For the past two years, at an undisclosed location in the Upper Midwest, a large commercial egg farm has been probed with every tool of modern science. Researchers have collected data on feed consumed ...

Promises from big food companies to switch to "cage-free" eggs have set off a supply chain reaction among egg producers. Some producers are adding... What The Rise Of Cage-Free Eggs Means For Chickens ...

It's not clear which living conditions are the best for fowl Egg production has been a key target of animal welfare initiatives Massachusetts is the latest state to vote on a ballot initiative to ...

“A victory for animals.” That’s what philosopher Peter Singer, a luminary of the animal protection movement, called it last week when Utah’s Governor Spencer Cox signed into law Bill 147, which ...

Chickens stand in an enriched, or colony, cage system that gives them a darkened area for nesting at the JS West farm in 2011 in Atwater, Calif. For the past two years, at an undisclosed location in ...

The typical life of an egg-laying chicken is beginning to change dramatically. Ninety percent of the eggs we eat come from chickens that live in long lines of wire cages, about eight birds to a cage.

For the past two years, at an undisclosed location in the Upper Midwest, a large commercial egg farm has been probed with every tool of modern science. Researchers have collected data on feed consumed ...