New York City’s wet markets – stores that house and slaughter mostly live poultry – landed in the spotlight last month after ...

Civil society groups are urging key role players in the South African egg industry to reject what they say are ‘cruel and unsustainable systems, such as battery cages, and to make independent, ethical ...

Cheri Jzar said their flock of chickens have not been infected with bird flu and with the recent hike in egg prices the demand for her eggs at local farmers markets has increased.

Vaccines could be a key means of suppressing bird flu and avoiding the slaughter of millions of chickens, which is blamed for ...

Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture, in consultation with Hawai‘i Department of Health and Hawai‘i Department of Land and Natural Resources, has extended the voluntary pause on the interisland transport ...

State lawmakers are moving to undo rules designed for more humane treatment of laying hens based on the claim by its sponsor ...

The average price of a dozen large eggs rose to an all-time high of $5.90 in February, up from around $2.50 a year earlier, according to U.S. consumer-price index data released Wednesday. The price ...

Feb. 25 The Department of Agriculture released an updated food price outlook report for the year predicting that egg prices ...

Efforts to address bird flu mostly focus on tightening up farm facilities, killing infected animals and frantically tracking a rapidly branching tree of viral strains. Yet most media coverage fails to ...

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Vital Farms ethically raises cage-free, pasture-raised chickens, aligning with consumer trends and state laws, making it a ...

Despite a heavy environmental impact, industrial animal agriculture is largely exempted from federal and state air and water ...