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
Farming
North Manchester, Indiana 5,256 followers
Welcome to Kipster. The Farm That Gives A Cluck
About us
Revolutionizing Farming For a Healthier Planet and Better Animal Welfare We redefine the role of livestock in the food ecosystem. Our chickens contribute to a better environment and prevent food waste by turning surpluses of agriculture and food processing into nutritious eggs and meat, as well as valuable fertilizers. The carefully controlled upcycled feed contains, for example, leftovers from sources such as large bakeries, and pasta factories. In close collaboration with scientists and animal welfare organizations, the Kipster Farm was designed for the chicken's needs. Chickens are forest birds, and the farm is set up for them to carry out our natural behaviors as much as possible. Outdoor gardens and indoor gardens with perches, haybales, peck stones, daylight and dustbathing spaces allow for the hens to express their natural behavior.
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http://www.kipster.farm
External link for Kipster
- Industry
- Farming
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- North Manchester, Indiana
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2013
- Specialties
- eggs, farming, animal welfare, carbon neutral, environment, circular, #agriculture, #animalrights, #ecologicalfootprint, #closedloopsystem, #circulareconomy, upcycle, poultry, food, sustainable agriculture, certified humane, humane, roosters, and hens
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5684 E 1100 N
North Manchester, Indiana 46962, US
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Wusterweg
Venray, Limburg, NL
Employees at Kipster
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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
Join us for this incredible "Mission Driven Brand Summit: Building the Future of the Food System.” Attendance is by-invitation only for impact driven CPG brands. Email [email protected] if you’d like to be considered for the attendee list. Food Tank, Oatly, Vital Farms, King Arthur Baking Company and Tony's Chocolonely to co-convene a closed door working agenda at WNYC-NPR Studios’ The Greene Space (44 Charlton St, New York, NY 10014) featuring the leaders of more than 130 mission driven brands. Confirmed speakers include (in alphabetical order): Janis Abbingsole, Chief Operating Officer, King Arthur Baking Company; Jason Buechel, CEO, Whole Foods Market; Jean-Christophe Flatin, CEO, Oatly; Matthew OHayer, Founder and Chairperson, Vital Farms Inc; Suzanne McDowell (she/her), King Arthur Baking Company; Robin Morgan, Washington State University Breadlab; Barry Schumacher, Tony’s Chocolonely; along with interactive sessions facilitated by Andrea Chu, Senior Director of Impact, Vital Farms Inc; Julie Kunen, Oatly; Suzanne McDowell (she/her), King Arthur Baking Company; Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank; Aidaly Sosa Walker, Tony’s Chocolonely. Participating Brands: Acme Smoked Fish Corp, AeroFarms, Apeel, Applegate, Beanstory, Bel, Belgium Boys, Bellwether Coffee, Campbell Soup Company, CAVA, Certified Origins, Chobani, Clover Food Lab, Eat the Change, Eataly North America, Envisible & Wholechain, Fairtrasa, Farmer's Fridge, Finless Foods, Foodscrolling, FoodShot Global, Handsome Brook Farms, Hello Fresh, Insomnia Cookies, King Arthur Baking, Kipster, Little Sesame, L'Occitane Group, L'Oreal Groupe, Lundberg Family Farms, Mama O's Premium Kimchi, Maple Leaf Foods, Matriark Foods, McCormick & Company, Midwest Foods, Moonshot Snacks, Nature's Fynd, Nature's Path Foods, Nespresso UK, Newman's Own, Inc., Niman Ranch, Oatly, Ollie's, Parlor Coffee, Partake Foods, Patagonia Provisions, Inc., Phil's Finest, Plantbaser, Plonts, Producers Trust, Quinn Snacks, Reclamation Foods, Remedy Organics, Rootless, Shake Shack, Simple Mills, SIMPLi, Stonyfield, SunOpta, The Jackfruit Company, The Spare Food Co.., THEO's Veggies, Tilray Brands, TiNDLE, Tom's of Maine, Tomato Bliss, Tony's Chocolonely, Upfield, UPSIDE Foods, Vermont Creamery, Vista Brewing, West~Bourne, and many more.
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Thank you for having us. We're always happy to tell our story and inspire each other for a better world.
For the 27th year, the Indiana Partners for Sustainability hosted an outstanding conference and trade show. Topics ranged from new and innovative pollution prevention and sustainability technologies to training on how they can save company's money. Special thanks to Sandra Vijn, Managing Director at Kipster, for delivering an informative keynote speech on their journey to carbon-neutral egg production. Congrats to these companies who received Partners Recognition Awards: NTN Driveshaft, Inc. Mead Johnson Nutrition Helmer Scientific Learn more about the benefits of becoming a Partner here ▶️ https://bit.ly/47z1oAV #P2Week #PollutionPrevention #Sustainability
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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
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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
"We have to make an agricultural food system that is within the planetary boundaries" - Ruud Zanders, founder of sustainable poultry farm, Kipster who has contributed a chapter to our new book 'Regenerative Farming and Sustainable Diets'. In his chapter, he highlights the painful consequences of industrial agriculture in the Netherlands. He proposes a new Food Agreement between government, society and farmers which would lead to a radical transition of the food system towards the provision of healthy and sustainable diets, leaving no one behind. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/eWfFqe2k
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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
Autumn migration threatens to boost avian influenza outbreaks - Poultry World
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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
Kipster’s ‘carbon-neutral’ eggs at Kroger paves the way for possible US franchise expansion
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Great news! The Kipster hens are free to roam the outside gardens again. After being kept inside due to the risks of avian flu, the hens can now enjoy the (hot) summer breeze and bask in the sun in 94-degree weather today :-) #Kipster MPS Egg Farms #avianflu #chicken #summer #outdooraccess #freerange #cagefree #eggs
Kipster Hens Back Outside
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"Kipster, which claims to be “the first carbon-neutral” egg hatchery in the world, will also be the first to sell eggs in the U.S. using a new kind of technology, one that aims to improve animal welfare for chickens. In-ovo sexing technology enables egg producers to identify the sex of the chicken embryo before hatching." Correction: Kipster is an egg farm and not a hatchery. Also, if the technology was used to sex the hatching eggs in the fall, as the article claims, then it takes at least over 20-25 weeks before the table eggs reach the retail shelf. The female chicks that hatch need to grow into young adults before producing eggs for consumption. https://lnkd.in/eXGYcgkd Sentient The Humane League Compassion in World Farming (USA) Compassion in World Farming ASPCA Certified Humane®Mercy For Animals Innovate Animal Ag The Humane Society of the United States Ruud Zanders
First U.S. Egg Producer Commits to End Chick Culling by Fall
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Did you know a chicken is originally a forest bird? 🐔🌳 They would spend most of their day searching for food like leaves and insects 🍃🪲 When it's time to sleep, they would hop into a tree for the night 🌙🌲 At Kipster, we try to mimic the forest environment. Plenty of scratching areas occupy the hens during the day 🌿🐓 During the night, they sleep in an aviary system, with perches at different heights that they can choose from💤🌳 Want to learn more? www.kipster.farm #forestbird #foraging #chicken #kipster #roost #veterinarian