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Cage-Free Chicken Campaign, a Multibillion-Dollar Shift, Scores Surprising Success
The nation’s egg producers are in the midst of a multibillion-dollar shift to cage-free eggs that is dramatically changing the lives of millions of hens in response to new laws and demands from restaurant chains.
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New Laws to Take Effect Across US on Abortion, Policing, Taxes
Minimum wage increases, animal protections, police accountability, cutting and increasing taxes are all part of a series of new laws taking effect across the country on Saturday, the first day of 2022.
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Mass. Lawmakers Consider Changes to Animal Welfare Law to Avoid Egg Shortage
Massachusetts lawmakers are considering changes to a 2016 animal welfare law that sets living standards for egg-laying hens and some livestock to avoid a possible egg shortage. The voter law sets standards for how much space is required to keep pigs, calves and egg-laying hens. For hens it requires enough room for the birds to be capable of “fully spreading…
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Mass. Lawmakers Consider Bill to Address Possible Egg Shortage
Massachusetts lawmakers are considering changes to a 2016 animal welfare law that sets living standards for egg-laying hens and some livestock to avoid a possible egg shortage.
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Bye Bye Bacon? Calif. Rule May Jack Up Pork Prices
A California law taking effect Jan. 1 could make pork harder to find and more expensive.