round of seeds started!

05/27/2021

From Jennifer Poindexter and morningchores.com

Differences Between Free Range and Store Bought Eggs

First, you don’t have a bunch of hens constantly living in nasty living conditions.
If the hens are allowed out to free range, then they are only cooped up at night where they roost.
So even if they p**p in their coop, they aren’t living in it for days on end...the living conditions are crowded, hot, and are unnatural for chickens to be living in.

Second, (locally raised hens) are allowed to be birds.
Chickens are meant to peck and scratch the ground. They are meant to forage for their food.
If they weren’t, they wouldn’t know how to do it, naturally....their eggs will be produced like they were naturally designed to do.
That is great because you want to consume natural foods if at all possible.
..these birds (locally raised hens) are most likely happy.
Happy birds lay more eggs and better quality eggs.
The happier the hen, the better quality of food you are consuming.
..there will be some nutritional differences (in) eggs as well.
These birds (factory farmed) will...not eat anything natural.
(Again) they...live in extremely hot and crowded conditions, and do not live a natural lifestyle at all...the quality of the egg will suffer because of the nutrition and health of the birds.

A huge difference...the quality of the nutrients in the eggs because of the quality of the nutrients going into the chickens.
...farm fresh eggs have less of the bad stuff in them, like cholesterol and saturated fat...they have more of the good stuff, like omega-3’s and Vitamins A, D, and E.

If you consume eggs from a free range chicken that has eaten a healthy more natural diet and been given the opportunity to roam and exercise, then the bird is healthier and...(passes)...that on to their eggs.

But if you purchase eggs that have been produced by hens that have little room to exercise and eat a processed diet, then that will show up in their eggs.
..if you care about your health, then you should begin to be more aware of where your food is actually coming from....why would you put something in your body that you don’t even know where it came from, how it was raised, or what’s in it?

(Jennifer) began researching...and saw the difference between the picture that was being painted on (her) egg cartons of chicken eggs that were produced “cage free” and...the actual living conditions of the chickens that were producing these “cage free” eggs.
They were nowhere near the same.

In actuality, some of these (factory raised) birds are really mistreated.
They have their beaks clipped, are forced to live in miserable conditions, are fed foods (we) certainly wouldn’t feed (our) own flock(s) and are starved in order to induce molting.

Then (Jennifer) began raising (her) own chickens and saw how chickens were supposed to act, what they really needed, and what made chickens happy layers.
(She) knew then that (she) had no business putting store-bought eggs into (hers) or (her) family’s bodies anymore.

It just wasn’t natural.

09/22/2020

Today’s Harvest

09/11/2020

Today’s harvest.

08/24/2020

I have an abundance of grape tomatoes...naturally grown (no pesticides/herbicides) and FULL of sweet flavor.

Call me (Scott) 901-245-8497 or pm me if you want some.
First come first served.

Also have fresh basil and lettuce available.