Objectives

A new business model (concept) within poultry farming is being developed and rolled out (chicken caravans with egg drives), which provides a family income for agricultural entrepreneurs, with which more can be earned with fewer animals. For this, the concept is first scaled up in the Eindhoven Metropolitan Area and a subscription model is set up. In addition, some innovations are tested.

Website: http://www.groenewoudei.nl

Activities

The chicken caravan is a mobile chicken shed, in which chickens lay eggs on a small scale. The chicken caravan has all the amenities of a modern barn, including laying nests and a climate computer. In addition, the chicken caravan has solar panels, batteries and its own water collection, which means that it can be used completely off grid. Chickens are originally forest animals. They are taken in their mobile stables to locations in nature, where they forage for a living under trees and low shrubbery. Auxiliary farmers, people with a job opportunity, are involved in taking care of the animals. The eggs are sold directly to consumers in egg vending machines (egg drives)