News & Press
Value vs Free Range Chicken 18 September 2009
Written by BBC News   

At the end of our 39-day tour Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall appeared on the BBC Breakfast News to continue the debate on value vs free-range chicken.

See the interview at the BBC website

 
Factory chickens to suffer under new EU rules, says RSPCA 25 August 2009
Written by The Guardian   

Animal welfare organisations are calling on consumers to act amid fears new EU legislation will lead to hundreds of millions of factory farm chickens being reared in conditions worse than they live in now.

See the article at the Guardian website

 
Sainsbury's to ban battery eggs 17 January 2009
Written by The Independent   

The move – which comes two weeks before Channel 4 updates viewers on Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's "Chicken Out" campaign to improve poultry welfare – will remove 500,000 birds a week from cages.

See the article at the Independent website

 
Jamie Oliver wins battle to stop Sainsburys selling battery-farmed chickens 06 August 2008
Written by The Mirror   
Jamie Oliver has won his battle to stop Sainsbury's selling chickens reared in appalling conditions.

The store giant yesterday announced it will phase out its use of battery-farmed hens and eventually ensure all its stock meets RSPCA standards.

See the article at the Mirror website

 
The Bird War 06 August 2008
Written by The Sun   

Jamie Oliver has persuaded Sainsbury’s to try something new today and stop the sale of battery-farmed poultry.

See the article at the Sun website

 
TV chef loses Tesco chicken vote 27 June 2008
Written by BBC News   

Tesco shareholders have not backed proposals to improve welfare standards for chickens championed by TV cook Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.

See the article at the BBC website

 
Hugh Fearnley-Wittingstall lobbies Tesco investors over chicken 18 June 2008
Written by Times Online   

Public sector pension funds across Britain are being urged to back Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, the food campaigner and celebrity chef, in his call for Tesco to raise welfare standards for chickens.

See the article at the Times website

 
Star chef brings Tesco's chickens home to roost 08 June 2008
Written by The Independent   

Tesco has demanded that the chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall pay more than £86,000 for putting his concerns about chicken welfare to its shareholders.

See the article at the Independent website

 
Tesco tells TV chef to pay £90,000 for welfare debate 08 June 2008
Written by The Observer   

Television cook Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall claims his campaign to highlight the plight of Britain's factory-farmed chickens is being blocked by Tesco.

See the article at the Observer website

 


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