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Towns in Belgium and France have been successfully giving away free chickens for ten years to reduce food waste. (www.bbc.com)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/35963783

To date, 5,282 hens have been distributed to residents, and not only have the residents received a plentiful supply of free eggs, but food waste has also been averted from landfill as chickens are fed kitchen scraps which would otherwise be thrown away.

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[–] houseofleft@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 months ago

Yup, this 100%!

If anyones in doubt, I was pretty horrified to learn meat reared chickens are sometimes slaughtered as early as 35 days old.

https://www.rspca.org.uk/webContent/staticImages/BroilerCampaign/EatSitSufferRepeat.pdf