Chef Tony Bettencourt revels in the Beauty of the Beast at Tomasso Trattoria’s heritage breed pork-themed dinner on Friday, August 17^th.

Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck caused a stir in the culinary world earlier this year by announcing that his company, a conglomerate that feeds 10 million people each year, would adopt a more socially responsible way of doing business.

For conscientious consumers who care about what they eat and where it came from, eating animal products can be something of a dilemma. While place-of-origin labels and the certified-organic stamp make it easier to purchase genuinely organic, minimally processed produce, voting for your food values with your wallet is often less easy when it comes to meat and dairy products.

Omni Hotels has implemented a landmark new policy: the luxury hotel brand will phase in the exclusive use of eggs from cage free hens instead of those confined in battery cages.

Before the advent of the feedlot in the mid-20th century, most of the beef that Americans ate came from cattle that lived outdoors, munching on grass.

The most successful animal rights boycott in the United States started more than 20 years ago and had nothing to do with foie gras.  When photographs of formula-fed veal calves tethered in crates where they could not turn around appeared across the country, sales of veal plummeted.

Just in time for Easter, the Humane Society of the United States sent out an announcement commending New Leaf Community Markets for its “cage-free egg” policy.

If you are conscious about what goes into your body and you have respect for all creatures great and small, you need to be on the lookout for this Certified Humane food label.

Not all eggs are created equal, so it’s important to know what different labels really mean.

Some of us are lucky enough to have a neighbor who raises hens for fresh eggs-and you’re even luckier if that neighbor shares some of those eggs with you. But most of us buy them at the grocery store, where a variety of labels like “free range,” “cage free” and “certified humane” call out to us. But what do those phrases really mean? Here’s help.