Discuss “Carnegie Mellon makes the switch to cage-free eggs for on-campus meals”

Conditions for egg-laying chickens and other animals raised in factory farms are hardly reminiscent of “Old MacDonald’s Farm”. Factory-farmed animals are typically confined to tiny spaces in unnatural conditions and subjected to the mutilation of their body parts without any painkillers. While anyone who purchases animal products that come from such industrialized farms should explore more humane eating options, Carnegie Mellon’s Dining Services should be commended for switching to cage-free eggs.

Beginning this semester, Dining is using eggs that don’t come from caged chickens. Only cage-free eggs will be used for both liquid and shell eggs. The move follows the lead of more than 150 other colleges and universities in the last...