Each day she would be there in her thin cotton dress, asking him to feed her chickens.

ECONOMIST: Ike Turner

His 5-year-old daughter had gone off toward the barn, to feed the chickens, the child's grandfather told CNN affiliates KSAT and KPRC.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

His young daughter had gone off toward the barn, to feed the chickens, the child's grandfather -- who isn't being named, to protect the identity of his granddaughter -- told CNN affiliates KSAT and KPRC.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

It seems that the use of (heavily subsidized) corn as a cheap universal feed for chickens, for cows, and even for fish, not to mention the corn products that seep into candy, soft drinks, cheese, and almost everything else, has made that particular package of starch nearly inescapable.

NEWYORKER: Food, Inc.

Grain and soya are the company's biggest costs in terms of feed for the chickens.

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Filburn, a hapless Ohio farmer was ordered to destroy his wheat crop, which he grew on his own property to feed his own chickens, because it violated a federal law designed to limit wheat production and drive up prices.

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With seven daughters, five sons and a handful of chickens to feed, Kya Law says he has no choice.

ECONOMIST: Myanmar

Ms. CINDY ADAMS (Gossip columnist, NBC's The Today Show): I used to lay on the floor and hand-feed them with kosher chickens from La Cirque.

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As a result, Abdel Hadi says, her experiments show that chickens raised on a crayfish feed diet lay more, stronger, higher-protein eggs.

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After he got laid off, he found himself trying to steal chickens from a nearby farmer to feed his hungry family.

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