New issue of Poultry Digital magazine zeroes in on sustainability
The UN Sustainable Development Goals, IKEA's "Better Chicken" programme, sustainable hen housing and phytogenics feature in the MAy 2018 issue of Poultry Digital magazine
2 May 2018
2 minute read
By: In this issue of Poultry Digital, Dr Lesley Mitchell from Good Food Futures takes an in depth look at the UN Sustainable Development Goals and discusses the role of poultry in achieving them (page 10). She also follows up on IKEA's Better Chicken Programme to find out how the company plans to improve welfare for the birds in its supply chain, decrease environmental impacts and reduce its use of antibiotics (page 16).
Melanie Epp speaks with industry leaders to analyse what's involved in measuring the various hen housing systems in terms of sustainability (page 12) and Matthew Wedzerai investigates the benefits of phytogenics on poultry health (page 20).
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Ryan Johnson
Ryan worked in conservation from 2008 to 2017, during which time he operated a rainbow trout hatchery and helped to maintain public and protected green spaces in Canada for the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority. As editor of The Poultry Site, he now writes about challenges and opportunities in agriculture across the globe.
