egg farming
Many "Organic" Eggs Are Coming from Cramped, Miserable Hens
Many organic eggs come from birds packed into large warehouses along with tens of thousands of other birds—and they rarely get outdoors, if ever.
Miners Are Trying to Strike It Rich with Food and Weed Instead of Ore
Can eggs really be more valuable than minerals like ore, gold, and coal? Miners are putting down their picks and picking up their forks and knives. Metaphorically speaking, that is.
Everyone Wants The Eggs From These Chickens That Listen to Power Ballads
At the Harvest Musical Farm in Yuen Long, Fong Chi-hung plays music to his chickens, then charges a pretty penny for their meat and eggs. His flock of Zhong shan Shalan chickens don’t just listen to Mozart, though; they have quite eclectic tastes.
This Man Is Changing the Way Dutch People Think About Eggs
"I cannot feed the world and I don’t want to," says Ruud Zanders. Bucking the trend of big poultry and egg-laying operations, Zanders wants to go small-scale—and he doesn't give a damn about profits.
Do Bigger Chicken Cages Do More Harm Than Good?
California is following in the EU's footsteps by passing a new law requiring egg farmers to end cruel battery-farming conditions. But not all farmers are wild about the idea of converting their existing facilities.
