 Go inside a large-scale, cage-free chicken operation as well as a more conventional caged operation, and explores the difference. Jennifer discusses the explosion of backyard chicken farming and concerns about the avian flu with state vet Don Hoenig and extension specialist Dick Brzozwski. Plus, a vocational program that gets kids fired up about construction careers.
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Related Links:
Chicken & Egg Farming
Maine Alternative Poultry Association
www.mainepoultrygrowers.org
University of Maine Cooperative Extension
www.umext.maine.edu/poultry
www.umext.maine.edu/onlinepubs
Recent MPBN News Stories:
Breaking Free Of The Battery Cage, But Slowly - April 13, 2009
Egg Farm Managers Fire Back At Animal Rights Organization - Apr. 7, 2009
Radlo Foods Pledges To Phase Out Battery Cage Eggs - Apr. 6, 2009
Supermarkets Distance Themselves From Turner Egg Farm - Apr. 3, 2009
Animal Rights Group Details Alleged Abuses At Turner Egg Farm - Apr. 2, 2009
Portland Set to Consider Urban Chicken Ordinance - Feb. 16, 2009
Avian Flu Information
University of Maine Cooperative Extension
www.umext.maine.edu/onlinepubs
Vocational-Technical Education
Maine Home Builders and Remodelers Association
www.hbrame.org
Bath Regional Vocational Center
www.brvc.rsu1.org
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