Cage-free sounds good, but does it mean a better life for chickens?

Massachusetts is the latest state to vote on a ballot initiative to increase the amount of space that animals are allowed in industrial food production systems. It prohibits keeping pigs, cows and egg-laying hens in tight confinement that "prevents the animal from lying down, standing up, fully extending its limbs, or turning around freely."

Massachusetts is the latest state to vote on a ballot initiative to increase the amount of space that animals are allowed in industrial food production systems. It prohibits keeping pigs, cows and egg-laying hens in tight confinement that "prevents the animal from lying down, standing up, fully extending its limbs, or turning around freely."…