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Ben & Jerry's to get eggs from hens that don't live in cages

boston.com

Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc. is changing its egg-buying policies to give hens a break. The South Burlington-based ice cream maker will become the first national food manufacturer to require egg producers to allow their laying hens to live outside cages, the Humane Society of the United States and the company said.

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