Becoming Vegan: What You Need to Know to Make the Change

Becoming vegan is one of the best ways in which you can contribute to a…

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Plant-Based Protein Can Help End Animal Agriculture

The best reason to choose plant-based protein is that it’s a cruelty-free source of something you need.

Vegan Benefits for Both People and the Environment

If you aren’t aware of the many vegan benefits, you might want to sit down.…

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The Flexitarian Phenomenon

Animals are suffering. The climate is on the brink. People are dying from preventable diseases, and it all starts with what we eat.

Animal Rights Groups: What Are They and What Do They Do

Animal rights groups exist for one reason: Because animals need them. Animals can’t fight for…

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100 Billion Animals Farmed

Let’s review: There are over 100 billion farmed animals alive today. That’s more than 10…

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What Is a Vegan and Why You Should Consider Veganism

Becoming a vegan isn’t as tough as people think, and it certainly doesn’t make you sick or weak. It’s simply a decision you make to improve your health and protect animals from needless slaughter.

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What Are Free-Range Chickens?

Chickens and laying hens that have continuous access outside are considered “free-range” as labeled by…

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More than 300,000 Crate-Free Pigs Raised in Three Years

Affran Moffat/Flickr DuBreton, a farming operation providing Certified Humane and organic pork to millions of…

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What Is Proposition 12 in California?

Proposition 12 in California would establish new cage-free housing requirements for baby veal calves, mother…

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What Is the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act?

In 1971, President Richard Nixon signed the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act, the first…

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What Is Cage-Free Poultry?

Cage-free is a labeling term regulated by the USDA. It refers to eggs that require…

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What Is the Migratory Bird Treaty Act?

Passed in 1918, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act makes it illegal to “take posses, import,…

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How to Support Animal Welfare in the Farm Bill

World Farm Animal Day came and went! Celebrate by supporting animal welfare in the 2018…

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What’s Happening to America’s Sows?

🐷 Sows are dying at alarming rates—rising from 5.8% to 10.2% on farms with more…

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Is Vegetarianism Healthy?

Throughout history, there have been doubts about the health benefits of vegetarianism. In the 1980s,…

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Which Countries Produce the Most Meat?

For the first time since 2012, meat is on the rise. Exports for the 35.4-billion-dollar…

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What Is Animal Intelligence?

The concept of animal intelligence has its roots in the theory of sentience, or an…

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What Is the Horse Protection Act?

In 1970, the public began to voice their outrage to Congress over the treatment of…

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What Is the Twenty-Eight Hour Law?

Vladimir Morozov/akxmedia This federal law set standards for animals being raised for food and transported across…

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What Is the Health Research Extension Act of 1985?

IAEA/Flickr This legislative mandate directed the Secretary of Health and Human Services to create and…

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What Is the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act?

Originally passed in 1958, the law was amended in 1978, then again in 2002. It…

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What Is Manure Runoff?

Manure from agricultural operations and livestock farms is the main source from which phosphorus and…

What Is the Animal Welfare Act of 1966?

The Animal Welfare Act (AWA) was preceded in the 1960’s by a public outcry about…

What Is a Hatchery?

A hatchery is used to raise eggs under controlled conditions. Most poultry hatcheries in the…

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1 in 4 Calories Produced in America Go to Waste

3 billion pounds of produce is thrown away every year—just in California. Another 20 million…

What Is a Nuisance Lawsuit?

A major point of contention over the last 20 years between residents and farmers has…

What Are Right to Farm Laws?

Every state has some type of right-to-farm legislation on its books, some are written into…

What Are Ag-Gag Laws?

Ag-gag laws is a name given to a set of bills by former New York…

What Does It Mean to Be Vegetarian or Vegan?

Many different forms of vegetarianism exists but at its core it is defined as a…

What Is a CAFO? The Truth About Animal Agriculture

For the last century farming practices have shifted with the growth of technology from a…

More Pigs Than People in Spain

There are 3.5 million more pigs than people in Spain, an increase of about 9…

How Do Hog Farms Operate?

Hog producers are often contracted by corporate pork producers to raise hogs for processing. The…

Animal Transport in the EU

28 different sets of animal welfare rules exist in the EU. But the second the animals…