Cage Free Laying Goes Mainstream! Only 10% in 2014, Now Edging

Cage Free Laying Goes Mainstream! Only 10% in 2014, Now Edging Over 40%

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The Humane League, an advocacy organization seminal to both encouraging the egg industry to improve its conditions for laying hens, but also to hold restaurants accountable when they don't keep their promises to use only cage free eggs. Kelly Myers, Director of Corporate Engagement joins to discuss this sea change, and the new Humane League Eggspose, that busts the bad actors who promise one thing, and do another.

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