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Article: TOP CHICKS.
- Article from:
- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- February 7, 2008
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Byline: VICTORIA MOORE
CROWDED into stinking sheds by their thousand, their bodies so bloatedthat they can barely stand, the plight of intensively-reared chickens was lastmonth the subject of a passionate expose by celebrity chefs Jamie Oliver andHugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.
They explained how more than 850 million chickens are raised and slaughtered inBritain every year, with 95 per cent reared in intensively-farmed conditions.
Hugh explained that if consumers were prepared to spend a little moreup to [pounds sterling]7on free-range chickens, not only would we all eat tastier meat, but the birdsthemselves would have suffered less. Initially, ...