At the end of 2022, the U.S. had 308 million commercial egg-laying hens. According to World Animal Protection, more than 95 percent of these hens live in factory farming conditions. Chickens ...
Our recent research shows how egg corporation Cal-Maine has pushed prices way higher than its growing costs, leading to $1 billion in windfall profits in a single year. Worse, factory farms — where ...
The escalating price of eggs has become a major political issue for the Trump government, and it doesn’t look like it’s going ...
We also need a national ban on new and expanding factory farms while transitioning to smaller, regional food systems that are more resilient to disruptions." But egg producers say there's no ...