It's a rare move of a specialty operator taking over the space of a previous business operating in a similar capacity.

New Salmonella regulations would keep people safe. But the real world impact could mean less locally sourced food and higher prices ...

I can remember strolling past a few chicken and egg packages marked as pasture-raised, wondering what that meant, and questioning why it even mattered in terms of the pricing. I eventually wrote ...

The United States is facing a national spike in egg prices due to a years-long avian flu outbreak affecting nearly two ...

Pasture-raised hens aren’t any more immune to bird flu, and their premium eggs aren’t getting cheaper. But these prices have ...

There are, though, other ways of making an omelet. Even though they are not immune from the ravages of the virus, smaller-scale and pasture-raised poultry operations have, so far, shown themselves to ...

You can raise pastured chickens easily right in your back yard — see our chicken and egg page. Or you can find pastured eggs at local farmstands and farmers markets, or sometimes at the supermarket.

EAST GREENWICH – Pat McNiff, operator of Pat's Pastured farm, worries that a proposed change in the way the USDA assesses salmonella in chicken and turkey would hurt him and other small farmers.