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A Motherhood Worth Honoring

Brooke Edwards | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Eggs, Women, Hunger, Chickens, Poverty, Mother's Day 2012, Mother's Day, Africa, Heifer International, Motherhood, Small Farmers, Tanzania, Global Motherhood, Income, Mothers, Family, Maternal Health, Video, Impact News

There are millions of passionate and capable mothers around the world who, if given the opportunity and resources, will improve the lives of their children.

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Are You A Mother Hen?

Jane S. Smith | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Chickens, Mothers Day, Mark Twain, Children, Charles Darwin, Plutarch, Mother's Day 2012, Mother's Day, Mothers-Day-Pkg, Mother Hen, Parents News

A mother hen is who you want guarding your back. And front. Also warming your nest, finding your dinner and pecking through the grit of daily life to find the sustenance you need.

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Burger King Leads the Charge for Better Animal Welfare

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Hsus, Food, Farm Animals, Chickens, Battery Cages, Pigs, Gestation Crates, Burger King, Impact News

According to its new policy, BK will only do business with pork suppliers that have detailed plans to end their use of gestation crates.

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Tonight's Table Talk: Would You Ever Give Up Your Favorite Food?

Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Dinnertime, Table Talk, Eggs, Food, Chickens, Family Dinner Download, Family Dinner Table Talk, Family, Parents News

This week's Family Dinner Table Talk, from HuffPost and The Family Dinner book: What came first, big factory farms or the big debate about whether ...

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Going Green in the City

Linda Buzzell | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Urban Homesteading, Chickens, Permaculture, Green Living, Ecotherapy, Urban Gardening, Urban Farming, Green News

Way too many of us believe we can't go green because we live in the city, have no land, have a small apartment, etc. etc. So we continue to be slaves of the supermarket.

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Chicken Coops: So Hot Right Now

Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: NY Around Town, Victory Chicken, Chickens, Urban Agriculture, Brooklyn, Pet Chicken, Video, New York News

Sad you can't get your hands on a baby sloth to dress up in a onesie? Well a new trend is giving us hope in an equally unusual, but lovable, pet. B...

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The New Factory Farm: Brain-Dead Chicken 'Matrix'

The Huffington Post | Allie Compton | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Slaughterhouses, Art, Chickens, Britain, Animal Rights, Green Technology, Architecture, Green Living, Animals, Meat, Vegetarianism, Green News

André Ford, an architecture student from the U.K., wants to bring new meaning to the phrase "like a chicken with its head cut off." He proposed hi...

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First-hand Food: Aiming for Self-sufficient? Do the Math.

Tamar Haspel | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Chickens, Gardening, Calories, Self-Sufficiency, Homesteading, Slow Food, Hunting, Foraging, Food News

If you're not growing, raising, hunting, foraging, or fishing your own food, you're behind the curve. Chickens and gardens, pigs and turkeys, rods and guns, are all showing up at the homes of what used to be milquetoast supermarket shoppers.

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Holiday Gifts for Chicken Lovers

Jane S. Smith | Posted 02.19.2012

Read More: Slidepollajax, Chickens, Holiday Gifts, Holidays, Gift-Guides, Culture News

Looking for a holiday gift for the chicken lover on your list?

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Northbrook, IL: Volunteers Unload 40,000 Pounds of Chicken To Local Nonprofits

northbrook.patch.com | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Northbrook Patch, Chicken, Chickens, Food Banks, Charity, Chicago, Northbrook, Illinois, Dispatches: The Changing American Dream, Northbrook-Il, Home News

"My partner said, 'Chicken's so cheap. What can we do?'"...

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PHOTOS: Unique Chickens Facing Extinction

Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Animal Pictures, Video, Chickens, Chicken Pictures, Farm Animals, National Geographic, Overpopulation, Animal Photography, Chicken Species, Barnyard Animals, Poultry, Animals, Green News

From National Geographic's New "7 Billion" App: A crisis is looming: To feed our growing population, we’ll need to double food production. Yet cr...

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WATCH: Yom Kippur Tradition Causes Controversy Over Chicken Slaughterings

Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Yom Kippur, Chickens, Animal Rights, Jewish, Brooklyn, Hasidic Jews, Kaporos, Yom Kippur 2011, Video, New York News

Yom Kippur, the most sacred day on the Jewish calendar, kicks off at sundown Friday and lasts until nightfall Saturday. Synagogues across the count...

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My 4-Year-Old Wanted To Learn How To Cook, But I Was A Stranger To The Kitchen

Carolyn Ossorio | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Eggs, Chickens, Chef, Kids, Mario Batali, Growing-Sprouts, Parents-Moms-on-the-Go, Kids Cooking, Cooking With Kids, Parents News

Growing up I got the sense that the kitchen was the last place my mom wanted to be, or imagined her daughters to end up. Back then the kitchen wasn't perceived as a place of power but a trough of toil. And processed, convenience foods like Birds Eye, Lunchables, and Cool Ranch Doritos were the nouveau riche.

