Experts argue gestation crates cause anxiety and frustration in pigs, contradicting claims of humane treatment.

Some prominent conservatives stuck their neck out on the issue, too. Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the hard-right conservative, was a ...

People want healthier food, and voters have passed laws requiring better standards for how that food is produced. American ...

May 6 (Reuters) - An upcoming shareholder vote at Denny’s Corp (DENN.O), opens new tab could pressure the company to set targets for reducing its use of pork from suppliers that keep pregnant pigs in ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Smithfield Foods Inc., the world’s largest pork producer, said Thursday it is on track to end the practice of keeping female hogs in small metal crates while pregnant at its U.S.

Surveys show that Americans are greatly concerned about how animals are treated in today’s meat industry, where animals are treated more like machine parts than living, feeling creatures. But ...

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Billionaire corporate raider Carl Icahn is demanding that McDonald’s stop doing business with pork producers who use gestation crates to confine pregnant swine, according to a report. Spurred on by ...

These are quotes describing the pork industry’s standard practice of confining pregnant pigs in tiny crates, called gestation ...

SMITHFIELD, Va. — Smithfield Foods is recommending that its contract growers phase out the practice of keeping female hogs in small metal crates while pregnant. The world's largest pork producer said ...