Poultry
At Hacienda Monteria we grow our chickens as "Free Range" animals, meaning that the poultry is allowed to access the outside during raising. Also, the chickens are fed with the Government standards that are required to qualify as "Organic" food that avoids synthetic chemicals, and do not use fertilizers, hormones and antibiotics in production.
Free-range or "pastured" organic eggs are far superior when it comes to nutrient content. In a 2007 egg-testing project, Mother Earth News compared the official U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) nutrient data for commercial eggs with eggs from hens raised on pasture and found that the latter typically contains: -1/3 less cholesterol, -1/4 less saturated fat, -2/3 more vitamin A, -2 times more omega-3 fatty acids, -3 times more vitamin E, -7 times more beta carotene. The dramatically superior nutrient levels are most likely the result of the differences in diet between free ranging, pastured hens and commercially farmed hens.