Organic” has become the golden label of modern food marketing — but when it comes to poultry feed, does it actually deliver better nutrition, healthier chickens, or safer eggs? Or is it just another ...

Organic foods comprise nearly 5 percent of food sales in the US, while organic farm acreage is only about 0.6 percent of total US farmland, implying that most organic food is imported – as far from ...

Over the past year, the list of companies pledging to switch to cage-free eggs has expanded dramatically. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 40 grocery chains, including the likes of ...

Third generation egg rancher Luie Nevarez and his wife Chloe are committed to pasture raising their flock of 7,500 chickens, letting them run free across their farm in Ramona to improve egg quality.

For backyard chickens, the number 18 means the same thing. Eighteen weeks is the age when most egg-laying breeds are considered adults. Most excitingly, it’s the time when many breeds will lay their ...

The first thing you notice at one of Perdue Foods organic chicken houses, operated under its Coleman Natural Foods brand, is that the chickens can – and do – go outside. No hot ride in the biddy bus ...