We are not hippies or weirdos for our desire to have a connection with our food. Rather, we are called by the old ways of living that kept our ancestors in such wonderful vitality and health.

As chickens are a hot topic this week, I’d like to share the story of my Japanese chicken and the Buddhists who saved him. And more in today’s If You Read the Paper.

Water, chickens, Rigell, Norfolk is the most connected city in Hampton Roads, and more.

Our local farmer’s wife, Kathleen Fogarty, talks about living with chickens here in Hampton Roads.

It’s no shocker that animals have to die for the sake of big, juicy fast food sandwiches. But what if the chickens that made up that patty were scalded alive in boiling water or had their throats slit while still conscious. Still hungry?