Denmark calls for ban on 'turbo chickens'
by editors@theworld.org (Joshua Coe) from The World: Latest Stories on (#79GRC)
Fast-growing breeds of "turbo chicken" account for much of the poultry produced worldwide. But after a recent documentary by Danish broadcaster TV2 shed light on illegal practices by local producers, the government's nature minister has called for both nationwide and European Union-wide bans. The World's Host Marco Werman learned more about the sustainability and tradeoffs of this cheap chicken from Leonie Jacobs, an associate professor of poultry welfare at Virginia Tech.