Good Living & Great Chicken
Recently Susan and John visited Murray’s Chicken Farm in the Amish area of PA to meet with some of the farmers who raise our chicken as well as visit the plant that prepares these chickens for our catering clients.
Now you may wonder:
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Why we would make such a trek at our own expense?
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How do you feel about Murray’s family farmed chicken after seeing such a “behind the scenes” look?
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Were the chickens given free range, great feed, treated humanely, etc.?
To see and speak with farmers and the staff at the processing plant who are as passionate about what they do each day to produce the best product they can, as we see in our staff, was very moving to say the least.
We know that Murray’s Chicken is unparalleled in taste as we've tasted 3 other well-known national & regional brands of chicken. Murray’s won the taste test, hands down. Now we have an even better grasp of their program. Murray’s chickens have plenty of room to roam (creative toys in which to romp & play), fresh air (cooled on hot days) along with pristine water and a nutritious vegetarian diet of corn and soybeans.
The farms are even inspected by the ASPCA and given their approval of ethical treatment.
Everything that Murray’s Chicken has done has been ahead of the market.
They were the:
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First antibiotic free raised chicken.
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First to be approved by the American Heart Association.
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First to be Certified Humane.
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The only chicken label approved by the USDA to have the word “lean” on the labels.
How fresh, you might ask?
We observed chickens that were being processed on Tuesday that were delivered to our kitchen on Thursday. From the farmer who is raising these happy birds to the trim staff who are hand cutting our wings and other parts, we walked away from our 2 day visit with Murray’s with total satisfaction that all of Murray’s claims are factual and earn the right to state that they raise their tasty birds in a kind and humane way. We are proud that we are a Murray’s customer.