Greg Christian switches his menu items from conventional to all-natural, free-range chicken!
Greg Christian Catering and Get Me Greg’s will purchase their poultry exclusively from Orland, Indiana’s Miller Amish Country Poultry. The birds are farm raised in the traditional Amish way with natural feeds and humane treatment. The chicken is all-natural with no antibiotics, no hormones, no preservatives and no growth stimulants, and is just as tender and juicy as traditional chicken.
All-natural, free-range chicken offers a number of benefits that conventional chicken does not. Free-range chicken has 21% less fat, 30% less saturated fat and contains more vitamins than chickens that are not allowed to roam free outside. The lack of hormones and other preservatives mean the chickens are raised in a healthier, chemical free environment, with an entire pasture to feed from.
“The choice to use all natural chicken seems to be the logical next step,” says Greg Christian. “I am always looking for ways to make my food more positive while keeping it just as tasty. The chicken is great and honors the farm to table philosophy we follow at Greg Christian Catering and Get Me Greg’s.”
A gourmet chef and caterer for over 20 years, Christian began incorporating organic foods into his home six years ago to control his daughter's asthma. His organic based lifestyle at home worked so well, Christian decided to introduce organics into his catering company. A firm believer in the motto “you are what you eat,” Christian stresses the reconnection back to food sources, and seeks out the most wholesome options for his family and his customers.
Greg Christian Catering and Get Me Greg’s is rooted in Greg Christian’s philosophy that his consumers must always be provided with the most fresh and wholesome foods available. Christian seeks ingredients that are produced locally and always maintains deep regard for protecting and preserving the planet through sustainable practices. For more information on Greg Christian Catering for special events and Get Me Greg’s for corporate catering please visit their Web sites at www.gregchristian.com and www.getmegregs.com or call 312/666-4466.
A portion of all Greg Christian Catering proceeds goes to the Organic School Project, a non-for-profit organization that seeks to transform Chicago-area children into healthier, more mindful eaters, one school and one child at a time. For more information on the Organic School Project, visit www.organicschoolproject.org.
Some more information about the Chicken that Greg has decided to use:
The chicken is farm-raised chicken from an Amish Country Farm in Indiana.
It is All-Natural which means:
- Raised with all vegetable feeds. No un-natural animal by-products or fats added to the chicken’s feed. No antibiotics are added to the feed either.
- Naturally raised on a traditional Amish farm.
- The farmers have small flock sizes, which provide a more natural, well looked after environment to live and grow.
- Many of the farmers still feed their chickens in hand-filled hanging feeders
- It is Fresh – Never Frozen
It is processed by the Amish farm under the inspection of the U.S.D.A.
- All of the feed for their chickens are produced in their own feed mill.
- No antibiotics.
- Their birds are not force-fed.
- The Amish and Mennonites are peace-loving folk who express love and concern for each other. So, it is only natural that they treat their chickens with tender loving care too. Each day, they spend hours tending to their chickens. Their chickens are raised the old fashion way.
- None of their chickens are raised in cages! They are free to roam within the chicken house.
- They use no hormones.
- They do not use any preservatives in the process of preparing their product for market.
- They are never fed any artificial growth stimulants.
Press release written by DCA/DCPR.