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

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

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

For most pregnant pigs on big factory farms in the U.S., each four-month gestation is spent in a tiny crate. The sows can stand up but can’t turn around or take more than a couple of steps. Slats in ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. – The Humane Society of the United States says the general public is opposed to gestation crates and its president and CEO wonders how long the pork industry will continue to defend ...

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 ...

CALABASAS HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (NASDAQ: CAKE) has announced progress toward its longstanding goal of eliminating gestation crates from its pork supply.

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.

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

ROCHESTER, Minn. – The Humane Society of the United States says the general public is opposed to gestation crates and its president and CEO wonders how long the pork industry will continue to defend ...