How Common Is Price-Fixing in the Food Industry?
The DOJ intervened in a lawsuit alleging Tyson Foods, Perdue Farms, Sanderson Farms, Koch Foods, and Pilgrim's Pride conspired to increase chicken prices.
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How Chicken Activists in California Broke the Law to Start a Reasonable Debate About Animal Cruelty
A protest in Petaluma, California, prompts the question: Do we have a right to help farm animals that are suffering?
The Failure of a Piece of Landmark Animal Welfare Legislation
California Proposition 2 has been in effect for a year now. Is it helping chickens?
Your Neighbor’s Chickens Are Grosser Than You Imagined
Backyard chickens may be dirtier than you think.
What Is, Scientifically, the Grossest Animal?
As measured by the ability to kill via infectious disease.
California Hens Can Now Stretch Their Wings, but Will They Ever Fly?
The problem with Proposition 2 and other incremental reforms meant to improve animal welfare.
Casualties of the Coop
Thousands of abandoned roosters and past-their-prime hens have landed in animal shelters across the country since urban farming took flight.