Matthew Bird

Double-star success as Bedford egg producer honoured at Great Taste awards

Bedford-based egg producer, Bird Brothers, has been recognised at the Great Taste awards, with two double-star awards. The Great Taste awards are the world's largest and most trusted...

Bedford egg ‘mega farm’ has British Lion accreditation reinstated after welfare enhancements

A Bedford Borough egg producer, which was the subject of videos released by animal rights campaigners, has had its British Lion accreditation reinstated after making "extensive efforts" to

Bedford egg ‘mega farm’ under investigation after video emerges of “distressing and appalling conditions”

A video filmed inside a Bedford Borough farm, which supplies eggs to Lidl supermarket, has emerged showing what investigators have called "distressing footage" with hens deprived of sunlight...

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