Delmarva Chicken Association is the 1,400-member trade association working for the common good of the meat chicken industry in Delaware, the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and Virginia's Eastern Shore.
Our mission: To be the Delmarva chicken industry's voice as the premier membership association focusing on advocacy, education and member relations.
Our vision: To be the most-respected chicken organization in the United States.
Delmarva Chicken Association has granted scholarships totaling $25,000 to 12 students pursuing college and graduate studies connected to careers in Delmarva's chicken industry through the DCA College Scholarship Program. Eleven of the recipients are enrolled in undergraduate programs and received $2,000 scholarships. A graduate student was also awarded a $3,000 scholarship.
"By supporting these students, DCA is nurturing in the next...
Delmarva Chicken Association presented awards to three people – Mary Lou Brown, Calvin Keeler, and Gov. John Carney – whose support, work and advocacy have been crucial to the success of Delmarva's $4.4 billion chicken community. The chicken industry on Delmarva supports 1,213 family farms and more than 18,800 chicken company employees, along with hundreds of allied businesses.
Delmarva Chicken Association announced the recipients of its Outstanding Grower awards, honoring 12 farm families in Delmarva's chicken community with recognition as exemplary farmers raising broiler chickens. Each grower operates an independent, family-owned farm raising chickens in a contract with one of Delmarva's five chicken companies. There are 1,213 such chicken growers on Delmarva, each one an important part of the $4.4 billion...