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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

I raise what the Minnesota Department of Agriculture refers to as a "back-yard flock" of free-range laying hens, whose eggs I market at our local food co-op. The demand for my farm-fresh eggs has ...

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.