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Admittedly, we are always a bit skeptical of blogs that are supported by national councils, boards, or other large groups whose main objective is to sell their product. But then, we met the team behind Pork, Knife and Spoon, a blog supported by the National Pork Board, and we were, well, charmed. Continue...

There is a new trend afoot, and we’re both intrigued and mystified by it. We call it sweetmeats, but others might call it gross: we’re talking about meat desserts. Continue...

Good magazine's website and videos are more than just plain good. Filled with lively discussions and intelligent articles, this collective site (which also covers art, politics, and the environment) is where you can read a great range of food-related stories. Continue...

Ever wonder what “free-range” or “natural” really means on an egg carton? Well, the Animal Welfare Approved folks are here to tell you. Check out their website for clear and concise descriptions of what you are getting when you buy organic pork or cage-free eggs. Continue...

To say that we are big fans of Temple Grandin would be an understatement. Perhaps this seems strange coming from butchers, but Grandin is the kind of animal welfare advocate that makes sense to us. Continue...

We've always appreciated the Atlantic Monthly’s food coverage, and how could we not? Bill and Nicolette Niman, best known for their ranching; their stellar all-natural beef, lamb, pork, and poultry; and their animal welfare advocacy, are our favorite contributors. Continue...

The Sustainable Table is an easy-to-use website that makes it super-simple for readers to learn more about what we're eating. Start with The Meatrix, a hilarious cartoon based on those well-loved Matrix movies, aimed at educating us about factory farming. Continue...

The food coverage over at Grist, a website dedicated to news about the environment, is politically astute and uncompromising. Much of it is by Tom Philpott, a writer, blogger, advocate, and farmer at Maverick Farms in North Carolina. Continue...

Matthew Amster-Burton's blog Unexplained Bacon, hosted on the culinary site Culinate, is a great resource for home cooks who want to stretch their learning curve. We particularly like his essay about what makes good milk great, as well as his steps for making your own homemade sausage. Continue...

Not everybody dreams of cities made of meat. We certainly do, but we fear that we may be very much in the minority. The London-based photographer Carl Warner makes our dreams a reality in his meat-scape visions, constructed entirely of charcuterie and bread. Continue...

Chomposaurus is quite simply a site about meat—everything from meat politics to, say, the best steak in San Francisco. However, what really caught our attention were the tags labeled "Know Your Cow." Continue...

How could we not love a blog that gives its posts such titles as "100 Ways to Eat More Fat"? Cheeseslave is a blog that states its mission clearly: it's dedicated "to the love of cheese. Continue...

Fleischgeist, a term that perfectly describes America’s growing trend of meat consciousness, was coined by Amy Standen and Sasha Wizansky, the editors of Meatpaper, a magazine whose mission is to address the “new curiosity about not just what’s inside that hot dog, but how it got there, and what it means to be eating it.” Continue...