When you are trying to decide where to spend your food budget you may ask “is organic chicken worth it?”  My opinion is yes.  I would actually opt to buy all my meats organic, pastured, hormone (beef only, see below) and antibiotic free over spending my money on organic fruits and vegetables IF you had to make that choice.

Organic chickens are fed a vegetarian diet that does not include any GMO or toxic pesticides.  Antibiotics are not used unless medically necessary.  They are suppose to be given access to the outdoors but there are not set standards, meaning how long they are outside or how big the space.

antibiotic-free  means no antibiotics were ever given.

Chickens are not allowed to be given hormones in the US so if the label says no hormones that means nothing.  Cage-free also means nothing as chickens raised for meat in the U.S. are not kept in cages (does not apply for chickens laying eggs).  Natural also means nothing as there is no definition for natural under our food structure except for that it contains no artificial ingredients.  There is no process to verify this claim.

Free-Range just means they had some access to the outside, their feed is still not vegetarian or organic unless it says organic.

 As I’ve said before I’m a huge fan of Asian food.  So many delicious dishes with meat and seafood and lots of veges.  Miso soup and sushi…yum my mouth is watering.  I don’t know about you but every time I eat it whether it be Thai, Chinese or Japanese I get an upset stomach.  I’m not sure if its the oil they use or the soy sauce or the MSG.  But I am always on the hunt for restaurant quality dishes that I can recreate at home!  These coconut curry chicken thighs fit the bill!

When you are trying to decide where to spend your food budget you may ask “is organic chicken worth it?”  My opinion is yes.  I would actually opt to buy all my meats organic, pastured, hormone (beef only, see below) and antibiotic free over spending my money on organic fruits and vegetables IF you had to make that choice.

Organic chickens are fed a vegetarian diet that does not include any GMO or toxic pesticides.  Antibiotics are not used unless medically necessary.  They are suppose to be given access to the outdoors but there are not set standards, meaning how long they are outside or how big the space.

antibiotic-free  means no antibiotics were ever given.

Chickens are not allowed to be given hormones in the US so if the label says no hormones that means nothing.  Cage-free also means nothing as chickens raised for meat in the U.S. are not kept in cages (does not apply for chickens laying eggs).  Natural also means nothing as there is no definition for natural under our food structure except for that it contains no artificial ingredients.  There is no process to verify this claim.

Free-Range just means they had some access to the outside, their feed is still not vegetarian or organic unless it says organic.

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