Common chicken "wisdom" suggests that the more orange the yolk, the better the egg. A bright orange yolk implies that the ...

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 ...

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 ...

"Did you know you cannot get pastured poultry at Trader Joe's or Whole Foods Market?" she says. "I'd like to see pastured poultry available everywhere. I'd like to see that every customer knows what ...

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 ...

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 ...

Are pasture-raised birds nutritionally superior to conventionally raised birds? Ariella Reback of Green Pastures Poultry hands out fliers saying they are rich in omega-3 fatty acids, vitamins A and C, ...

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 ...

Allen Widman shuttles his dogs, Hoodoo and Birdy (hidden on seat), from the organic free-range chicken pen back to the June 1, 2011 on Widman's Palouse Pastured Poultry farm near Rosalia, Wash. Allen ...