Sentences with phrase «egg production systems»

We've demystified egg production systems - from cage to free range and beyond - in no - nonsense terms to help you make truly informed choices.

In all egg production systems, from cage to free range, hens are considered «spent» from just 18 months old.

The Australian Egg Corporation Limited - representing 400 commercial egg producers that distribute a range of products to the local market - said banning eggs from one egg production system was misguided.

Not exact matches

Canada's system of price and production controls on dairy, eggs and poultry products is outdated and regressive.

Cage - free systems give hens more room to move around but also result in higher feed costs, lower egg production per bird, increased cannibalism among the flock and greater vulnerability to diseases, according to a report by agricultural consultant Promar International.

Dairy, poultry and egg farming, alone among all of Canada's food production, is governed by supply management, an archaic, decades - old — and very costly — controlled - market system.

However, chickens raised for their meat are never raised in cages, regardless of the production system (only hens kept for the production of cage eggs are kept in cages).

In fact, Europe is set to ban egg production in cage systems come 2012.

He determined that one component of the sex - determination system, a protein called MAP kinase, proved to be the link between the fatty acid monitoring and the switch from production of sperm to eggs.

The researchers found that the dengue - resistant mosquitoes live as long as the wild mosquitoes, though they do produce fewer eggs, most likely because the same mechanism involved in dialing up the immune system to fight dengue also plays a role in egg production.

He notes that the new study is especially relevant because it worked in mammalian cells, which ultimately are a better way to grow the virus than eggs: It's a faster production system and avoids mutations that occur when the virus adapts to chicken eggs, which can compromise vaccine effectiveness.

The HSUS promotes eating with conscience and embracing the Three Rs — reducing the consumption of meat and other animal - based foods; refining the diet by avoiding products from the worst production systems (e.g., switching to cage - free eggs); and replacing meat and other animal - based foods in the diet with plant - based foods.

If you want to help support family - owned farms and contribute to helping to right the upside down system of egg production in the US, check out the Vital Farms fundraiser over at When You Wish.