/tags/poultry Poultry en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Thu, 18 Jul 2024 22:09:43 GMT /regional-news/2024-07-18/avian-flu-colorado-poultry-heat-workers It was over 100 degrees last week when 160 workers in Colorado were culling 1.8 million chickens with avian flu at a commercial egg-laying facility. Thu, 18 Jul 2024 22:09:43 GMT /regional-news/2024-07-18/avian-flu-colorado-poultry-heat-workers Rachel Cohen /health/2022-04-29/colorado-man-first-in-u-s-to-test-positive-for-bird-flu Health officials detected H5N1 influenza – known as avian flu – in the nose of a 40-year-old man who was culling the chickens in Montrose County as part of a prison pre-release work program. Sat, 30 Apr 2022 02:11:38 GMT /health/2022-04-29/colorado-man-first-in-u-s-to-test-positive-for-bird-flu Adam Rayes /2020-07-19/virginia-poultry-workers-see-victory-in-new-covid-19-protection-rules Virginia has become the first state in the nation to require businesses to to adopt protections for workers against the coronavirus. Sun, 19 Jul 2020 11:58:00 GMT /2020-07-19/virginia-poultry-workers-see-victory-in-new-covid-19-protection-rules Lulu Garcia-Navarro, Christianna Silva /npr-news/2019-02-24/the-chicken-is-local-but-was-it-happy-gps-now-tells-the-life-story-of-your-poultry GPS bracelets attached to chickens might soon allow you to know exactly how many steps your entrée took and what it ate. Sun, 24 Feb 2019 12:40:00 GMT /npr-news/2019-02-24/the-chicken-is-local-but-was-it-happy-gps-now-tells-the-life-story-of-your-poultry Martha Ann Overland /business/2019-01-14/wyoming-among-states-to-debate-what-exactly-counts-as-meat Missouri has already made it a crime to label something like a veggie burger or tissue grown in a lab as “meat.” Now, other states are considering doing… Mon, 14 Jan 2019 23:31:17 GMT /business/2019-01-14/wyoming-among-states-to-debate-what-exactly-counts-as-meat Rae Ellen Bichell /education/2017-03-29/csu-joins-with-meatpacker-to-bring-livestock-slaughter-teaching-facility-to-campus Colorado State University’s campus in Fort Collins will soon be home to a livestock slaughter and teaching facility paid for by JBS USA, a Greeley-based… Wed, 29 Mar 2017 11:00:00 GMT /education/2017-03-29/csu-joins-with-meatpacker-to-bring-livestock-slaughter-teaching-facility-to-campus Harvest Public Media /business/2016-12-14/growing-great-plains-poultry-industry-spurs-environmental-concerns-along-the-platte A proposal that would jumpstart the chicken business in Nebraska has some residents concerned about the potential impact on the environment and are trying… Wed, 14 Dec 2016 16:21:46 GMT /business/2016-12-14/growing-great-plains-poultry-industry-spurs-environmental-concerns-along-the-platte Harvest Public Media /arts-life/2016-07-14/for-these-gorgeous-fort-collins-chickens-the-beaks-are-on-fleek Chickens aren't a traditional pet.Still, with chicken coops springing up in more and more urban and suburban backyards, some owners take just as much… Thu, 14 Jul 2016 09:00:00 GMT /arts-life/2016-07-14/for-these-gorgeous-fort-collins-chickens-the-beaks-are-on-fleek Harvest Public Media /npr-news/2016-06-27/in-quest-for-happier-chickens-perdue-shifts-how-birds-live-and-die Perdue Farms, one of the largest poultry companies in the country, says it will change its slaughter methods and also some of its poultry houses. Animal welfare groups are cheering. Mon, 27 Jun 2016 21:09:00 GMT /npr-news/2016-06-27/in-quest-for-happier-chickens-perdue-shifts-how-birds-live-and-die Dan Charles /health/2016-05-11/poultry-plant-workers-face-abuse-on-the-job-report-says Thousands of chainmail-clad workers with knives and hooks keep a modern poultry plant churning out the millions of pounds of poultry we eat every year.… Wed, 11 May 2016 10:00:00 GMT /health/2016-05-11/poultry-plant-workers-face-abuse-on-the-job-report-says Harvest Public Media