Pasture-raised chickens, in their truest sense, go beyond both labels by allowing the birds to roam in open areas, giving them more space, natural diets, and better living conditions.

You may have spotted the label "pasture-raised" on chicken before, but if you don't know what this label means, you won't know why it's so important.

Thanks to a game-changing USDA ruling, there’s now a sharper distinction between “pasture-raised” and “free-range” claims.

A broadly-supported new definition for “pasture-raised” poultry proposed by USDA this fall could help level the playing field for small, independent farms and brands competing in the ...

Pasture-raised chicken. Because there's no legal definition of this term, "pasture-raised" is hard to verify, though it implies birds spent significant time outdoors and in a pasture.

Pasture-raised chicken . Because there's no legal definition of this term, "pasture-raised" is hard to verify, though it implies birds spent significant time outdoors and in a pasture.

Jasmine Bryce started JB's Pastured Produce, a poultry farm, to reconnect with her rural roots. Bryce raises her chickens using humane practices, including open-air enclosures and non-GMO feed.

During the day, the birds have outside access in a 55-acre field that is enclosed on the side and top with a 4-foot tall woven-wire fence. A flock of 20,000 chickens is the stuff of dreams for a ...