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Check out BuyingPoultry.com. This post addresses your question specifically.

Producers can be transparent without being certified but seeking out welfare-certified products that align with your values is the simplest way to be sure you're buying from a higher-welfare source.

Strongly agree with Leah: Certified Organic standards don’t require meaningful welfare improvements, but the USDA just issued a “proposed rule” that if finalized will dramatically improve welfare for animals raised on Organic farms. You can learn more and sign a petition to support the rule here. Leah's organization may have resources available to help on this as well.

Leah, thanks for all of your fabulous work!

What are the best things consumers can do to help improve the poultry industry?

We'd love to expand to Canada but so far we don't have sufficient resources. These websites are so expensive to build and maintain—we need additional funding to continue improving the site in general.

Don't loose heart! You should let Costco know you want them to do better!

This! There's even a link on Costco's page on BuyingPoultry that lets you send them a message about carrying higher-welfare products.