A remarkable transformation in agricultural production is taking place in the United States and worldwide, as a rapidly increasing number of farmers and producers abandon immobilizing animals for ...
Humane on the Brain In a poll conducted last year by the World Society for the Protection of Animals, 58% of consumers said it’s important to them that supermarkets stock humanely labeled food. That’s ...
The turkeys that Troll Bridge Farm in Arcade, N.Y., sells for Thanksgiving are broad-breasted whites, and most weigh between 16 and 19 pounds. They cost $5 per pound, up from $3.50 per pound in 2019, ...
A broadly-supported new definition for “pasture-raised” poultry proposed by USDA this fall could help level the playing field for small, independent farms and brands competing in the increasingly ...
AWI has commissioned several surveys over the past 15 years regarding consumer attitudes about animal-raising claims on meat and poultry packaging. In most, including the most recent survey conducted ...
A few hundred feet from Bill Niman's modest ranch house is a barn he built to house pigs. It was the late 1970s. Niman already had been raising hogs for a few years outdoors when he got his hands on ...
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Protesters gathered outside a new pet store in downtown Raleigh on Saturday. People, some who had their rescue dogs with them, stood outside Petopia for hours. The new store ...