The French delicacy foie gras could be made more ethically thanks to a technique that replicates the way fats are metabolised in force-fed birds, although the process still depends on farmed animals.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A July 28 image of packaged foie gras at a store in Venice. California has banned sales of foie gras since 2012. (Noah Haggerty / ...

Researchers wondered if there was a more ethical way to enjoy foie gras, so they created a process to replicate the dish without force-feeding ducks and geese beyond their normal diets. They treated ...

While not sparing the lives of ducks and geese, the technique lets the birds eat and grow normally. By Ari Daniel Thomas Vilgis, a food physicist at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in ...

The Rhode Island Senate has repeatedly refused to vote on a bill banning foie gras production and sale, despite public support and no in-state foie gras farms. Critics argue that the Senate's inaction ...