Mountain Pride Farms

1540 Peats Ridge Road, Peats Ridge NSW 2250, Australia

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Name:	Mountain Pride Farms
Address:	1540 Peats Ridge Road, Peats Ridge NSW 2250, Australia
LGA/Council:	Central Coast Council
Summary:	'Mountain Pride Farms' is an chicken egg farm located in Peats Ridge, NSW Australia.
Categories:	Farm (eggs)
Species:	Chickens
Tags:	Free Range
Last known status:	Open and operating
Listing updated:	2026
Listing ID:	dfc44
Website:	https://www.mountainpride.com.au/
Owned by:	Andrew Slade, ABN: 80136206576 (last known 2025)
Number of sheds:	3
Avg shed capacity:	10,000 animals
Total capacity:	30,000 animals
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OCT 2026: Mountain Pride Farms (registered business name; Andrew Slade, sole trader, 1540 Peats Ridge Rd, Peats Ridge, NSW) marketed its eggs as "high welfare, free range and pastured", with a stated maximum range stocking density of 143 birds per hectare and a "certified carbon neutral" claim, sold through markets, retailers and a delivery service on the Central Coast and in Sydney from 2022 to 2025.

In October 2026 Animal Liberation released footage from inside the farm's sheds. The organisation describes hens left without feed or water, many of them dead and the survivors clinging to life, and likens the environment to a graveyard of skeletal remains and feathers, with no one intervening. In the NSW Legislative Council on 15 October, Greens MLC Abigail Boyd told the House the footage showed thousands of dead hens in sheds where they had clearly lain for an unknown period, and dozens of dying hens in "extremely cruel conditions". She stated that reports had been lodged with RSPCA NSW, NSW DPI, NSW Police and Central Coast Council since September 2025, and asked why no agency had intervened. The Minister for Agriculture replied that DPI had only recently begun a food safety and biosecurity investigation, that DPI had notified an enforcement agency under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1979 earlier that month and was told it had already investigated, that hens were being euthanised at the site, and that DPI had had previous interactions with the site over time.

A community post in January 2026 had already reported hens on Peats Ridge Road, contacts with police, Council, DPI and RSPCA, and a police attendance. On 22 October the Minister said a virus had affected a number of the hens, and said compliance work had found no issues at food markets.

Taken together, the public record shows over a year of reports from members of the public, and no public enforcement outcome or prosecution found to date, while the eggs remained on sale until the footage was published.

Youtube: https://youtu.be/bqFoWUedvq8?si=L3_y06-zPVQ_74VD
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1J2c2GV4uP/

Owner Andrew Slade also runs Ettalong Fresh Food Market: https://www.instagram.com/ettalong_fresh_food_market

Potentially Poultry Lic No 41161

Chickens euthanased as NSW egg farm investigated over cruelty allegations - ABC News
Monday 26 Oct 2026 by Sarah Forster (ABC Central Coast)

An egg farm on the NSW Central Coast is being investigated over animal cruelty allegations. The NSW agriculture minister says chickens from Mountain Pride Farms are being euthanased in what she has described as an "emergency situation". Read more >
Free Range Egg Farm : just up the road from us | Where Pigs Fly Farm Sanctuary
Sunday 25 Oct 2026 by Debbie (Where Pigs Fly)

The ABC’s recent report about Mountain Pride Farms, an egg farm in Peats Ridge, Central Coast, is deeply upsetting. And it’s practically on our doorstep. It’s 2026. How are we still seeing animals suffer like this? Read more >
Emergency Measures Lead to Euthanasia of Chickens at NSW Egg Farm - News Dive
Tuesday 20 Oct 2026 by (News Dive)

An egg production facility located on the Central Coast of New South Wales is currently under scrutiny due to allegations of animal cruelty. Read more >
Chickens euthanased during NSW egg farm investigation
Friday 16 Oct 2026 by (Oz Arab Media)

Chickens are being euthanased at Mountain Pride Farms on the NSW Central Coast while the business is investigated over allegations of animal cruelty. Read more >
Chickens euthanised at NSW egg farm amid animal cruelty investigation - Allora! Italian Australian News
Friday 16 Oct 2026 by (Allora! Online)

Authorities have launched an investigation into alleged animal cruelty at Mountain Pride Farms on the NSW Central Coast, where chickens are being euthanised in what the state's Agriculture Minister has described as an emergency situation. Questions are also mounting over food safety, biosecurity and whether eggs from the farm have entered the retail supply chain. Read more >

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ABN Lookup

ABN	80 136 206 576 (open lookup)
Business name	MOUNTAIN PRIDE FARMS Ettalong Fresh Food Market Mountain Pride Free Range Pastured Eggs
Legal name	ANDREW SLADE
ABN status	Active from 12 June 2000
Entity type	Individual/Sole Trader
Main business location	NSW 2250 from 17 March 2015 NSW 2250 from 23 September 2014 to 17 March 2015 NSW 2250 from 19 January 2014 to 23 September 2014 NSW 2250 from 28 September 2007 to 19 January 2014 NSW 2250 from 29 August 2000 to 28 September 2007
ABN last updated	22 August 2025
Extracted from ABR	11 November 2026