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Sorting out Labels on Chickens Poultry producers competing to put their chicken in your pot put all sorts of labels on their packages -- labels such as "natural" or "free range." It can make a trip to the grocery store rather baffling. NPR's John McChesney sorts it all out.

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Sorting out Labels on Chickens

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Sorting out Labels on Chickens

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Poultry producers competing to put their chicken in your pot put all sorts of labels on their packages — labels such as "natural" or "free range." It can make a trip to the grocery store rather baffling. NPR's John McChesney sorts it all out.