"The US is quite different from a lot of the other Western countries in the world in the fact that there aren't that many laws on the books that focus on animal welfare--particularly on farm animals," says Dr. Meggan Hain, animal care specialist at CROPP Cooperative / Organic Valley. She agrees with last week's guest, Melissa Hughes, that we need clearer expectations and guidelines around animal welfare in organic agriculture. We also speak with Meggan about what it's like being a woman in the field of large animal medicine.