Kipster

Kipsterbrood brengt boeren, Agrifirm en Urgenda samen aan tafel Wij streven naar een duurzaam voedselsysteem, meer biodiversiteit en een eerlijke beloning voor boeren. Partijen met elkaar verbinden, die schijnbaar tegenstrijdige belangen hebben, is van belang om dit streven in de praktijk te brengen. Gisteren waren we met Marjan Minnesma , Hanneke van Ormondt van Urgenda, Tom Bosscher (akkerbouwer), Levi Bin van Agrifirm in gesprek om ieders belang te wegen en samen te werken aan verduurzaming in de landbouw. De aanleiding voor deze bijeenkomst is Kipster Brood. Dat is een mooi voorbeeld van zo’n samenwerking. Alle partners in de keten werken hier op een vernieuwende manier goed samen. Akkerbouwers gebruiken Kipstermest, Lidl Nederland verkoopt het brood, onverkocht brood wordt verwerkt in kippenvoer en zo beogen we samen met Klaas Fuite van Bakkerij Fuite B.V. die het brood bakt, de kringloop optimaal te sluiten. Ruud Zanders Adinda Weijenberg Leonie Kuiter

Winner winner, good egg award for dinner. There’s some extra happy clucking at Kipster today. We have been recognized for our animal welfare commitment. According to Julia Johnson, MDiv, MS, head of food business, Compassion in World Farming (USA): “Kipster’s entry into the U.S. egg industry has been nothing short of groundbreaking!” We would like to thank everyone who has been a part of this journey. Together with consumers, NGO's like Compassion in World Farming, MPS Egg Farms and companies like Kroger, we really can change the food system and do better for people, environment and the animal. CEO and Founder Ruud Zanders received CIWF's Good Egg Award for Kipster's next level animal welfare practices at the award ceremony in Paris earlier today. #goodeggaward2024 #eggs #animalwelfare

Here’s an update about our efforts to use in-ovo sexing technology for hatching eggs in the United States. We have tried hard to use the technology for yesterday’s hatch, but we were unable to achieve this. After initially aiming for this, in-ovo technology providers and hatcheries have not yet installed machines that can identify the gender of the chick in white hatching eggs in the U.S. at this moment. We explored other options, including bringing in-ovo sexed chicks in from Europe in consultation with NGOs, government, and others. Chicks flown in from Europe need to go through a 30-day quarantine process. It was not possible to find an egg layer pullet raising farm that is equipped and approved by USDA to do this in the short term.    As a result, the male chicks from our current flock—approximately 24,000—were euthanized. While this is an industry norm, it is a particularly painful reality for us at Kipster, as one of our founding principles is to avoid the unnecessary culling of male chicks. In Europe, our male chicks are raised for meat, and we made every effort to do the same in the U.S. Unfortunately, we have not found a viable path to bring this meat to the market, yet. Therefore, we donated the meat from previous rooster flocks to local food banks. In-ovo sexing is our plan B. We are fully aware that implementing our full Kipster vision in the U.S. will take time and persistence. Nevertheless, we remain steadfast in our commitment to creating a future where the brothers of laying hens are treated with the same care as their sisters. We will not accept the status quo. Though in-ovo sexing technology will be installed in the U.S. by the end of the year, the machines being installed are limited in that they only work with brown hens, and not the white hens that Kipster raises.  We will keep working towards solutions for the next Kipster flocks in close consultation with stakeholders, including hatcheries, technology providers, and NGOs. Keep any eye on our social media posts or newsletter to follow our progress. Or reach out if you’d like to collaborate with us to find ways to bring the meat to market or to implement in-ovo technology for white eggs. #in-ovo #inovotechnology #roosters #animalwelfare #eggs

The Kipster hens had an honorable visit by agriculture experts from over 16 embassies. Together with MPS Egg Farms CEO Sam Krouse and Kipster farmer Shania Ray, they discussed Kipster's innovative circular farming model, low carbon eggs, and the future of food. Thank you for your visit! #NLintheUSA Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the USA Australia, Canada, Chile, EU, France, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom.

Kipster CEO and Founder Ruud Zanders will join fellow mission driven companies such as Vital Farms, Handsome Brook Farms, Tony's Chocolonely, and Oatly at the Food Tank event to carve out next steps for sustainable agriculture. Let's close the loops in our food system so we don't glucking waste any more food, nutrients, water, and land, and bring that carbon footprint down. #climateweekNYC #circularfood #circularity #regenerative #food #agriculture #carbonneutral

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Join Kipster's Sandra Vijn and @WeDontHaveTime for a conversation about ways in which Kipster produces carbon neutral eggs and how this is part of our broader vision for sustainable, circular food chains. Live from the Climate Hub #ClimateWeekNYC 🗽 🗓️ September 24 / 9:30 am local NYC time Register here: https://lnkd.in/eRDYKdcw The Climate Hub – Sep 23, 2024–Sep 29, 2024wedonthavetime.org

Ruud Zanders, CEO and founder of Kipster has shares his vision for sustainable food and farming in Compassion in World Farming's new book 'Regenerative Farming and Sustainable Diets'. Happy reading! Co-edited by Joyce D'Silva and Carol McKenna it's available to download as an open access e-book and purchase in hardback or paperback now: https://bit.ly/3X5LiKv

During summer, between spring and autumn wild bird migrations, cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza tend to drop. With the risk of avian influenza being lower in the farm’s area, the Kipster farm visitor’s center has reopened, and the hens are back outside. But the fall migration is upon us and risks are expected to increase. During these high-risk periods, the hens are kept inside. Each Kipster house has a large daylight-filled indoor garden where the chickens can still express their natural behavior while in lockdown. Here are some additional key measures taken to ensure the wellbeing of the chickens: - Plenty of natural daylight in the hen houses to maintain chicken well-being and natural rhythms. - Fresh air: Robust ventilation for air quality and health. - Enrichments include hay bales, perches, climbing structures and peck stones. Peck stones allow chickens to condition their untrimmed beaks and hay bales provide a distraction as well as fiber to prevent pecking.   - Litter on the floor for dust bathing. - Feed spread across the floor to keep them foraging. People can still see the hens via live-streaming cameras (see YouTube @kipster.farm), even when the visitor center is closed. Treena Hein #avianinfluenza #birdflu #hens #eggs #animalwelfare #farmvisitorcenter #wintergarden #indoorgarden https://lnkd.in/eYCzBPqh

Kipster’s start in the U.S. is thanks to our partnership with Kroger to bring 'carbon-neutral' and Certified Humane® eggs to its customers around the country. A bold and visionary move by Kroger leadership to invest in a sustainable, cage-free and humane egg farming system. In partnership with MPS Egg Farms, the Kipster farm in North Manchester, IN, has daylight and enrichment filled interior gardens, outdoor roaming spaces, chicken feed made from upcycled food and powered by solar panels. https://lnkd.in/geDZZfZP