The Regenerative Poultry Project has already produced 1,500 chickens on a small farm about 150 kilometres northwest of Terrace, B.C., using techniques developed in Guatemala. They live on the property of Nathan Coombs, a Gitxsan farmer who runs Skeena Valley Farm and cares for the chickens. Proponents of the 'tree-range' technique of raising chickens say the birds feel more comfortable when they can roost and forage among trees. Skeena Valley Farm raised 1,500 chickens using the tree-range technique in 2020 and hopes to eventually expand to more than 4,000 a year. (Jennifer Bulleid/Skeena Valley Watershed Coalition)Subscribe to Daybreak North on CBC Listen or your favourite podcast app, and connect with CBC Northern British Columbia on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Source: CBC News April 19, 2021 00:11 UTC