PUBLIC OPINION > More Fast Food Chains Should Go Cage-Free

Does anyone know what FREE RANGE means relating to chickens and turkeys? It means thay have voluntary access to outdoors, it has nothing to do with actualy being able to frolick and evade foxes on a daily basis, it just means the 20,000 chickens on that ranch CAN get through a door and see the sun if they so choose. Similar rules on cage free.

In a supposedly civilized, advanced country, cage free should be the law period. Factory farms spend huge amounts of money to convince people that the meat came from animals frolicking in an open field when the reality is thousands of cows or pigs crammed into one barn so title they can't move, knee deep in excrement. The rest of us shouldn't be in denial about where our food comes from.

I'm sure what Burger King is sating is just a play on words. They will probably remove the cages - and then handcuff the chickens legs to the ground :p

I'm a vegetarian, so I won't be eating this stuff anyway, but why not make the chickens' and pigs' short lives a little less miserable? I doubt the price increase will have a very big impact on your bank account (and if it does you should probably cut down on the fast food anyway), but the impact it will have on those animals is huge :)

I think that "cage free" is ridiculous. When the bird is plucked, gutted, cut up, seasoned and deep fried, it will taste the same and the chicken won't care.

You cant have tried free range chicken or eggs if this is your opinion. Everyone who has had free range produce will tell you straight up the difference in taste texture and overall quality in the meat. Its way better for the animals and is totally worth the increase of prices.

I still say it's just a gimmick to get more money out of "socially conscience" and self righteous liberals. Either way, the chicken doesn't feel any better about it when it is on that plate.

i get what you mean but i believe in giving my chickens the best life before they go on the table. and i can taste a difference.

They should, but it'd be much more costly to do so.

Why do people care? It's Fast food, so that now just means more expensive meat mould sammiches. Great, the chickens roamed around before being thrown en masse into a meat grinder and mixed with preservative filler. Totally worth a now $2 McChicken. Or even scarier, it stays a dollar, and they cut corners somewhere else.

Open spaces are not going to help these animals. Have you seen the vids of kfc's chicken farms? their open, that's what they call it at least. And they feed all the animals crap. realy sometimes they feed the animals their own fecal matter hormones and chemicals then juice those babies up with radiation before going to our mouths. We need to abolish all the tax incestive's (yup that was intentional) for the giant corporations that do all the genetic mixing of plants and animals and pesticides and start supporting our local farms.

There's no such thing as a vegan or vegitarian that shops in america any more. hell half the SEEDs sold are some degree gmo and there are actually laws that prevent companies from labeling their food non gmo here in the states. So those "all natural" guys and gals are just as steriod and chem juiced as your neighbor ned.

I love chicken and beef-and yes they should be treated better before slaughter.

when they do that maybe i'll eat there.

Cage-free is good, but as noted below, free-range is better. The reason we see all these reports of diseases and bacterial outbreaks on the news is because the animals aren't kept in healthy conditions and they are forced to eat things that aren't natural to them. All because we're greedy.

Yup! We all should be concerned with the way ALL animals are treated!

just because we are going to kill them and eat them doesn't mean we can have no regard for their life (while they are alive).
free range organic all the way, its the only chicken i eat.

If all the egg suppliers would go cage free, then restaurants and fast food would all be using cage free eggs. I dont understand why egg suppliers would not spend some extra money to make sure their chickens lived a better and more humane life. They can then increase the price of their eggs. I would like to see all eggs sold be cage free even though they're $1-2 more. How the chickens are raised and what they're fed makes a big difference in the quality of the eggs. I had a friend who fed her chickens a special diet from the University of Kentucky, and the yolks were rich in color and flavor. The best eggs I've ever had !

why do farms have 'cages' for live stock to begin with? There must be a realistic reasoning behind it?

Yea.... Their "realistic" reasoning behind it is to produce as much poor quality milk and meet as possible so they can sell it at a reduced price (compared to traditional methods) selling more and in turn getting more money to stuff in their pockets

You have to keep them penned. Otherwise they will organize and take over. I offer " The Animal Farm" novel and the Democratic Party as strong evidence.

A lot of people said this isn't much, but just think about the number of animals that are going to be tortured less! Millions! This is amazing news, deffinetly brightend up my day! GO GREEN ❤

people have to EAT. its a nice idea, but peoples lives are MUCH more important.

Who said they can't eat?

nobody.... someone asked the question if animals are better off if uncaged, the answer might be, "of course" problem is the same as for most questions....why are they already doing it? cost, land availability, mouths to feed." course, i might be wrong. well.....am i? 2012

I suppose that goes for people as well? We are made out of meat....

I got a recipe. But haven`t tried it yet. Seriously, I do have. I came across it in an old survival book.

seriously? lmao What does it say?

I will have to locate the book. I think I know what box it is in. I do remember the book gave a description of what each recipe tasted like. Humans are quite salty. I`ll try to find it and get back to you. If I recall, it was written by Bradford Angier. I think the title is "Food from the Woods cooking" . I`ll find it for you.

Thanks! A cook book for human meat....who knew! (and eeeew imo lol)

OK, I found the book. The title is " How to stay alive in the Woods", by Bradford Angier 1962. Collier Books. ( no isbn # ) 1976 is the 20th printing of my edition. Page 28.The passage reads in part " therefore,for the fullest and easiest assimilation of flesh materials, human meat can hardly be equaled." An actual recipe is not suggested in that book. Somewhere I did find one and it stated that the meat was salty. So, probably only need pepper to taste.

Thanks for the info!!!!! Interesting, but dont think im gonna try it anytime soon. lol

I agree. I was sort of wondering about politicians. They would make great fertilizer. They spew so much of it. At least they would contribute to real growth. Probably need a stomach pump. I bet their just indigestible.

That is the most ridiculous thing i have ever heard. I don't understand why animals can't live in better conditions. humans are also meat, so i am assuming you eat them too? We are all animals and have to stop thinking that somehow we can do whatever we want with the rest of the foodchain.

So people might starve and die if more farms had humane living conditions ? Think about your words before you hit "post". Maybe if more people refused to buy eggs that were not cage free, other suppliers would be forced to improve their farms. If people were truly concerned about what they were putting in their bodies they would try to grow their own vegetables organically or buy them from local farmers, our have their own chickens for eggs , or buy eggs locally. This is why there is such a push for eating locally , to get the best quality food from farms who treat their animals well, and grow organically, but also to support local farms instead of giving our money to large corporations and companies who are only worried about making the most money by mass production of inferior products to the detriment of the animals providing the products who live in crowded, cramped conditions that are breeding grounds for disease and sickness, thereby making it necessary for the animals to be treated with antibiotics that we end up consuming as well. Plus the taste of local food is specific to every area.

Out of the cages but into the pens? What will Burger King's decision Really look like?

No, corporate farming is not abusive enough! Stuff more animals in together, try drugs to hurry up pregnances so the animals can produce even more babies continually to be taken away from them right away and caged up tight. No, no, Cage-Free is going in the wrong direction.

Yes, even though this isn't the best they can do, it's better than nothing! Glad to hear it!

I 'd be even happier if I knew they weren't getting any antibiotics and drugs to stimulate growth.