In July, many of us will get together with family and friends to celebrate the founding of our great nations – July 1 for Canada and July 4 for the U.S. For those who eat meat, that often means firing up the barbecue and cooking burgers, steak, hot dogs, chicken, sausage and ribs. If you’re …

Calgary, Alberta, Canada Tony Entz of Lone Pine Colony and L.P. Farm Fresh Chicken in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, first saw the Certified Humane® label on products in Sobeys and Safeway. “I looked it up on the website when I got home,” he recalled. “I read through the standards and thought, we do that, and we …

Stonington, Connecticut Founded by the Tillman-Brown Family in June of 2011, Firefly Farms is a 135-acre farm in North Stonington, Connecticut. The family is committed to raising heritage chickens, pigs and cattle in a natural and humane environment. Firefly Farms has grown from an original herd of five piglets to a diverse number of hogs …

Honokaa, Hawaii Located on a total of 400 acres in Honokaa, Hawaii, the Hawaii Lowline Cattle Company was started by Rick and Haleakala Sakata and Dwayne and Tammie Cypriano in 2005. The two families run every aspect of the farm themselves, from farm animal care to administrative and marketing duties. They want to advance Hawaii’s …

While it’s well-documented that industrial egg farming is a controversial business (cue Food Inc), and there are a slew of egg purveyors who are rushing to do better with USDA organic options, there’s still a lot of murkiness around how laying hens are actually treated, and the conditions in which they are raised. Like free-range. …