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Chickens Outnumber People Three To One

Posted 09.28.2011

Read More: Global Livestock Populations, Chickens Alive, Chickens, Total Number of Chickens, Animals, Domesticated Animals, Global Animal Populations, Food News

In 1960, there were just over three billion people alive in the world; now there are close to seven billion. So the global population of humans has mo...

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Heat Wave Kills Thousands Of Poultry

Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Chickens, Turkeys Die, Heat Wave, Turkeys, Broiler Chickens Dead, Poultry, 4, Heat Index, 300 Turkey, 300 Turkeys Dead, Chickens Die, Video, Food News

By ROXANA HEGEMAN, Associated Press WICHITA, Kan. -- A heat wave that has pushed temperatures well over 100 degrees has killed tens of thousands of...

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Landmark Agreement to Help Millions of Hens

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Hsus, Eggs, Farm Animals, Chickens, Hens, Animal Welfare, Egg Industry, Animals, Green News

The goal of the Humane Society is not endless campaigning or conflict with political adversaries, but to forge solutions that produce tangible and meaningful outcomes for animals and show a new way forward in society.

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Paula Deen Cited For Chicken Possession

Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Chickens, Paula Deen Savannah, Paula Deen Zoning Infraction, Paula Deen Chicken Coop, Paula Deen, Paul Deen Hens, Paula Deen Chickens, Savannah Zoning Laws, Chicken Laws, Keeping Chickens, Paula Deen Animal House, Paula Deen and Her Chickens, Food News

Last week, The Huffington Post noted that Paula Deen's backyard hens faced eviction due to zoning violations. A new dispatch from the Savannah Morning...

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Paula Deen's Chickens Face Eviction

Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: Paula Deen Chickens Evicted, Paula Deen and Chickens, Chickens, Wilmington Island, Willmington Island Georgia Chicken News, Paula Deen House Savannah, Paula Deen, Savannah Georgia, Paula Deen Chickens, Chickens Not Allowed on Wilmington Island, Urban Chicken Coops, Savannah Ga, Keeping Chickens, Paula Deen's Chickens, Food News

Since rescuing a group of female heritage-breed chickens in 2010, Paula Deen has become a hen-evangelist. She loves her chickens for the soft feathers...

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(WATCH) Baker Egg-Static About Shocking Shell Find

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Baking, Eggs, Chicken, Double Yolked Eggs, Chickens, Egg Yolk, Charlotte Matthews, Video, Weird News News

Clearly, there is a magic hen in Rochdale, England. Or so it would seem, since English cake maker Charlotte Matthews was shocked to find 29 double yol...

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Denver: Animal Farm (UPDATE)

The Huffington Post | Andrea Rael | Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: Backyard Chicken Proposal, Video, Chickens, Backyard Chicken Proposal Pushed Back, Farm Animals, Colorado Farm, Denver Chickens and Goats, Farm Animals in the City, Goats, Denver Chicken Vote, Denver City Council, Chicken Vote Denver, Denver City Council Chicken Vote, What Is Bee, Denver Chickens Goats, Denver City Council Chickens, Backyard Chickens, Denver News

The Denver City Council voted Monday night on the "Backyard Chicken" proposal. If it passes, Denver residents may be allowed up to eight chickens or d...

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Raising Backyard Chickens (VIDEO)

Rebecca Gerendasy | Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: Fresh Eggs, Chickens, Backyard Chickens, Urban Farming, Raising Chickens, Backyard Farming, How To, Urban Agriculture, Green News

Chickens are relatively inexpensive to raise, and they can provide up to about 4,000 eggs per chicken, throughout their lifetime.

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Raise Your Own BBQ Wings: A Workshop in Backyard Chicken Harvesting

Jenna Woginrich | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Farming, Chickens, Backyard Chickens, Organic Food, Free-Range, Green Living, Eating Meat, Meat, Green News

I have now been eating my own meat birds for two seasons, and I was excited to do the slow-motion magic trick of turning a live chicken into a perfect roasting bird just like you'd see at the grocery store.

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PHOTOS: Hate Your Job? 12 Different Ways To Get Fired

Doug Savage | Posted 07.04.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Chickens, Unemployment, How to Get Fired, Getting Fired, Savage Chickens a Survival Kit for Life in the Coop, Savage, Books News

When I got sick of working overtime and getting migraines, I did what any sensible person would do: I started drawing chicken cartoons on sticky notes. Now you can harness the power of these cartoons to help you get rid of your pesky job.

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Town Limits Conjugal Visits Between Roosters & Hens

AP | Posted 06.28.2011

Read More: Weird New Jersey, Hopewell Township, Chickens, New Jersey, Weird Animals, Chicken Mating Laws, Food Politics, Food News

HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- A New Jersey town has adopted an ordinance that regulates when chickens and roosters can hook up in backyard henhouses. Ro...

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Chipotle Grapples With 'Natural' Chicken Shortage

Slashfood | Posted 06.27.2011

Read More: Chicken Shortage, Chipotle, Chickens, Fast Food Chains, Chain Restaurants, Natural Chicken Shortage, Food News

Ay, caramba! Chipotle is running low on natural chicken, particularly at its restaurants in Southern California, reports the Orange County Register. T...

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