Chicken: local, organic & pastured choices

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Our chicken gets its great flavor from an old-fashioned way of life, growing up free of added hormones and antibiotics with the freedom to roam about.

We work with area farmers to support a local food system while maintaining better quality control and to ensure we offer you the finest chicken available, including:

  • Our PCC Organic Chicken is raised just a short drive from our stores on farms nestled throughout the Skagit Valley by Draper Valley Farms, based in Mt. Vernon, Wash. Inside their barns the chickens have room to run with natural daylight, fresh air and 24-hour access to clean water, feed and the outdoors. They eat a certified organic diet of GMO-free corn, soy and vitamins.
  • Our “Ranger” free-range chicken also is raised by Draper Valley's farmers and fed a diet of U.S.-grown corn and soy.
  • We also carry pasture-raised poultry from Mad Hatcher Farm in Ephrata, Wash. Local producer Bernie Nash pasture-raises chicken, quail, squab and poussin — sustainable poultry that has a farmers market-fresh quality to it. Mad Hatcher whole chickens are available in all PCC stores, while poussin, quail, squab and rabbit are in selected stores but always available through special order through our meat department.

A universal delight in the kitchen

Chicken is a great source of niacin and other essential B vitamins. Explore the recipes below for inspiration. Learn how to cut apart a fresh whole chicken and prepare a bird for roasting. Or, pick up a roasted "Ranger" chicken in our deli for an easy meal at home.

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