Although we cannot control the weather, we can make preparations now for the heat that is sure to arrive as summer sets in.

Family-owned Foster Farms today announced that its fresh chicken products have earned humane certification from American Humane Association.

R-CALF is calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the program immediately to see if it violates U.S. antitrust laws.

The audits – called the Tyson FarmCheck Program – have already begun on a trial basis on some of the 3,000 independent hog farms that supply the company.

Over the past decade, animal welfare has become an increasingly important concept in the meat industry.

In early May, I led a seminar on cattle welfare for the California beef and dairy industries. On the morning of the seminar, a faculty member from Fresno State University took me on a tour of a large dairy operation in California’s Central Valley.

The American Meat Institute (AMI), in conjunction with the American Meat Science Association (AMSA), launched its “Meat MythCrushers” campaign in an effort to reconnect Americans to modern food production and to “crush” some of the more popular myths associated today with meat and poultry.