The Onion weighs in on Burger King’s animal welfare concessions.

" of pig that purportedly offer good flavor and are raised in more natural surroundings. Cost: $75, includes wine, tax, gratuity and contribution to the Animal Welfare Institute.

today that he’s been getting his pork ribs from Canada as they have much more fat and meat on them and are just better quality. I know the US has atrocious problems with both food safety and animal welfare in its...

I don’t know if you found a place to purchase beef. We sell grassfed, hormone and antibiotic-free cattle. We have just had a farm audit by the Animal Welfare Approved organization and the American Grassfed Association. Both...

to far higher welfare standards and gives a “happy life” to male dairy calves which would otherwise be slaughtered within a day or so of birth. British veal deserves to be eaten much more widely and it’s getting...

standards, with governmental regulations and with their own internal protocols. The operation must receive passing scores in both the required audit of animal welfare in their slaughter facility and required food safety audit of...

from hormones, antibiotics, and meat byproducts. They comply with animal husbandry standards established by the Animal Welfare Institute, ensuring the animals are safe, free from stress, and are able to behave naturally. There...

from those most concerned with animal welfare or healthful preparation to those more concerned with palatibilty. If one is less interested in the eating quality of an animal product than in it’s welfare or eating quality...

are rarely caged prior to transport. Thus, this label on poultry products has virtually no relevance to animal welfare. The label can be helpful to consumers when it is placed on egg cartons, as most conventionally raised laying hens...

Very punny! I sometimes host animal welfare related fundraisers, mind if I steal some of your menu descriptions? Love the greyhounds!

the pus content of milk (due to increased mastitis and other disease) was noted along with the other physical effects on treated cattle in the transcript of the fda approval of rbgh. concern about animal welfare due to increased...

friendly, and huge kudos to them for donating some of their proceeds to four local charities (two animal welfare groups and two community groups). I’d really like to see the place succeed – it was very busy when I was...

—the Soil Association. The Soil Association standards include not just things like ‘no pesticides’ but high levels of animal welfare as well as farm worker welfare. I would assume that as part of the animal...

Barbara Kingsolver’s "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle" gives a good picture of how the beef industry controls all this. Very discouraging and all the more reason to eat sustainably raised.

pressing issues in terms of both agricultural policy and animal welfare, so it’s not something I pay a whole lot of attention to. The question is, is political effort a zero-sum game? Does effort spent on banning foie gras...