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We all know the benefits of olive oil.  At DQ, we are now experimenting with feeding olive oil to our chickens to see if we can increase the monunsaturated fats content for a healthier meat.  Some of our customers had complain that our chickens are too dry and tough.  We are doing research now with olive oil to see if we can achieve a chicken with more fat but fats of the right kind.  That juicy, "smooth" chicken sold at the chicken rice stalls is full of those saturated fatty acids that have been implicated in heart disease, and full of omega 6 that have been implicated in many...

You have read the news about an impending flu pandemic. The following are some of the measures we are taking or will be taking: Book with your doctor to be vaccinated as soon as the latest flu vaccine is available. There are some people who are not in favour of vaccination. If so, consider the other strategies below. Stock up on the human anti-viral Tamiflu. Do it soon as there may be...

Lab Tests - Can It Tell An Organic Chicken From An Ordinary Chicken? A customer asked an interesting question – can a lab test tell which chicken is truly “organic”?  Our answer is...

20 farmers from Manjung came to learn how we did it naturally and yet have one of the lowest, if not the lowest mortality in the country - less than 3%. This is a group snapshot (click on...

Many times, customers ask us: " There's a lot of local brands of organic vegetables, fruits and meats now in the organic shops.  Which can we buy with confidence?". This is our answer: 1...