California voters are right to think they already weighed-in on how big cages should be for egg-laying hens. Back in 2008, voters ushered in Proposition 2 which sought to free egg-laying hens from ...

IONIA COUNTY, Mich. — Grocery stores and egg producers are gearing up for some big changes in 2025. Taking effect Jan. 1, all eggs sold in the state must come from cage-free chickens. The transition ...

California egg farmers got trounced at the ballot box last year while opposing a state initiative that in six years will ban their chicken cages. Now they are urging state legislators to spell out ...

Walmart, the nation's largest grocery chain, is scrambling to join the "cage-free" eggs movement, which will mean hens get more more space to move around and their eggs should become cheaper. The ...

Nearly all commercial egg farms in Oregon and Washington must now keep their hens cage free, under laws that went into effect Jan. 1. The nearly identical laws in both states were passed in 2019 but ...

There was a lot of pitiful grousing this week on social media about the law requiring commercial poultry farms keep hens cage-free in order to sell eggs in our state. The main argument went something ...

Eight million hens are kept in small cages - up to 14 per square metre - and can't do the things that come naturally such as spread their wings, walk freely, dust bathe, forage or lay their egg in a ...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- Ben &; Jerry's Homemade Inc. is changing its egg-buying policies to give hens a break. The South Burlington-based ice cream maker will become the first national food ...

According to the Consumer Price Index, we're paying as much as a staggering 37% more. Micheline Maynard has focused on the business world for much of her career. Also known as Micki, she has been a ...

As of Jan. 1, every egg sold in Colorado must now come from “cage-free” hens. While the state’s agricultural department insists producers can meet demand, consumers are already feeling the pinch — and ...