Off the shelves and into the “D’Ag Bag,” shoppers are finding more and more products from animals treated humanely on the farm.

A handful of East Coast retailers will begin carrying a line of veal from a meat packer that has met the requirements for using “Certified Humane” labels on the meat packages.

The Boulder-based markets’ eggs come from Hidden Villa Ranch of Fullerton, Calif., the first U.S. producer to earn HFAC certification for its cage-free eggs.

Nearly ten billion animals are slaughtered for food in the United States every year. Most were raised on factory farms, usually in confined and crowded conditions. While producers defend factory farming as both humane and efficient.

Glaum Egg Ranch of Aptos is the first major California egg producer to be qualified by Humane Farm Animal Care to use its Certified Humane Raised and Handled label on its eggs.

Earth Fare will feature free-range chicken raised on a North Carolina farm at its 13 stores across the Southeast by the end of this month.

Elite Foods, LLC, the All Natural turkey and chicken company based in Marshville, North Carolina, has announced the opening of its Troy, NC state of the art poultry processing plant.

Todd and Ellen Gray and their Washington restaurant Equinox are practicing in their restaurant a philosophy they reference as “carnivores with conscience.” People can decide according to their own intellectual and moral standards whether to be vegetarians or carnivores.

Obviously everybody has their different tastes when it comes to white or dark meat. What is the real difference in taste?

As informed, sustainable shoppers, we rely on the transparent labeling of our products, looking for key words like: USDA Organic, Third-Party Certified, Fair Trade Certified, Locally Grown, 100% Post-Consumer Recycled, Non-GMO, No Additives, Hormone-Free, and.SALE! We are engaged in the ultimate consumer treasure hunt, one that does not just consume.