The Most asked question! My turn

[AOrchard]

Back on track but I'll challenge it another way! The "best" food to me is free ranging. Chickens were made to have a healthy diet of wild grains, worms, insects, plant matter, leaves, and all that. Pelleted feed is a very narrow subset of that diet, heated and mashed and stored for weeks to months before use. Pelleted feed has value because it is convenient for the human and long lasting, so available without planning in winter, drought, etc. It is fine but not the healthiest food for the chicken. Non-gmo or organic or no-soy, doesn't matter. Fresh free range foods wins every time.

I'd encourage the OP to define what qualities or features make a feed "best" for them.

 

[Chris2018]

GMO is far too wide spread to really say anything is, in fact, 100% non-gmo.

So in the end, your saying that there are no 100% Organic crops then?

 

[K0k0shka]

So in the end, your saying that there are no 100% Organic crops then?

I don't know why I got tagged in this, but that's not my quote.

 

[Brooks_]

So in the end, your saying that there are no 100% Organic crops then?

Outside of crops that have not been gmo'd, yes, that is my view.

I don't know why I got tagged in this, but that's not my quote.

Good question.

 

[Chris2018]

Relax, people. GMO is not poison and is not going to kill your chickens. Or the planet. On the contrary, it increases yield per area and actually saves wild habitat from being destroyed to plant more crops for people and their animals. It's a good thing.

I do hope your joking..
If not, you are very gullible.

 

[Chris2018]

I don't know why I got tagged in this, but that's not my quote.

Didnt mean to, sorry about that

 

[Cecisflock]

Relax, people. GMO is not poison and is not going to kill your chickens. Or the planet. On the contrary, it increases yield per area and actually saves wild habitat from being destroyed to plant more crops for people and their animals. It's a good thing.

 

[K0k0shka]

"GMO/non-GMO" and "organic/non-organic" are different things, by the way. The terms are not interchangeable.

From Forbes:

"Most commonly found in crops such as soybeans, corn and canola, GMOs are designed to provide a higher nutritional value to food, as well as protect crops against pests.

Organic foods, on the other hand, do not contain any pesticides, fertilizers, solvents or additives."

 

[Cecisflock]

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/30/business/gmo-promise-falls-short.html

it's honestly sad you believe anything from the NYT

 

[AOrchard]

"GMO/non-GMO" and "organic/non-organic" are different things, by the way. The terms are not interchangeable.

Thank you for this! They are not the same at all.