Laws making it illegal to document animal abuse or food-safety violations on farms are taking the nation by storm. There’s nothing like a proposed ag-gag law in California to burst my little bubble of faith in a progressive-thinking state. I was floored when I got the email asking for an [...]

Who knew pigs had friends in such high places? Hollywood stars are coming to their defence, after learning of Walmart’s treatment of pigs. An undercover investigation has exposed widespread cruelty to animals at a factory farm, which supplies pork to the retail giant. A letter was fired off today to [...]

China has a poo problem and fortunately, there’s an environmentally friendly solution in sight. The country, which loves to consume pig meat, generates close to 1.5 million tons of pig feces each year. Sound crazy? Consider this: China has 700 million pigs that produce two-thirds of their annual meat. Currently [...]