Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Hens With Golden Eggs
Isonorte Empleo SL, the only company in the Canary Islands dedicated to the insertion into the workplace of people who are at risk of social exclusion, has an ecological chicken farm at Puntallana, on the island of La Palma, which has raised 1,600 laying hens. They sell the eggs commercially throughout the archipelago, under the brand CRAE. Although the majority are currently consumed in Tenerife and Gran Canaria, the company's aim is to reach the whole of the ecological market in the Canary Islands.
The Tierra Fuente farm is a non-profit making project with only social aims, which currently has 10 fixed employees who are given relevant training.
The hens "live like Queens" in and ideal, stress-free habitat in three open air terraces of between 1,200 and 1,500 square meters each. The hens are fed biological grain and production is approximately 1,200 eggs daily, varying with atmospheric conditions and season.
However, they have not been without difficulties. The installations were damaged by Tropical Storm Delta last year, but have been unable to be fully repaired. "We work in an area of the social economy and it is difficult to invest in the assets of the company", lamented a member of Isonorte's management.
Gallinas con los huevos de oro
The Tierra Fuente farm is a non-profit making project with only social aims, which currently has 10 fixed employees who are given relevant training.
The hens "live like Queens" in and ideal, stress-free habitat in three open air terraces of between 1,200 and 1,500 square meters each. The hens are fed biological grain and production is approximately 1,200 eggs daily, varying with atmospheric conditions and season.
However, they have not been without difficulties. The installations were damaged by Tropical Storm Delta last year, but have been unable to be fully repaired. "We work in an area of the social economy and it is difficult to invest in the assets of the company", lamented a member of Isonorte's management.
Gallinas con los huevos de oro
