mooky Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 I have been watching Hugh Fernley-Whittingstalls programme on UK tv.It occurred to me that I am not really sure what I should be looking for here in France. Can someone tell me what label do I look for forOrganic free range chickenFree range chickenFree range eggs, Organic eggsDoes anyone know if you can buy organic meat online in France.I had been a vegetarian for many many years. When I came to France I started eating a little meat. I have no idea about the rearing of animals here, can anyone give me a website to look at. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Just a word for vegetarians, have you ever seen how cruelly vegetables are treated in order to get them to conform to EU regs. Take the cucumber for instance.[6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 And those poor wooly bananas - what they have to go through.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Sorry, Mooky! Round here the "Loue" brand of chicken products fit your bill - don't know if they're France wide or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meg Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 I think they are everywhere coops. I nearly always buy free range poultry/eggs over here. Works out a bargain when you find it reduced, then I buy all of it for the freezer! 24 free range chicken breasts for €14 the other day.If you think the chickens are bad you should see how they intensively rear veal! (we have a veal barn in our hamlet.[:(]) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 free range = en plein airorganic = organique/biologiqueI have found Fermiers de Loué chickens without any probelm in severalsupermarkets.Poulet de Bresse is another type of chicken where the rearing conditiosn are closely monitored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernice Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 When you are shopping look for - elevé en plein air (free range) and biologique (organic)Bernice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 There's always a lot of free range veal in our local Auchan too. My, it's unrecognisable (even uncooked) from the stuff reared indoors - red for a start, not virtually white! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suze01 Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 I always look for the [url=http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Label_rouge]Label Rouge[/url] logo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patf Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 We watched the 3 programmes too. Evidently Jamie Oliver is going to do a series on chickens bred for egglaying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Label Rouge is a good guide, as already recommended. The bird will have had access to outdoors and been fed a veggie diet, high in cereals (thus avoiding the chicken version of mad-cow disease: scrapy). I believe stocking densities will be lower too. It will also be at least 84 days old (i.e. twice the age of the bargain supermarket own label bird) and hence be a slow growing breed that suffers far less from physical deformities ... and cooked correctly, tastes better.My Dad worked for 33 years in the chicken processing industry: exclusively the "bargain" cheapo stuff ..... and he only eats free range. Well done Hugh and Jamie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnolia Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Did anyone watch 'Jamies Fowl Dinners' the other night? I missed it but have heard that it was quite thought provoking. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suze01 Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 You can watch it if you go to TVcatchup.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groslard Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Organic Produce will have AB on it 'Agriculture Biologique'By mail order , but expensive from http://www.natoora.com/accueil.aspIn any case their catalogue is interesting.For even more extreme (biodynamic agriculture) look for the label 'Demeter' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony F Dordogne Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 And as Nicos will have seen, this subject is exercising a lot of people in the major organic/grow your own organic gardening fora. One supermarket charged £15 for a free range chicken last week. At least in the farmers markets here they're much much cheaper tho of course, no AB/Soil Association stickers.And the difference between industrially raised pork and my chum's organic, free range longer lived pork and bacon here in France is really something special, properly raised, butchered and cared for porkers.I'm involved with a group of AB growers here and am looking for certification to be recognised as such at the moment - it's difficult to get but I'll post about it when there's something to report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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