WARSAW, Ind., Aug. 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Egg Innovations, an industry leader for more than 25 years in specialty eggs, has elevated the gold standard for the egg industry with a new brand, Blue Sky Family Farms, which is available in major supermarkets across the Midwest starting Aug. 15. Blue Sky Family Farms hold to …

Millions of laying hens have died this year, but chickens raised outdoors have been affected far less than those on factory farms.   The Mississippi flyway is a major thoroughfare for more than 300 species of migratory birds that pass over the Midwest traveling from breeding grounds in Canada to warm winter climates south of …

The main issue: force-feeding of ducks or geese to fatten their liver Foie gras, the fattened liver of a duck or goose, has become a controversial food, even for meat eaters, because of the way it is produced. With rare exceptions, foie gras production involves a process called gavage—the French term for the force-feeding of …

“It’s really an overgrown 4-H project,” said Jennifer Bice, owner of Redwood Hill Farm, a 20-acre goat farm in Sebastopol. Along with nine of her other producers, this “project” supplies goat cheese and yogurt to 97 percent of natural stores across the U.S. — the next highest is 85 percent — and produces the No. …

TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – April 29, 2015) – A special conference is being hosted at the SIAL CANADA 2015 event in Toronto by Les Viandes du Breton, the largest producer and processor of organic and natural pork in North America. Quebec-based Les Viandes du Breton is a division of Breton Foods Canada, a family business founded …