BC Poultry Conference
Today Michelle is at the BC Poultry Conference in Vancouver. The morning started out with the BC Egg campaign handing out egg breakfast sandwiches.
Margaret Dunn, Joe Neels and Steve Heppel serving free egg sandwiches In Vancouver | March 11, 2016
Through sponsorships and direct participation, BC Egg supports a range of events and organizations with the goal of connecting the public with egg farmers, educating people about egg nutrition, and encouraging healthy, active lifestyles for all British Columbians.
#bcegg #BCPC2016
Eat Chicken!
Support our local BC poultry industry, and eat chicken! Check out www.bcchicken.ca for some yummy recipes, or try this recipe from Michelle, our Agriculture Services Manager:
Mango Chicken
4 chicken breasts
½ cup + 2 Tbsp Thai Sweet Chilli Sauce
½ cup water
½ cup tropical fruit juice (passion fruit/pineapple/orange/mango/peach)
¼ cup sugar
2 Tbsp vinegar
2 Tbsp cornstarch/water
1 large ripe mango
Marinade chicken in ½ cup Thai sauce for 4-6 hours, or overnight.
Mix water, juice, sugar and vinegar in sauce pan. Bring to a slow boil; thicken with cornstarch mixed with water.
Stir in 2 Tbsp Thai sauce.
Grill chicken on barbeque for 15-20 minutes.
Chop mango and add to sauce. Spoon sauce over chicken.
Enjoy!
Poultry In Motion™
Educational Mini Barn
With farms off limits to visitors due to biosecurity protocols, the BC Chicken Growers’ Association, in partnership with the BC Broiler Hatching Egg Producers’ Association, has developed Poultry in Motion™, a mobile mini barn, in an effort to increase public awareness and educate consumers. This fully equipped mini barn has been featured at fairs, schools and agriculture events around the province.
The trailer consists of three sections, showing two life stages of broilers, plus their parent stock – the breeders. Each section is set up as a very small scale poultry barn, showing you how poultry farming is done in BC. The pictures in the background are from farms in the Fraser Valley.
Click here to check out the Poultry in Motion™ schedule!
Chicken Squad – Episode 2 & 3
We continue to enjoy the Chicken Squad episodes!
Episode 2 – “Feeding the Province” While at the auditions for the movie “Chicken Squad” local farmers talk about what it means to them to raise chicken for the people of BC. Sandra Middelburg mentions that the chickens are on comfortable sawdust – we supply that sawdust.
Episode 3 – “Tackling the Myths” Local BC chicken farmers speak candidly about misconceptions and myths they have to confront when sharing with people about what they do for a living.
Chicken Squad – Episode 1
Last month we shared with you the Chicken Squad trailer, featuring some of our chicken farmers.
Here is Chicken Squad Episode 1, a hilarious behind-the-scenes look at the auditions! Check it out:
Chicken Squad – Official Movie Trailer
We are very excited to share this fun, fast-paced Movie Trailer: CHICKEN SQUAD, featuring some of our poultry farmer clients!
chickensquad.ca
SYNOPSIS
The real chicken farmers of British Columbia star in the heart-pounding action thriller Chicken Squad. Ravi Bathe and Chris Kloot of the Lower Mainland play agents in the Chicken Squad, an elite enforcement agency protecting the local chicken supply from the foreign import of hormones and steroids, which have been banned in Canada since 1963.
When the Chicken Squad discovers the plot of a sinister international syndicate to introduce hormones and steroids onto the black market they must go undercover to protect the integrity of the province’s chicken supply.
Chicken Squad is produced by the BC Chicken Marketing Board and BC Chicken Growers’ Association.
http://chickensquad.ca/our-videos/trailer/
BC Chicken Growers’ Association
This Friday, March 14, we will be exhibiting and participating in the BC Chicken Growers’ Association Annual Trade Show at the Ramanda in Abbotsford.
We’re looking forward to seeing chicken producers, poultry industry reps and BC processors there. If you’re planning to attend, stop by and say Hi to Michelle – she might even have a little something for ya!
