Pasture Poultry Market Potential and Cost of Production Assessment

After several years of exploration, SSMPA members believe there to be opportunity for growth of the pasture-based poultry sector in BC, given an increasing number of small-scale poultry farmers, increasingly adequate processing facilities and access to the significant consumer markets. This belief was confirmed in 2022-2023, when SSMPA leadership met with producers all over BC. SSMPA representatives also learned of the impediments perceived by small-scale meat producers in the province. It was ascertained that while small scale poultry sector senses there is opportunity to expand actors need critical decision-making information. Generating this necessary information is the purpose of this project. Specifically, they conveyed need for a scalable, manipulatable enterprise budget and a comprehensive assessment of the market on a regional basis (pasture poultry producers do not supply the commodity market, rather they supply, are part of regional food system markets). For the proposed project the Mitacs intern will contribute to the conduct of a pasture poultry market analysis and development of a pasture poultry enterprise budget.

Faculty Supervisor:

Kent Mullinix

Student:

Partner:

Small Scale Meat Processors Association

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Kwantlen Polytechnic University

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