Promos for Oprah’s show – I think it’s Tuesday, 10/14 but possibly Monday – showed Lisa Ling’s on-scene footage from feedlots and poultry and pig farms. (3 replies, last updated by greygarious October 15, 2008)

factory farming practices, she vowed to only eat animal products that were produced in a humane way. In practice, it translates into eating only animal products that are - from small (preferably local) farms - or are organic, - or... (2 replies, last updated by chowaholic October 22, 2009)

Any restaurants serving non factory farmed meat in LA? Just switched from veggie diet to a diet including such meats, and have realized that this basically means nothing has changed, except what I can cook at home by buying meat... (5 replies, last updated by condiment December 20, 2005)

I am headed to Italy in a few weeks. In addition to seeking out some of the restaurants found on this board, I would like to visit a few food producers. Small or large; guided tour or just a visit; fish, factory, farm, fowl, or... (2 replies, last updated by alwayscooking April 11, 2009)

Does anyone have a recommendation for a cheese farm/factory near Pienza that accepts visitors? (0 replies, last updated by GeraldI March 23, 2009)

A couple weeks ago, we were driving out Mission when my father pointed to the right, asking "does that say Sausage Factory Outlet?' And indeed it did. We returned the next afternoon to check it out. With a warehouse exterior and... (16 replies, last updated by skwid September 12, 2009)

for places that are akin to the Scharffen Berger Chocolate Factory in Berkeley or the Anchor Brew co. in SF, oyster farms, artisan cheese makers, etc. I’ve searched on the interweb and haven’t turned up much except... (2 replies, last updated by welle February 28, 2006)

Do we "farm" tomatoes in the sense that we’d normally understand "farm"? My brother in law worked as a picker when he first came to the UK from Spain. The nearby place where he worked just comprised vast greenhouses. Much... (10 replies, last updated by Scarletwoman June 10, 2009)

, but I finally made it to the Watch Factory in Cheshire. I’m kind of surprised that (as far as I can tell) this restaurant has never been mentioned on this board, so I thought I should bring it to your attention. The... (5 replies, last updated by wystiria October 7, 2009)

food establishments(the great Chinese food choices there are mind boggling). Noodle Factory also has milk tea on their menu, with several flavour options. (20 replies, last updated by moh November 26, 2008)

chicken and filet. I had only chicken; breast w/ a lemon butter caper sauce. UGH!!! What a waste of 100K! Went to the Grove today. Had Hors D’Ouveres at the farm (cookies) while waiting for our table at Cheesecake. Then, I... (20 replies, last updated by TexasToast October 4, 2006)

wonderful, lovingly-crafted, straight-off-the-ranch (or farm) authentic food and chain restaurant more-standard food, but isn’t there room for chain meals to be acceptable? I’m constantly reading topics here about the... (36 replies, last updated by Shep May 13, 2005)

“finishing” building constructed a few years ago. The complaining parties say it has become a factory farm. Do any CHers have solid information as to whether pigs there are treated better than those in other states... (1 reply, last updated by lornaM September 28, 2009)

I’m driving from Berkeley to Santa Rosa with my daughter who loves cheese — I’ve been to the Marin French Cheese Factory which I’m sure she will like, but is there any other place to stop and taste cheese... (5 replies, last updated by DavidT August 9, 2009)

Do they buy some of their meat from outside sources? It seems their CSA is quite large and yet their farm isn’t that large (106 acres is a lot by factory farming standards but not that much by sustainable agriculture... (30 replies, last updated by trishaluna February 18, 2009)