April 19, 2019
7:30 am -5:00 pm Leaving from Townsend Hall
This is an opportunity to learn about the poultry industry and how broilers (chickens) are raised for meat. The tour will visit:
- Perdue Farms hatchery (hatching over one million chicks per week)
- Organic Broiler Farm (chance to visit the birds in a broiler house)
- Perdue processing plant (learn about food safety) with new controlled atmosphere stunning (CAS) system
You will also have the chance to have lunch with Perdue Human Resource personnel and recent UD alumni working at Perdue to learn about internships, full time positions and their scholarship program.
The vans or bus will leave the Townsend Hall parking lot at 7:30 am and will return around 5:00 pm. To sign up for this tour or if you have questions, please contact Prof. Alphin at 302-831-0825 or ralphin@udel.edu
