Heritage Green Circle Chicken
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Green Circle™ chicken is an exclusive program from D’Artagnan. Our signature bird proves the saying that “a happy chicken is a tasty chicken.” Heritage-breed Green Circle chicken is regeneratively raised on small farms, Certified Humane® by Humane Farm Animal Care, and fed surplus vegetables along with wholesome grains. We developed this special program to recreate the full flavor of old-fashioned chicken—the kind that foraged in pasture and farmyards with supplemental vegetable scraps from the garden and kitchen. In that tradition, we turn food waste into healthy protein. The diet and the care taken on the farm—plus air chilling—give this chicken a unique, authentic flavor and a dense yet tender texture.
- Certified Humane® by Humane Farm Animal Care
- Recognized by ASPCA and included in their “Shop With Your Heart” list for meaningful animal welfare standards
- Heritage Gallus brun breed chicken
- Raised free-range
- Surplus vegetable and wholesome grain feed, including corn and soy
- No antibiotics or hormones
- No animal by-products
- Raised to 85 days – twice the time of average chicken
- Air-chilled for no retained water & maximum flavor
- Farm-to-table audit trail
- Sold in an uncooked state
- You may find a few dark pinfeathers
- Product of USA
- For best taste on fresh products, use or freeze within 3-5 days of receipt; for frozen products, use within 1-2 days after thawing
- Subscription Eligible
*Farming system where chickens are fed regeneratively grown grain grown on managed pasture. Waste and processing waste are composted and returned to the soil to improve soil health.
Cooking Methods: Roast, Rotisserie, Slow-Cook, Barbecue, Smoke
Cooking Tips: Our Green Circle heritage chicken can be cooked whole, spatchcocked, or cut into parts. Butter or duck fat rubbed all over the outside helps crisp and brown the skin. If roasting whole, try stuffing the cavity with aromatics like lemon, onion, or herbs. Green Circle chicken is cooked when an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the breast and thigh registers 165 degrees F and juices run clear. When buying a whole chicken, remember to stash the bones away in the freezer after you’ve eaten the meat to make stock. Chicken stock is one of the secrets of great chefs - they use it in place of water in many recipes, as a base for sauces, and to impart umami to vegetable dishes.
Our exclusive heritage-breed Green Circle™ chicken is regeneratively raised on managed pasture and is Certified Humane® by Humane Farm Animal Care. We developed this special program with Amish and Mennonite family farms to recreate the full flavor of old-fashioned chicken—the kind that foraged in pasture and farmyards with supplemental vegetable scraps from the garden and kitchen.
In that tradition, we turn food waste into healthy protein. Our heritage-breed chickens eat a diet that includes clean surplus vegetables from local farms and markets— bruised, cut, or otherwise unattractive vegetables—along with grains like corn and soy.
Green Circle chickens enjoy more than twice the barn space required to be considered free-range; they have access to the outdoors and the ability to forage naturally, and are raised to 85 days of age, as opposed to 42 days, which is standard for commercially raised chickens.
Our farmers are true stewards of the Earth, as all waste and processing waste are composted and returned to the soil to improve its health and provide for future generations. They air-chill and hand-process the birds in a low-volume facility near the farms where they are raised.
When he first tasted Green Circle chicken, André Daguin, one of France’s most decorated chefs and the father of D’Artagnan founder Ariane, congratulated us for reinventing his grandmother’s poultry.
