By Leila Philip, Boston Globe, Original Story Link, December 05, 2016 My mother keeps chickens — a mixed flock of tawny Buff Orpingtons, black-and-white-feathered Barred Rocks, Rhode Island Reds, and some rather histrionic long-necked Araucana hens from South America. This past July, I sat on the back porch and watched them dust bathe, which chickens …
By Sarah Shemkus, Globe Correspondent March 18, 2016 Easter, as the song says, is on its way. And when we head to the store this year to buy the necessary eggs for coloring, we will face an unparalleled array of options. As the trend toward sustainable eating has ballooned in recent years, the egg producers have …
Governments, activists and big brands like McDonald’s and Nestle are putting increased pressure on egg producers to raise their hens more sustainably by Marc Gunther, December 28, 2015, The Guardian Americans eat about 265 eggs per person per year, according to the American Egg Board, and roughly nine in 10 are laid by hens confined …
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Know your chickens — and your eggs
Posted: December 8, 2016 by HFAC
By Leila Philip, Boston Globe, Original Story Link, December 05, 2016 My mother keeps chickens — a mixed flock of tawny Buff Orpingtons, black-and-white-feathered Barred Rocks, Rhode Island Reds, and some rather histrionic long-necked Araucana hens from South America. This past July, I sat on the back porch and watched them dust bathe, which chickens …
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Egg-cellent picks for Easter dyeing
Posted: March 21, 2016 by HFAC
By Sarah Shemkus, Globe Correspondent March 18, 2016 Easter, as the song says, is on its way. And when we head to the store this year to buy the necessary eggs for coloring, we will face an unparalleled array of options. As the trend toward sustainable eating has ballooned in recent years, the egg producers have …
Category: news Tags: Certified Humane, eggs
Why the egg industry is scrambling to set hens free
Posted: December 29, 2015 by HFAC
Governments, activists and big brands like McDonald’s and Nestle are putting increased pressure on egg producers to raise their hens more sustainably by Marc Gunther, December 28, 2015, The Guardian Americans eat about 265 eggs per person per year, according to the American Egg Board, and roughly nine in 10 are laid by hens confined …
Category: news Tags: Certified Humane, eggs, laying hens