The global appetite for factory farmed chicken was deliberately engineered by an industry searching for ‘efficiency’.
Articles on Chicken farming
Displaying all articles
The UK’s proposed Planning Bill may make it easier to build river-polluting chicken farms.
Bird flu in U.S. dairy cows has Canadian public health experts on high alert. With one human case identified in Texas, what is the likelihood of H5N1 influenza moving from birds to mammals to people?
Evolutionary biology and the fossil record reveal a great deal about the origins of chickens and eggs.
Shall I order the chicken, or the salmon? What does the science say about reducing pressure on the environment? When you take a big-picture view, the results can be surprising.
Why did the chicken cross the globe? A new study has revealed how chickens were domesticated.
Avian influenza virus — or bird flu — can infect domestic poultry such as chickens and turkeys, as well as wild birds. The H5N1 strain has been identified in Canada.
Animal suffering not only harms other species, it endangers our own. Here’s how we can do better.
Washing chickens in chlorine isn’t actually deemed dangerous – it’s what comes with it that’s the problem.
The factors limiting poultry production are similar to those affecting the rest of the agricultural systems.
Do organic chickens taste better? Why are some eggs white and others brown? Are free range chickens healthier? There are a lot of questions about chicken production. Here are the facts.
As consumption has soared and prices have fallen, the realities of industrial chicken farming often clash with the values of people who live on the urban fringes where broiler farms are sited.
More than two-thirds of chicken produced in the UK is contaminated with disease-causing bacteria, an investigation by The Guardian has revealed. Although the bug can be killed by proper cooking, it is…
Top contributors
-
Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning & Design, Monash University
-
Lecturer in Poultry Nutrition, University of Sydney
-
Professor of the Practice of International Development, Harvard Kennedy School
-
Professor of International Planning, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
-
Associate Professor in Sustainability and Urban Planning, RMIT University
-
MSCA Research Fellow, Université de Toulouse
-
Lecturer in archaeology, Cardiff University
-
Assistant Professor (McGill University - Animal Sciences), Adjunct Professor (University of Guelph - OVC), University of Guelph
-
Lecturer, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University
-
Lecturer in Economic and Political Geography, University of Leicester
-
Lecturer in International Development, King's College London
-
Professor in Animal Microbial Ecosystems, Bristol Veterinary School, University of Bristol
-
Professor, Management and Organizational Studies, Huron University College and Coordinator of Animal Ethics and Sustainability Leadership, Western University
-
Professor of Immunology and Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies, University of Guelph
-
Lecturer in Food Safety, Food Quality and Environmental Management, Cardiff Metropolitan University