News & Articles
New Free Range Lion Coded Legislations
Added 22-Jan-2009
In the last year the demand for Free Range Eggs has increased dramatically. This will only be hieghtened by the closure of all battery units in 2012. Therefore it is of great importance that new legislations are brought in to benefit those porducing Free Range Lion Coded Eggs currently.
This new legislation brought in by the Lion Code will see an increse in external stocking density's from 1,000 birds per hectare to 2,000 birds per hectare. This will enable current producers to increase flock numbers on their exsisting land without the high cost of buying more land to keep up with the demand for Free Range Eggs.
As an industry it also ensures that the increasing demand is met by British Lion quality free range eggs.
The key point is that this enables us to go forward and as the demand continues to increase we will be able to meet that demand with British Lion Quality free range eggs. Producers will be able to have more birds in the same free range area - subject to planning permission, of course - and as far as bird welfare is concerned we do not believe there will be any problems. Producers in this country exercise a range of management skills to ensure the welfare of their birds and they will continue to do so.
Website Relaunch
Added 20-Jan-2009
Producers: Due to the success of Blackacre Farm Free Range Eggs it has become necessary to involve some other farmers to help keep up with demand. We have carefully chosen what we consider to be some of the best family run free range egg farms in our area that best compliment the blackacre ideal. Healthy hens producing healthy eggs.
By clicking onto the section "Our Producers, Meet the Farmers" you are able to identify which code on your egg correspondonds with which producer. This will give you background knowledge about the farmer which has produced the egg you are consuming .
Sponsorship:Within this new section of the website information will be given about the different sponshership deals we have with both Wincanton Town Football Club and Somerset County Cricket Club.
Egg Recipes: This allows you to try out some eggcellent egg recipes. Any of your own recipes would be gratefully recieved and honoured on our website.