OTTAWA, Aug. 22 /CNW Telbec/ – Working in one of the country’s most dynamic agriculture industries, Canada’s egg farmers have had little time to rest. Just ask Laurent Souligny, 64, a proud egg farmer and chairman of the national egg farmers’ organization, Egg Farmers of Canada (EFC).
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Source: The Record (Kitchener), September 29, 2008, KEVIN SWAYZE
International poultry expert Peter Hunton is tired of the question.
“What came first? The chicken or the egg?”
The Cambridge man answers in a deadpan tone.
“I don’t have a good answer to that question.”
But ask Hunton, 72, a serious question about his life’s work and conversation comes easy for a 2008 inductee to the International Poultry Hall of Fame.
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Source: CBC News
Last Updated: Thursday, March 13, 2008
Animal health experts are concerned about the spread of disease from backyard chicken flocks in British Columbia.
The risks associated with keeping poultry was a key topic for discussion at a seminar Wednesday in Abbotsford, hosted by the B.C. Ministry of Agriculture and Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).
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PRNewswire, ATLANTA, Dec. 19 / 2007
Animal rights activists have long alleged that hens in modern cages live a horribly stressed life, but new research appears to debunk those claims. Researchers have discovered that free range hens experience just as much or more stress than hens raised in modern, conventional cages.
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Crystal Mackay, Ontario Farm Animal Council, Guelph; The Hamilton Spectator, 2007.01.17; Letter to the Editor
Re: ‘Paralyzed by choice at the egg cooler’ (Opinion, Jan. 12)
We’re fortunate to live in a country with so many food choices, in a world where many have little food at all. But many of the statements in the article on eggs need some perspective from farmers.
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New rules will close down the state’s egg industry, observers report.
Source: Feedstuffs (11/5/2008)
The California ballot initiative on farm animal housing has passed by a fairly large margin with 63% for to 37% against as of 5:30 a.m. Central with 87% of the vote in.
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By Owen Roberts, Guelph Mercury, June 02, 2008
When it comes to what’s called broiler chickens, the ones that are processed into food, every day counts. In just five-ish weeks, they hatch from eggs, grow and find their way to our dinner plates. That brief time period is fascinating from a nutrition perspective, because a bird must grow up incredibly fast and stay extremely healthy to be ready for marketing in about 32 days.
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By Ryan Cormier, Calgary Herald, 2003.05.30
There are rules around David Blackwood’s turkey barns. There’s a mandatory chemical boot wash on the way into the Wetaskiwin facility, about 30 minutes south of Edmonton. A change of boots is supplied if you’ve been in another barn recently, even if it was one of Blackwood’s. And if you don’t absolutely have to enter his barns, stay out.
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