Chickens

Page: 1

Eating Squirrel and Four Other Wacky Ways to Make Your Meal Green

Mairi Beautyman | Posted 01.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Green, Food, Green Living, Organic Food, Food Politics, Geren Energy, Chickens, Green News

The kitchen is a good place to start when it comes to green living. We already know that eating organic is better for both your body and the earth. Bu...

Read Post

Chickens As Pets: An Urban Farmstead

Los Angeles Times | Deborah Netburn | Posted 12.05.2008 | Green

Read More: Eggs, Chicken, Chickens, Pets, Eating Matters, Local Food Movement, Urban Farming, Environment, Urban Farms, Cage Free Eggs, Animals, Los Angeles, Local Farmers, Green News

Erik Knutzen and Kelly Coyne started keeping chickens in their Echo Park backyard a little more than a year ago. The two are co-authors of "The Urban ...

Read Whole Story

Clever Chicken Hides Out In McDonald's Parking Lot (VIDEO)

ABC News | Posted 12.03.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, McDonald's, Chickens, Animal Rights, Animals, Eating Matters, Animal Welfare, Green News

A rooster escaped from a truck that was carting it to a chicken nugget factory, and sought immunity in a McDonald's parking lot. Luckily, the McDonald...

Read Whole Story

Famous People on Why The Chicken Crossed the Road--From a Liberal Perspective

Rob Kall | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Chickens, Obama, Apple, Clinton, Mccain, Palin, Political Humor, Politics News

An old friend sent me something like this, but clearly written mostly with a right wing slant. So I rewrote every one, deleted some and added some to ...

Read Post

Not So Eggcellent

Cheri Shankar | Posted 10.16.2008 | Living

When I found out about the true conditions under which egg-laying hens labor, it was easy to eliminate the not-so-Incredible, Edible Egg from my diet.

Read Post

Ugly Death for Chickens

Cheri Shankar | Posted 10.10.2008 | Living

Read More: Humane Society of the United States, Anti-Cruelty, Proposition 2, Animals, Chickens, Woodchippers, Living News

If you've accidentally sliced your finger while chopping tomatoes or something, you know how much it smarts, so imagine the agonizing pain these animals felt.

Read Post

A Beginner's Guide to City Chickens

Jenna Woginrich | Posted 09.24.2008 | Style

Read More: Healthy Food, Healthy Eating, Chickens, Organic Food, Going Green, Green, Food, Green Living, Livestock Ordinances, Chicken Coop, Backyard Chickens, Omega Acids, Raising Chickens, Cage Free Eggs, Style News

Tired of paying five bucks for cage-free eggs? Want an organic source of protein right in your own backyard? Well, a lot of folks feel the same way: their answer's a backyard flock of chickens.

Read Post

The Forgotten Extinction: Heritage Livestock

Jenna Woginrich | Posted 08.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Farming, Chickens, Rare Breed Livestock, Cows, Sustainable Food, Livestock, Going Green, Green, Conservation, Green News

Due to the assembly line style of meat production, the animals we eat have dwindled to a small number of industrial-strength breeds.

Read Post

Export This!

Megan Shank | Posted 07.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Chickens, Beijing Olympics, Hello Kitty, China Automobile, Disney, Cell Phones and Radiation, China, Pepsico, Colgate, Strange Chinese Products, Business News

Most companies innovating in China naturally target the massively growing market right outside their research centers. Here is a list of popular Chinese products that won't ever successfully export.

Read Post

5 Ways to Turn Your Place into an Organic Farm

Jenna Woginrich | Posted 07.29.2008 | Green

Read More: Homestead, Chickens, Gardening, Green Living, Organic Food, Compost, Going Green, Green News

Here are a few ways you can bring the organic farm into your own home or apartment, and with soaring food and fuel prices, there are few excuses not to look into easy ways to eat smarter.

Read Post

Would You Kill What You Eat?

Graham Hill | Posted 06.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Eggs, Food, Chickens, Organic Food, Meat, Organic, Impact of Eating Meat, Grocery Stores, Green News

From cruel conditions, to carbon footprint, to waste of packaging, to harmful chemicals -- there's so much going on with that food on your plate before you see it.

Read Post