Chickens

Brown hares and chickens were treated as “gods” not food when they arrived in Britain, research shows.

Compassion in World Farming calls on UK's top bargain retailers to go cage free.

Investigation uncovers 'horrendous abuse' at an RSPCA-Assured 'free range', 'high welfare' chicken farm.

Brexit, backstops, transitions, free trade agreements. What does it all mean for our food, and for animal welfare?

McDonald's now claims to be a champion of animal welfare. But the food chain continues to rely on super fast growing chickens - which even in the best cases live miserable lives. PRU ELLIOTT calls for a change of policy from the multinational

Don’t let the new-age title put you off, says Lindsey Warren. Clea Danaan’s Zen and the Art of Raising Chickens is a witty, original take on the art of hen husbandry

Can’t tell your Marans from your Malays? Jeff Holman presents the A to Z guide to chicken keeping

The successful breeding of chickens genetically modified not to transmit the bird flu virus could lead to many more GM resistant livestock being produced

The latest food scare - the contamination of British eggs with the cancer causing chemical dioxin - can be linked to our reliance on complex food chains and industrial production methods, report Joanna Blythman and Tom Levitt

Globally over 60 billion animals are farmed for food every year. The 2006 Report from the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), “Livestock’s Long Shadow”, predicted that global meat consumption will more than double by 2050 (from 2001).

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has reached the target of £86,888 set by Tesco to print and distribute leaflets to its shareholders.