The SPCA is asking battery hen farmers to consider converting to barn housing for layer hens as a cage-free farming option. The Egg Producers Federation have announced the proposed change to colony ...

Inside a long barn next to rolling fields, Rod Wubbena looked out over 12,000 or so brown hens scratching in the wood chips and fluttering onto perches. The chickens have always been cage-free at Phil ...

After years of pressure from animal advocates, dozens of food companies have committed themselves to “cage-free” eggs produced by hens not living in the cramped quarters known as battery cages. Now, ...

Indiana egg farmer John Brunnquell’s 1.3 million hens don’t live in cages. They also get to go outside, making his company, Egg Innovations, the nation’s largest free-range operation in the industry.

While standing in front of the eggs in the already chilly section of the grocery store, many of us find ourselves face to face with a moral decision. Splurge on the cage-free eggs that cost three time ...