Farm Forward applauds these changes and especially the trend in agribusiness to sit at the negotiation table. That said, over the course of the next decade more than 6.3 billion laying hens will live and die without basic space requirements. This victory is to be celebrated but not overestimated.
Historical timeline of hog farming and slaughtering, and the regression that took place a century ago that still has its hold on us today.
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