A pair of bills in Connecticut could make it easier for small farmers there to raise and slaughter rabbits and sell their meat. One, a standalone bill, would allow farmers to slaughter, process, and ...

Marin County supervisors botched the new provisions allowing on-farm slaughter. Badly. A handful of people might be able to make a few bucks. But the supervisors are willing to risk the health of meat ...

Rabbits will likely run through Carbondale trustees’ minds for a while longer, as the town debates whether meat rabbits should be left on farms or are a fit for the town’s funky, sustainable character ...

Should rabbits in Connecticut be raised only as house pets, or possibly also for stews and other meals? A proposal to allow harvesting rabbits for food, an idea loved by farmers but hated by animal ...

To Kay and Steve Doyan, their rabbits aren’t bucks and does – they’re guys and gals. “This guy just produces beautiful litters,” Kay Doyan said of Bart, a 1-year-old Californian rabbit with black ears ...

WEST HAVEN, Vt. -- Talk about culinary irony: Rabbit meat is in short supply. Despite the critters' proclivity to reproduce, demand for rabbit meat has surged in recent years and breeders are ...

Apparently there is a huge demand for rabbit meat in the state of Connecticut. Who knew? As an 18-year veteran of the General Assembly, and former House Chair of the Committee on Children, I certainly ...

Nowadays consumers are more willing to pay extra for a rack of ribs if it's produced nearby. A local bone-in ribeye, on average, costs about $1 more than a conventional steak. A pound of local sliced ...