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Companies' cultivated chicken cells obtain regulatory approval

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Two companies have received final approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to begin commercial production and sales of human food from cultured animal cells to the public.

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Who Wants To See a Greater Prairie Chicken?

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Have you ever seen a Greater Prairie Chicken? Destroy the native prairies and lose Henslow’s Sparrows , Bobolinks , Upland Sandpipers , and Greater Prairie Chickens. In Abraham Lincoln’s day, Prairie Chickens were an incredibly abundant part of the Illinois prairie landscape. Today in Illinois, 68 males survive.

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Count Your Chickens (In the Florida Keys)

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You see, the chickens are being shortchanged. Americans love chicken. In 2008, over nine billion chickens were slaughtered for Americans to eat. Chicken soup and chicken wings are about as American as apple pie. When we eat eggs we eat chicken eggs almost exclusively.

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What’s in a Name: Attwater’s Prairie Chicken

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And then there’s Attwater’s Prairie Chicken. A distinct subspecies of Greater Prairie Chicken that once numbered a million strong and called coastal grasslands from Louisiana to the Mexican border home, it was more than decimated by development in its native habitat, with less than 50 birds left in the wild in 1996.

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Why Did the Prairie Chicken Cross the State?

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112 got, this radio transmitter nevertheless tells scientists at the Missouri Department of Conservation where this Greater Prairie Chicken is. . And actually, this particular Greater Prairie Chicken crossed two states.) Researchers don’t know if this type of journey is the exception or the rule for Greater Prairie Chickens.

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A naked chicken!

4 The Love Of Animals

We recently went to visit a little farm, and they had a lot of fun chickens. I believe the breed of chicken is called Cochin, but as you can see, he doesn’t have the signature “pants” that his fellow chickens have. The post A naked chicken! This little guy however, was missing all of his feathers.

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FDA concludes first premarket consultation for meat cultured from animal cells

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In a historic move, the Food and Drug Administration’s premarket consultation for meat cultured from animal cells brings Upside Foods’ chicken closer to the U.S.

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