Des Moines, Iowa — Is it OK for free-range chickens to not range freely? That’s a question free-range egg producers have been pondering lately as they try to be open about their product while also ...

A petition was submitted on behalf of Perdue Farms LLC earlier this month, requesting rulemaking by USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to define separate “free range” and “pasture-raised ...

ABBEVILLE — On Friday afternoon a week and a half before Thanksgiving, 14-year-old Peyton Ashely couldn't decide what to do with her weekend. Her friend was competing in a regional cross-country meet, ...

Danish researchers have achieved a reduction in Campylobacter in chickens by adding additives to their feed. Scientists from DTU National Food Institute conducted trials at a free-range chicken farm ...

From a containment standpoint they want to make sure everything is dead and there’s no more contamination of the virus,” farmer Joel Funk said.

Find out what "free range" and "certified humane" really mean. — -- intro: If you’ve been worrying about antibiotics in meat and antibiotic-resistant superbugs, good news: Perdue Farms says it ...

A study of chicken farms in the West found that high winds increased the prevalence of Campylobacter in outdoor flocks, a bacterial pathogen in poultry that is the largest single cause of foodborne ...

Conventionally housed eggs target the consumers that prefer a budget friendly option, pasture-raised and free-range eggs are ...

GOSHEN — The county plan board turned down a zoning change that would have allowed a small free-range chicken farm in Dunlap. The Elkhart County Plan Commission on Thursday voted 8-1 to recommend ...