directly from USDA definition of free range free roaming Producers must demonstrate to the Agency that the poultry has been allowed access to the outside.

The key point here is that poultry has access to the outside generally understood to be three feet by three feet chunk of dirt outside a poultry house which houses 20,000+ birds. Birds don't have to go out there. They were allowed access!

My girls peck for earwigs, other bugs, table scraps and supplemented with chicken feed. Not the other way around.

As for CAFO, they are just awful!! nothing humane about that.

Tiva, you are right some farmers are really bad about animal husbandry others are really good. Like everything else, there are those who are respectful to the animals, polyfarm guy is an example and there are those who are really bad.