North Carolina poultry farmer Steven Brake has debuted a new Poultry Learning Center at his family farm. The new educational facility hosts students and other guests in the community who would like to know more about poultry farming on topics such as biosecurity, poultry feed, house management, and bird health.
Brake, a second-generation poultry farmer whose father grew chickens for Perdue for nearly 30 years, has been growing chickens for Perdue since 1995, and has a total of eight Perdue poultry houses today. His four daughters are each involved in the family business, the eldest of whom is studying agriculture at NC State University. Building on their passion for poultry farming, the family built and opened an educational center in one of their chicken houses that includes a large viewing room where guests and students can observe and learn about the birds undisturbed in their environment.