Organic farmer Nicolas Netien feeds retired farm hens with scraps of leftover food at a farm, where hens are used to fertilise and mow olive groves in a pilot project, which has boosted crop yields ...

STORY: While hens are usually sent to slaughter after their egg-laying years, these have been saved - by organic farmers in Cyprus who need them to fertilize their olive groves. The farmers collect ...

AKAKI, Cyprus (Reuters) - Organic farmers in Cyprus have recruited hundreds of retired hens to fertilize olive groves in a pilot project they say boosts yields, counters disease, and helps to manage ...

AKAKI, Cyprus — Organic farmers in Cyprus have recruited hundreds of retired hens to fertilize olive groves in a pilot project they say boosts yields, counters disease and helps to manage food waste.

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Organic farmers in Cyprus have recruited hundreds of 'retired' hens to fertilise olive groves in a pilot project they say boosts yields, counters disease, and helps manage food waste. Saved from ...