AboutThe American Pastured Poultry Producers' Association (APPPA) is a nonprofit educational and networking organization dedicated to encouraging the production, processing, and marketing of poultry raised on pasture. APPPA exists to facilitate the free flow of creative ideas. Member producers are encouraged to consider all poultry species and all pasturing models, assuming personal responsibility for adapting ideas and models presented through APPPA. APPPA passionately embraces humane, people-friendly, environmentally enhancing, pasture-based production models. While we respect the freedom of others to engage in industrial confinement factory farming, we believe our approach is superior. APPPA assists both producers and consumers to transact business with as little government intervention as possible. APPPA does not discriminate in membership or programs based on the business size of producer or consumer. Realizing that production models must be profitable to be successful, APPPA's interests include processing, packaging, cooking, marketing, and any other topics related to pastured poultry enterprises. APPPA's world vision is to see pastured poultry adopted as the model for environmentally, emotionally, and economically sensible poultry production. This vision includes decentralized food systems, farmstead-sized processing, and as much interaction as possible between producer and consumer. [Adopted by the APPPA Steering Committee, August 26, 1997] Board of Directors: .President: Christian Alexandre, Alexandre Family Farm, California Vice President: Matt Cadman, Shady Grove Ranch, Texas Secretary: Ginger Stevenson, Murray McMurray, Iowa Treasurer: Rosanna Bauman, Bauman's Cedar Valley Farms, Kansas Board Member: Daniel Salatin, Polyface Farm, Virginia. Board Member: Bruce Hennessey, Maple Wind Farm, Vermont Board Member: Joelle Wood, The Old Fashioned Farmstead, Florida Board Member: Joe Koopsen, Joe's Farm, Michigan Board Member: Dave Perozzi, Wrong Direction Farm, Florida Staff Executive Director / Grit Publisher: Mike Badger Marketing & Communications: Kate Bowen Receive Free PDF Issue of APPPA Grit NewsletterAPPPA publishes a weekly newsletter to bring tips, news, and thoughtful commentary about pastured poultry to your inbox. Subscribe and receive a free issue of our bi-monthly trade newsletter, APPPA Grit. We mail APPPA Grit to all paid members bi-monthly. | Upcoming eventsMembership At a Glance
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