Cage Free Eggs

Rotten Eggs: HSUS and United Egg Producers Enter Agreement That Bird Cages Are Here to Stay

Andrew Gunther | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Humane Society of the United States, Laying Hens, Hsus, Big Ag, Cage Free Eggs, Battery Cages, Cage-Free-Animals, Industrial Farming, United Egg Producers, Food News

The latest agreement between HSUS and UEP appears to offer little in terms of animal welfare, yet much in terms of positive PR.

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Humane Meat Is the Solution to What, Again?

Nil Zacharias | Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: Animal Agriculture, Factory Farming, Humane, Vegan Diet, Vegan, Factory Farms, Plant-Based Diet, Humane Myth, Cage Free Eggs, Conscious Consumerism, Humane Slaughter, Cruelty Free, Free-Range, Organic Dairy, Sustainable Meat, Free-Range Myth, Food News

No one can deny that it's better to be less cruel in the ways we confine and kill animals (if we are going to kill and eat them anyway), but if we're interested in long-term change, we can't look at killing with kindness or gratitude as a solution in itself.

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The Incredible Flavorful Egg With a Recipe for Fried Egg With Black Truffle

Lael Hazan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fried Egg Recipe, Eggs With Flavor, Factory Farm Egg, Cage Free Eggs, Family Farm Eggs, Pasturized Eggs, White Truffle With Eggs, Slidepollajax, Food News

Are factory farmed eggs inferior? The factory produces bland eggs extraordinarily well. Lots of money and research has been spent on finding the optimal breed and they are housed to create maximum production.

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Not Just a Few Rotten Eggs

Michael Markarian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eggs, Food Safety, Food, Politics, Cage Free Eggs, Animals, Dick Durbin, Senate, Humane Society of the United States, Salmonella, Food Industry, Food News

We need preventative solutions, not just reactions to the next outbreak. Phasing out cage confinement of hens, and moving toward cage-free egg production, is better for animals and better for us.

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An Open Letter to the Missouri Farm Bureau

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Proposition B, Dog Breeders, Humane Society of the United States, Farm Animals, Pets, Puppy Mills, Agriculture, Farm Bureau, Missouri, Cage Free Eggs, Dogs, Politics News

Last week, Missouri voters approved Proposition B, requiring that large-scale commercial breeders provide in a year's time sufficient space for dogs, ...

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Meat, greet, eat

Ellen Snortland | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kosher, Farmer's Markets, Michael Pollan, Organic Food, Certified Humane, Sustainable Food, Free-Range, Cage Free Eggs, 4-H, Alice Waters, Jonathan Safran Foer, Costco, Food News

It helps to have a personal relationship with your next meal Sitting down to supper as a 4-year-old, I recall my sisters' ardent concerns about who w...

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Organic Egg on Our Faces

Suzan Colón | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cornucopia Institute, Salmonella, Chickens, Organic Eggs, Egg Recall, Free-Range, Eggs, Cage Free Eggs, Food News

If you pay more for organic, cage-free eggs, guess what: The yolk's on you.

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Impact of Factory Farming, Food Choices Again In Focus

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eggs, Bill Clinton, Salmonella Outbreak, Chickens, Factory Farming, Egg Recall, Vegan, Factory Farms, Cage Free Eggs, Salmonella, Fda, Battery Cages, Food News

Today, the House Energy and Commerce Committee conducted a hearing on this summer's massive egg recall, and witnesses included the owners of the facto...

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Food Safety We Need More Than a Band Aid

Andrew Gunther | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eggs, Chickens, Animal Welfare, Sustainable Food, Food Politics, Grass-Fed, Sustainable Agriculture, Ecoli-Outbreak, Cage Free Eggs, Animals, Eggs Salmonella, Food News

As the egg recall fades, I took a look at exactly what went on? Reality is. has anything really changed is anything going to change? Or as I fear it will be buisiness as usual?

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New York Times Writers Speak up for Chickens, Chimps

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eggs, Research, Chimpanzee, Egg Recall, Factory Farms, New York Times, Nicholas Kristof, Cage Free Eggs, Salmonella, Animal Research, Nih, Industrial Agriculture, National Institutes of Health, Green News

Today, the New York Times covers two of the pitched debates in our society about animals -- the controversy over the use of chimpanzees in biomedical research and the industrial confinement of laying hens in cages for egg production.

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Experts Warn: Run From All Runny Eggs

The Stir | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eggs, Recall, Food Recall, Egg Recall, Foods to Avoid, Cage Free Eggs, Food News

If you're pregnant, be especially careful with any eggs, and if you're not pregnant, you need to start thinking like a pregnant lady and avoid any and all foods that contain raw or uncooked eggs in any form.

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Don't Walk on Egg Shells When It Comes to Food Safety

Fedele Bauccio | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eggs, Sustainable Agriculture, Cage Free Eggs, Sustainable Food, Pew Research Center, Salmonella, Egg Recall, Food News

Our egg industry is an emblem of industrialized animal agribusiness -- a system that jeopardizes the health of American consumers each and every day, institutionally abuses animals, and pollutes our seas and waterways.

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FDA Inspection of Egg Factory Farms Mirrors HSUS Findings

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eggs, Iowa, Salmonella Outbreak, Rose Acre Farms, Dalai Lama, Hillandale Farms, Undercover Investigation, Egg Recall, Wright County Egg, Rembrandt Enterprises, Factory Farms, New York Times, Cage Free Eggs, Salmonella, Battery Cages, Fda, Food News

The assurances from the egg industry that its operators maintain safe and clean facilities, treat animals humanely, and do it all at low cost are a charade. The eggs may seem cheap, but the costs are passed on in terms of health costs.

