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Better Eggs Promotes Better Living for Kiwis and its Chickens - Business Rural North

“Chickens were forest birds that originated from the jungles of Southeast Asia. For us, returning them to a natural forest environment has been a real buzz. They can roam around trees and rocks and dig for bugs and insects. It’s quite unique to have a free-range forest environment like this.”

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Seven Sharp Feature Better Eggs!

The Seven Sharp team crack into the Better Eggs Story. Hear insight into the unique Forest Free Range operation that these happy hens are clucking about.

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Opening of our forest free range farm

In April 2021 we officially opened our forest free range farm - the jewel in our crown! We loved sharing this special day with our nearest and dearest and have it all captured in this great video.

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New Zealand Listener - The Truth about eggs

Better Eggs features in the NZ Listener with our CEO, Gareth van der Heyden giving his take on what's really going on with shortages and soaring egg prices

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Forest farm to be New Zealand's largest free rnage egg producer - Waikato Business News

"These (family) values are what have led us to innovate a whole new way of poultry farming in New Zealand that will enable the hens to live in a natural forest environment from which they originated, while producing eggs in a sustainable manner."

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How to beat the great egg shortage - Waikato Times Weekend

It’s a farm with a difference; the chickens will be free to range through trees. The brainchild of chief executive Gareth van der Heyden it means the birds will be experiencing very similar conditions to those of their jungle fowl ancestors.

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