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Outerwear Companies Consider Maybe Sourcing Down From Humanely-Treated Birds

A surprising number of people (more than zero) don’t realize that down, a cozy insulation material used in clothes and bedding, comes from an animal. It does: down consists of the fine, cozy feathers closest to the skin of ducks and geese. The down that we use today mostly comes from birds raised for food in Eastern Europe and in China. How can companies balance eco-conscious customers and the supply chain of feathers? [More]

This Walmart Fried Chicken Could Use A Few More Feathers

This Walmart Fried Chicken Could Use A Few More Feathers

Reader Sean is the most recent reader to purchase food at a major “big box” store, find it unacceptable, and send us a picture.