free-range farming; floor feeding
Refers to raising poultry or other livestock in an open barn or on the floor rather than in cages. Often contrasted with cage or battery farming.
This farm raises chickens using free-range methods.
Free-range eggs are more expensive than cage-raised eggs.
Compound of 平 (flat, level) and 飼い (keeping, raising), literally 'flat raising', referring to raising livestock on a flat floor rather than in cages.