About this time last year, I published a controversial article in the New York Times suggesting that free-range pigs had a higher risk of contracting trichinosis than confined pigs. My primary source ...

The horrible fates of factory-farmed pigs are relatively well-known: They live crammed in drab confinement. Their tails are docked, they’re castrated to reduce aggression, and they’re stuffed with ...

New York’s Giant Fall Restaurant Preview Babbo returns, Melissa Weller has a new bakery, PDT is expanding, and much, much more.

TEST KITCHEN: Those dangerous micro-organisms (if they're there) will die at the right temperature Back in April, an opinion piece in The New York Times raised quite a ruckus in the food world. Author ...

"A cat will look down to a man. A dog will look up to a man. But a pig will look you straight in the eye and see his equal." (Winston Churchill) Meet Rasher and Sausage, two rare breed Middle White ...

Unlike the future hams sandwiched together in industrial-style swine factories, the hogs that roam and root their way through Wade Cole's farm seem a contented lot. They trot out to meet Cole at the ...

Last year, James McWilliams made the inflammatory argument in the New York Times that keeping livestock outdoors can be unsafe for animals and humans, a thesis he now reprises here . Raising animals ...

It's no longer just foodies at farm markets or Whole Foods buying antibiotic-free, pasture-raised meats. In fact, this year, Chipotle, which is growing so quickly that it's opening about three new ...