About APPPA

The American Pastured Poultry Producers Association (APPPA) is a nonprofit educational and networking organization dedicated to encouraging the production, processing, and marketing of poultry raised on pasture.

APPPA exists to facilitate the free flow of creative ideas. Member producers are encouraged to consider all poultry species and all pasturing models, assuming personal responsibility for adapting ideas and models presented through APPPA. APPPA passionately embraces humane, people-friendly, environmentally enhancing, pasture-based production models. While we respect the freedom of others to engage in industrial confinement factory farming, we believe our approach is superior. APPPA assists both producers and consumers to transact business with as little government intervention as possible. APPPA does not discriminate in membership or programs based on the business size of producer or consumer. Realizing that production models must be profitable to be successful, APPPA’s interests include processing, packaging, cooking, marketing, and any other topics related to pastured poultry enterprises.

The American Pastured Poultry Producers Association (APPPA) was founded in 1997 with the goal of supporting the development and sharing of knowledge about pasture-raised poultry production across North America. This model emphasizes outdoor poultry management with regular movement to fresh pastures, fostering healthier environments for birds and improving soil quality. APPPA began as a platform for collaboration, empowering both producers and consumers with resources to promote humane, pasture-based poultry practices.
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The first issue of the association’s newsletter, APPPA Grit, was published in January 1997, serving as an essential source of information for members. APPPA was formally incorporated on June 25, 1998, establishing itself as a nonprofit organization committed to fostering sustainable poultry production and reducing reliance on industrial farming models​.