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Total Recall: Farm Animal Cruelty, Public Health Connected

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iowa, Animal Cruelty, Salmonella Outbreak, Humane Society of the United States, Animal Welfare, California, Cows, Egg Recall, Public Health, Factory Farms, Salmonella, Cage Free Eggs, Battery Cages, Meat Recall, Food News

The lifelong extreme confinement of laying hens in tiny cages is not just inhumane, it's also been linked to human disease. Every one of the eggs recently recalled for Salmonella came from hens confined in cages.

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Momentum Against Factory Farms Makes Headlines

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Olivera Egg Ranch, California, Factory Farming, Ohio, Factory Farms, Cage Free Eggs, Proposition 2, Manure, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Pollution, Lawsuit, Fur, Eggs, Ted Strickland, Royal Caribbean, New York Times, Battery Cages, Carnival Cruise Lines, Green News

The Humane Society of the United States announced that a federal judge has ordered a trial in a federal legal case we brought against a polluting egg factory farm in the Central Valley of California.

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Breaking: Gov. Schwarzenegger Signs Landmark Egg Bill

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Humane Society of the United States, Chickens, Animal Welfare, Farm Animals, California, Agriculture, Ohio, Factory Farms, Cage Free Eggs, Battery Cages, Proposition 2, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Egg Law, Egg Law, Egg Bill, Food News

With 40 million consumers in California, it would be hard to overestimate the potential of this bill to change the way laying hens are treated throughout the country.

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Tom Cruise Cooking Demo: Jimmy Kimmel Segment Focuses On Sourcing Fresh Ingedients (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eggs, Tom Cruise Cooking Demo, Video, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Tom Cruise Eggs, Tom Cruise Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Kimmel, K, Cage Free Eggs, Tom Cruise, Pasta, Spaghetti Carbonara, Food News

Tom Cruise appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live Friday night and the two commenced what ostensibly was to be a cooking demo for Cruise's spaghetti carbonara....

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U.S. McDonald's Opposes 5% Cage-Free Eggs, While McDonald's U.S. Commits To 100% Cage-Free

Treehugger | Michael Graham Richard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mcdonalds Europe, Mcdonalds Europe Cage Free, Humane Society, Food Politics, Mcdonalds Cage Free Eggs, Cage Free Eggs, Batter Cages, Mcdonalds Cage Free, Mcdonalds, Green News

The European Union has passed a law that bans conventional battery cages starting in 2012, so McDonald's Europe has committed to being 100% cage-free ...

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Investigation Exposes Abuse at Nation's Top Egg Producers

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iowa, Rose Acre Farms, Humane Society of the United States, Chickens, Farm Animals, Rembrandt Enterprises, Factory Farms, Undercover Cameras, Cage Free Eggs, Battery Cages, Investigation, Animal Cruelty, Green News

The top egg producers in the nation are treating animals in ways that are unconscionable. But there is an alternative. Many consumers, supermarkets, restaurants, and food service providers demand that egg producers convert to cage-free systems.

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Egg Industry Scrambles the Truth on Salmonella and Cages

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eggs, Humane Society of the United States, Chickens, Dr. Michael Greger, Cage Free Eggs, Salmonella, Battery Cages, Fda, United Egg Producers, Food News

In a detailed story on Sunday, Columbus Dispatch reporter Alan Johnson previewed one of the flashpoints in the debate over confining laying hens in ba...

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Force for Change Against Factory Farming

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Walmart, Humane Society of the United States, Animal Cruelty, Farm Animals, California, Factory Farming, Ohio, Factory Farms, Hellmans-Mayonnaise, Cage Free Eggs, Battery Cages, Michigan, Green News

Old ways of viewing animals as commodities and objects are stubborn, and so are many of the people who defend the status quo.

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Bill Maher: Why Does IHOP Refuse To Use Cage-Free Eggs? (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Poultry, Eggs, Fast Food, Chickens, Cage Free Eggs, Ihop, Animals, Cage-Free Animals, Video, Food Politics, Political Humor, Green News

Bill Maher and The Humane Society have banded together to create this video urging IHOP to follow the lead of other fast food chains by switching to c...

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The Week's Top Animal Causes! (SLIDESHOW, POLL)

The Huffington Post | Jonathan Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepoll, Drought, Cage Free Eggs, Factory Farming, Elephants, Animals, Monkeys, Impact News

We all love animals, but how much time is there to devote to all of their causes? Between saving whales, pigs, chickens, dolphins, rhesus monkeys, wea...

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Chickens As Pets: An Urban Farmstead

Los Angeles Times | Deborah Netburn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eggs, Chicken, Chickens, Pets, Eating Matters, Local Food Movement, Urban Farming, Environment, Urban Farms, Cage Free Eggs, Animals, Los Angeles, Local Farmers, Green News

Erik Knutzen and Kelly Coyne started keeping chickens in their Echo Park backyard a little more than a year ago. The two are co-authors of "The Urban ...

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A Beginner's Guide to City Chickens

Jenna Woginrich | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Healthy Food, Healthy Eating, Chickens, Organic Food, Going Green, Green, Food, Green Living, Livestock Ordinances, Chicken Coop, Backyard Chickens, Omega Acids, Raising Chickens, Cage Free Eggs, Style News

Tired of paying five bucks for cage-free eggs? Want an organic source of protein right in your own backyard? Well, a lot of folks feel the same way: their answer's a backyard flock of chickens.

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