Poultry
Egg debate tough to crack
It used to be thought of as an easy meal. Nothing prepared for dinner? Boil an egg. Need a nutritious breakfast? Try scrambled egg. No time? Bolt down an egg flip. But as versatile as they may be in the kitchen, there is nothing easy about selecting a carton of eggs. For the past 30 years the egg has been at the forefront of campaigns by animal welfare activists, concerned about inhumane production. Debates have also raged about the egg’s fat and cholesterol content, pesticide and artificial hormone content and the risk of bacterial contamination. More →
Poultry or paltry?
It should have been the year of Chicken’s Lib. When campaigning TV chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall embarked on his experiment (Hugh’s Chicken Run) in 2007 to highlight the plight of Britain’s favourite food – the battery hen – he almost started a food revolution. Hugh ran two farms – one based on common practices in factory farming, the other on organic, free range production of chickens. More →
