The farm owner has not commented on the allegations but the buyer — poultry giant Betagro — promptly suspended its contract and called all its suppliers in to discuss labour issues.

A farm growing medical marijuana in northern Thailand has been feeding its free-range chickens with cannabis instead of antibiotics, and researchers said the experiment has yielded promising results.

BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): Chicken meat from Thailand might one day be feeding astronauts on a space station, a veterinary expert said on Tuesday (June 20).

Nipponham produces fried chicken and chicken nuggets in Thailand, shipping them to Japan and elsewhere. A Thai subsidiary is pictured above.

A farm in northern Thailand experimented with cannabis to feed chickens instead of antibiotics. Thailand’s government legalized cannabis this month, and it has already been put to good use.

Wicharnchai Piengphon (left), a Thai government investigator of bird flu, consults with a regional official about recent chicken deaths on Sarien's farm.

A Thai poultry farm that is suing an activist who tweeted allegations of labour abuse has vowed further action against “so-called human rights defenders”. Thailand exports billions of dollars ...

Wicharnchai Piengphon (left), a Thai government investigator of bird flu, consults with a regional official about recent chicken deaths on Sarien's farm. Thailand has killed more than 40 million ...

BANGKOK, (Reuters) – A Thai television journalist was sentenced to two years in prison yesterday on charges of libelling a chicken farm on Twitter, her lawyer said.