the Perdue family Perdue today A holding company, FPP Family Investments, Inc., owned by the Perdue family, became the controlling entity for Perdue Farms. The holding company also owns Perdue AgriBusiness, a grain operation; FPP Business Services, a shared business services company; and Coleman Natural Foods.

Our chickens are fed an all-vegetarian diet that includes grains – primarily corn and soybeans (in the form of soy meal), mixed with vitamins, minerals and amino acids to ensure a nutritionally balanced diet.

Perdue, who died in 2005, was responsible not only for killing billions of chickens but for developing many of the notoriously cruel techniques now used throughout the chicken industry. Over the years, PETA has marched with Perdue's striking workers and protested his company's abuse of billions of chickens.

PERDUE Name Meaning English and Irish (of Norman and French origin): nickname from Old French par Dieu 'by God', which was adopted in Middle English in a variety of more or less heavily altered forms (compare e.g. Pardoe and Purdy ). The surname represents a nickname from a favorite oath.

Perdue believes that when chicken is properly raised, there's nothing better. That's why we use all veggie feed, our farmers raise free-range chickens and more organic chickens than anyone else in the U.S. to make our chicken taste extraordinary.

Founded as a table-egg poultry farm in Salisbury, Maryland, by Arthur W. Perdue in 1920, Perdue did not hire a second associate until 1930. In 1939 Arthur Perdue's 19-year-old son, Frank, joined the company as its third employee. In 1950 Frank assumed control of the company.

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Lost to sight; hidden; in concealment; in ambush. Being on a forlorn hope; sent on a desperate enterprise. noun A soldier serving on a forlorn hope (in French enfant perdu); a person in desperate case. noun One who is morally lost or abandoned.

Chinese The surname An is a Chinese surname (Chinese: 安; pinyin: Ān) which literally means "peace" or "tranquility". It also serves as an abbreviation of Anxi (安息), meaning "Arsacid" in Chinese and can be romanized as On. Visitors to China who came from Arsacid-held territories often took the name An.

At Perdue, We Raise More Organic Chickens than Anyone in America. Our organic products exceed the rigorous standards of the National Organic Standards Board and have earned the certified USDA Organic seal–that's just the Perdue way.

Today the poulet de Bresse has the reputation of being the best quality table chicken in the world. The chef Georges Blanc, who is from Bourg-en-Bresse, has been president of the Comité Interprofessionnel de la Volaille de Bresse, the association which oversees the product, since 1986.

PERDUE Family History English and Irish (of Norman and French origin): nickname from Old French par Dieu 'by God', which was adopted in Middle English in a variety of more or less heavily altered forms (compare e.g. Pardoe and Purdy ). The surname represents a nickname from a favorite oath.