BuyingPoultry.com - Good food. Good farmers.

A project in Portland, OR by Ben Goldsmith
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A free buying guide that takes the guesswork out of finding alternatives to factory farming.
Backers: 788
Average Pledge Per Backer: $53

Funded: $41,692 of $40,000
Dates: Apr 30th -> Jun 29th (60 days)
Project By: Ben Goldsmith
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Latest News

You did it!

June 21st - via: kickstarter.com
You did it! On Friday night, with a week to spare, we met our $40,000 Kickstarter goal. Thank you for believing in me, for supporting BuyingPoultry.com, and for being a part of our work to change the way our nation eats and farms! If you have been... (Read More)

Big news!

June 14th - via: kickstarter.com
What a day! Jonathan Safran Foer just contributed the honorarium he received for giving a (brilliant) commencement speech at Middlebury College. An excerpt of his speech appeared in The New York Times last week—check it out if you haven't... (Read More)

A note from our CEO

June 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey guys! Just wanted to pass along this quick note from our CEO Aaron Gross. -Ben -  Thanks to our incredible Kickstarter backers, we've reached 78% of our goal. Your support shows that consumers are not just frustrated with deceptive labels and... (Read More)

Buying Poultry project gives backers something to crow about

June 10th - via: mindofthegeek.com
Shoppers in the U. S. know purchasing ethical poultry products means navigating an array of labels. This is where the Buying Poultry project comes in to aid shoppers. (Read More)

How Do You Know Which Chicken to Buy? This Kickstarter Might Help.

May 31st - via: wired.com
You know those wallet cards and apps that help you make good choices about buying seafood: what's endangered, what's overfished, what's responsible to eat? This Kickstarter effort, BuyingPoultry.com, hopes to do the same for chicken. (Read More)

BuyingPoultry.com in the News

May 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Hi all! I'm very excited to see that our Kickstarter has been getting media attention. Check us out in Modern Farmer.  Food Politic interviewed me on why I thought BuyingPoultry.com was so important. Jonathan Safran Foer's involvement in our... (Read More)

Bad for animals, bad for us

May 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello again! A new study by Johns Hopkins University found a dangerous increase in arsenic levels in poultry—warning consumers of the increased risk of cancer. Paired with recent reports by The Pew Charitable Trusts on the drastic increase of... (Read More)

Lunch with Jonathan Safran Foer

May 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings! Thanks to our incredible backers—all 132 of you and counting—we have raised 41% of our total funding goal in our first week on Kickstarter! We're off to a tremendous start and I can't thank all of you enough for your support. When we... (Read More)

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