CSU Northridge currently buys eggs from cruel and unsustainable "battery cage" egg farms -- massive warehouses where hens are confined to cages so small they cannot spread their wings and can barely turn around. Hens live among the feces and waste of other birds, and their feathers are often torn off due to constant rubbing against the cage bars. Battery cages are so cruel they have been banned here in California, as well as in Michigan, Ohio and throughout the European Union. The Center for Food Safety and the Consumer Federation of America have both supported a ban on battery cages due to the drastically increased risk of salmonella contamination and other human health risks.

Battery cages are so cruel they have in fact been banned as criminal animal cruelty in several states, with the bans supported by groups like the ASPCA and the Humane Society of the US. Battery cage farms have also been condemned as unsustainable by environmental organizations like the Sierra Club and Natural Resources Defense Council because of their serious impact on air and water quality.

Hundreds of other colleges and universities have already made a switch to cage-free, including California schools like UC San Diego, UC Irvine, UC Berkeley, Santa Monica Community College, Moreno Valley, University Village, San Francisco State University, Stanford University, Marymount College, Mount St. Mary's and dozens more, as well as hundreds of other universities across the country. It's time for CSU Northridge to make the committment to go cage-free just like these many schools have already done! Please sign the petition asking CSU Northridge to go cage-free!