By Michele Kambas
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.
Saved from slaughter after their egg-laying years, hens peck and poop to their hearts’ content among olive trees at the organically certified Akaki Grove, west of Nicosia.
In a back-to-basics approach, farmer and grove owner Elena Christoforos
