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Photo by: East Bay Animal Advocates

“Free-range organic” young turkeys with surgically mutilated beaks
at Diestel Turkey Ranch, a supplier to Whole Foods.

"Free-Range" Poultry and Eggs: Not All They're Cracked Up to Be

Photo: Jake Stangel for Bloomberg Businessweek
novella carpenter slaughter

The Face of Small Animal Farming
"I've spent the WHOLE day processing these f***ers. First I hung them in the bathroom, cut off their
heads, and bled them (they were freshly killed)." ~Novella Carpenter, Ghost Town Farm Blog
NoSlaughter.org - What Oakland's Slaughter Hobbyists are Saying

Whole Foods: The False Face of Humane Farming – Investigators Find “Certified Humane” Cruelty to Chickens UPC Spring 2015 Poultry Press
“Let’s Embrace a New Ethic.” Letter Supports Direct Action Everywhere's Disclosure of Whole Foods Scam 14 January 2015
The Face of Humane Farming: Investigation of Whole Foods Finds Blatant Cruelty to Chickens 14 January 2015
“The Rougher They Look, The Better They Lay” 30 December 2014
UPC Visits The Happy Hen, Pleasant View Farms, Winfield, Pennsylvania
Hurting Animals Humanely - Two Views 21 August 2014
How I Learned the Truth About Eggs 2 April 2014
Factory Farming vs. Alternative Farming: The Humane Hoax 11 March 2014
(Also in UPC Fall 2014 Poultry Press) (Click here for PDF)
"Nature's Perfect Package: Labeling Our Way to a Clear Conscience," by James McWilliams 22 July 2012
Black Eagle: An Organic Egg Farm Revisited UPC Winter 2011-2012 Poultry Press UPC Winter 2011-2012 Poultry Press
vimeo.com/upc/freerangechickenslaughter - 12 January 2012
UPC Letters Detailing Complaint Re: Black Eagle Farm a.k.a. Piney River Farms LLC 01/12/11
Myth of Sustainable Poultry and Danger of the Local 12/10/10
Black Eagle Farm: Chicken Starvation, Consumer Fraud, Cruelty 11/18/10
Humane Meat? It may seem easier to eat “humane meat” than choose vegetarian, but in fact it’s not. 06/13/09

After three days without food, they are grabbed by the feet,
up-ended in metal cones, and without any stunning, have their throats slit.

A Moral Question on the Dinner Table: NY Times Letters 04/16/09
Restoration, a story of 100 rescued "free-range" hens at Peaceful Prairie Sanctuary 11/06/08
Oprah Winfrey on Farmed Animals, October 14, 2008 10/15/08
Cage-Free Eggs Still Inhumane 06/24/08
Veterinary Assessment of Shipping Live Birds as Airmail 07/14/08
Battery cages are hell on earth, but let no one be misled to think that the “cage-free” environment is humane. Spring 08 PP
Thousands of Baby Turkeys Perish in Airline Transport Fall06 PP
Free range has become a meaningless term 03/06/03
Free-Range Turkey Farm (external link)
Free Range Survey
PETA Fact Sheet: "Free Range" Eggs and Meat: Conning Consumers (external link)

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Backyard Chicken-Keeping