NY TIMES By Nicholas Kristof If you buy a Perdue chicken in the grocery store, you might think it had lived a comfortable avian middle-class existence. “Doing the right thing is things like treating your chickens humanely,” Jim Perdue, the company’s chairman, says in a promotional video. The company’s labels carry a seal of approval …

SEBASTOPOL, Calif., Nov. 3, 2014 /Nassau News Live/ — In response to increasing demand for delicious, lactose-free dairy products, Green Valley Organics® is expanding its award-winning line with the introduction of the first real dairy, lactose-free cream cheese available in the U.S. market. Starting in November 2014, Green Valley Organics Cream Cheese will be available …

TIME Adele Douglass built a non-profit that protects millions of farm animals and gives farmers a new marketing niche. After a three-decade career in Washington devoted to animal welfare issues, Adele Douglass thought she knew a lot about how bad their mistreatment could get. Still, she was shocked when she began to look closely at …

Newport Beach Independent There are many ways to maintain good health, but basically it comes down to the very thing that keeps our body going: food. Our food is at least 4 to 5 times removed from us before finding its way into the local grocery store or restaurant, leaving consumers vulnerable to what actually …

LA Daily News Although Americans are eating less meat overall, chicken has surpassed beef as the most popular choice for meat. This is likely due to both the increased costs of beef and the common perception that chicken is a healthier form of protein. Now the average person eats about 60 pounds of chicken per …