I recently visited the beautiful Red Barn free range chicken farm in George. You will see chickens roaming on pastures with the magnificent Outeniqua Mountains as a backdrop.
The chickens raised here are truly free-range. Commercial and so-called “free-range” chickens live in a slightly larger space than caged birds. Their diet is high in omega-6, GMO-corn and antibiotics.
The chickens of Red Barn are antibiotic free and kept healthy by a diet of herbs. It is no wonder they taste exceptional, because they have such a high standard of living.
You will be impressed that the chickens are “certified humane raised and handled”.
The founders of the Red Barn , “ Nebojsa Filip” and Lindy Brown, dreamt of raising chickens in a free environment with moveable shelters. They started with 100 chickens 6 years ago.
Today Red Barn farm is a booming business. They supply to the Outeniqua farmers’ market and chefs in the Garden Route and Cape Town. The connoisseur can get his “Skrophoender” for his Coq au vin at the farm as well as free-range eggs.
Some interesting facts about free-range vs. commercial eggs are that they contain:
Visit the farm or online store for locally sourced organic meat, dairy and superfoods.
