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

36th Annual Old Port Festival

The MPBN Stage
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