Niman Ranch announced it is 100% audited, compliant and ready for implementation with fresh pork under California’s Proposition 12 and Massachusetts’ Question 3.

According to the ASPCA, consumers’ food purchasing decisions continue to be influenced by animal welfare more and more.

What sets Open Range Beef apart from other providers is the level of traceability and control the company has by being both the rancher and packer, and the fact that its traceability efforts are not just about tracking movement.

While curiosity is bringing more customers to consider organic meat, the majority of supermarkets are still building the segment slowly.

Hoxton Farms raised $22 million in a Series A round for a new pilot facility to produce cultivated animal fat. The 13,000 square-foot startup facility will operate in London.

Perdue Farms shared its 2022 Commitments to Animal Care Report during its recent annual Animal Care Summit.

Rehovot, Israel-based cultivated meat specialist Future Meat Technologies has added cultivated lamb products to its product roster.

Rachel Dreskin came to the Plant Based Foods Association about a year and a half ago with a background in animal welfare, having served as executive director for Compassion in World Farming. After spending time with PBFA members, she noticed how they showed interest in other areas like animal welfare and sustainable agriculture.

La Farge, Wis.-based Organic Valley is a farmer-owned cooperative representing nearly 1,700 organic farmers in 34 US states.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) filed a petition with the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) on June 27 arguing the agency cannot regulate “humanely raised” meat labels seen on certain packaging.