Cage Free. What exactly does that mean? You might picture hens pecking around a pasture, enjoying plenty of space. That's what Denver-area mother Cathy Doyle thought "cage-free" means. She raises hens ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Back when egg prices remained securely under $2 a dozen in 2021, Nevada joined several other states concerned about animal welfare in requiring cage-free eggs. Now four years later, a ...

Bye-bye, bird cages. Maybe. Consumers, food producers and restaurants are increasingly concerned about where their food comes from and how it's produced. That's resulted in a huge increase in demand ...

From the hen house to the grocery store, there’s a big change afoot in Michigan eggs. Beginning on New Year’s Eve, supermarkets and retailers will be prohibited from selling shell eggs from caged ...

Many cage-free hens are developing breast or ‘keel’ bone fractures when they misjudge distance between perches UC Davis researchers studying whether birds reared in more complex multi-tiered settings ...

In what appears to be a watershed moment for humane food production, the last six months have seen one corporate press release after another heralding a fast-food chain’s full transition to cage-free ...

LANSING, Mich. — Nearly all eggs sold in Michigan will need to come from cage-free birds starting in less than 3 months. A law passed in 2019 requires all eggs sold in the state to come from chickens, ...

Nearly all eggs sold in Michigan starting before the New Year must come from cage-free birds, even as egg prices continue to climb. Michigan lawmakers modified the Animal Industry Act in 2019, ...