Animal Welfare Approved audits, certifies and supports farmers raising their animals with the highest animal welfare standards, outdoors on pasture or range. Called a "badge of honor for farmers& [..]

This refers to bacteria's ability to adapt, through the process of natural selection, and build up a tolerance to antibiotics. These adaptations resistance allow the organism to survive even in t [..]

No antibiotics were administered to the animal during its lifetime. If an animal becomes sick, it will be taken out of the herd and treated but it will not be sold with this label. The labels "no [..]

Medicines derived by extracting a chemical substance produced by a mold or bacterium that inhibits the growth of, or kills, microorganisms and cures bacterial infections.

Refers to the variety within all forms of life (from genes to species) and within any area (from a gram of soil to a field to a country to the entire world). It is derived from the combination of two [..]

This holistic method of agriculture is certified by a third-party agency and is based on the philosophy that all aspects of the farm should be treated as an interrelated whole. Having emerged as the f [..]

Birds are raised without cages. What this doesn't explain is if the birds were raised outdoors on pasture, if they had access to outside, or if they were raised indoors in overcrowded conditions. [..]

The understanding that "the burning of fossil fuels, such as coal and oil, and deforestation have caused the concentrations of heat-trapping 'greenhouse gases' to increase significantly [..]

Also known as a CAFO, these are agricultural businesses where many thousands of food animals are raised in confinement, often indoors, and fed an unnatural diet, instead of being allowed to engage in [..]

Conventional refers to standard agricultural practices that are widespread in the industry. It can (but does not necessarily) include the use of pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, "mono-cropping, [..]