It's no secret that the labels on the foods we buy can be incredibly confusing. And when it comes to understanding the tags on meat products, there's a lot of information to process — especially with ...

Mitchell McCarthy, a UC Davis agricultural and biological systems engineering student, holds a young layer chicken on his arm in front of the portable coop dubbed “the Eggmobile” at UC Davis. McCarthy ...

Pastured poultry trade group says regulatory gap between FDA egg rules and USDA meat standards allows misleading labels, disadvantages authentic pasture farmers.

UC Davis today (Nov. 19) unveiled its new Pastured Poultry Farm, home to 150 young laying chickens and a living laboratory where students and researchers hope to develop innovative solutions ...

While it’s still a small market, pastured poultry — a method of raising poultry on open pastureland — has flourished in recent years as consumer demand for humanely-raised, antibiotic-free meat has ...

Andy Vlcek didn’t grow up planning on farming. His father died in 2010. A few years after, around 2012, Vlcek moved home to help his mother maintain Nature’s Grove Farm, their small family operation ...

The American Pastured Poultry Producers Association ( APPPA ) is requesting the FDA to align egg labeling requirements for the "pasture-raised" claim with the existing definition used by the U.S.

A broadly-supported new definition for “pasture-raised” poultry proposed by USDA this fall could help level the playing field for small, independent farms and brands competing in the increasingly ...

Third generation egg rancher Luie Nevarez and his wife Chloe are committed to pasture raising their flock of 7,500 chickens, letting them run free across their farm in Ramona to improve egg quality.

“Chicken was the last frontier,” says Leah Garces — a statement that does not give away an important plot development in the new “Star Trek” movie but rather explains the impetus behind Pastured ...