Over at the New York Times, William Neuman notes that:“Shopper's in the supermarket today can buy chicken free of nearly everything but adjectives. It comes free-range, cage-free, antibiotic-free, raised on vegetarian feed, organic, even air-chilled.“Coming soon: stress-free?
“Two premium chicken producers, Bell & Evans in Pennsylvania and Mary’s Chickens in California, are preparing to switch to a system of killing their birds that they consider more humane. The new system uses carbon dioxide gas to gently render the birds unconscious before they are hung by their feet to have their throats slit, sparing them the potential suffering associated with conventional slaughter methods.”
Bell & Evans seems to be trying very hard to produce what a lot of customers want. Hope they do well. See this link for their terms explanation.
Pictures taken today at the local Wegmans.
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