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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...