Ben & Jerry's finally does the right thing

After promising for a year to stop using battery cage eggs, Ben & Jerry's--under pressure from the Humane Society of the U.S.--will phase out use of the eggs over a four-year period. The company has also agreed that all of its cage-free eggs will meet the standards of Humane Farm Animal Care.

This is very good news, but this "progressive" company should not have needed this type of pressure to do the right thing. The term "progressive" seems to nearly always exclude concern about non-human suffering.