Agriculture

It used to be eggs came two ways: brown and white. But today consumers have a larger choice: free-range, organic, cage free and “all natural.” We’ll talk about the burgeoning egg industry and the backyard hen movement with our guests: Cathy Hudson, who raises chickens in Howard County and is an activist for the backyard movement; Bud Wood, CEO of Murray McMurray's Hatchery in Webster City, IA; and Jesse Laflamme, whose Nellie’s Eggs sells cage-free eggs from 50 small, family farms.

A lawsuit that could change how chickens are raised around the country goes to federal court today.  The Waterkeepers Alliance is suing Perdue over uncovered sludge on the Hudson farm on the lower shore.  We'll talk about what's at stake with a reporter who's covering the trial.