With Thanksgiving just around the corner, we wanted to explain the difference between a turkey raised in a factory farm and a turkey raised Certified Humane®. In factory farms, turkeys are so overcrowded, they often climb onto each other’s backs to get away from each other. Their talons tear into each other, causing pain and …
(HERNDON, VA, USA) November 14, 2016 – If you care about the welfare of farm animals, then Humane Farm Animal Care (HFAC) hopes you will shop for a Certified Humane® turkey online or at your local grocery store this Thanksgiving. “HFAC’s Certified Humane® label gives consumers the opportunity to shop and eat based on their …
Hadley Malcolm, USA TODAY Shopping for a Thanksgiving turkey has become a moral and emotional brain puzzle. Consumers are left deciphering the disparate claims stamped on packages at the grocery store, wondering which version of “free” meat is the best option: cage-free, free-range, antibiotic-free. And what about natural? Is that different from organic? Just how humane is humanely …
Each year, over 10 billion animals raised for food in the U.S. endure inhumane treatment. Most are confined such that they can’t behave naturally. Sadly, turkeys are not immune to this cruelty. The biggest barrier is that most turkey producers don’t want to meet the space requirements in our standards, which allow turkeys the room …
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What’s the difference between a factory farm turkey and a Certified Humane® turkey?
Posted: November 21, 2016 by HFAC
With Thanksgiving just around the corner, we wanted to explain the difference between a turkey raised in a factory farm and a turkey raised Certified Humane®. In factory farms, turkeys are so overcrowded, they often climb onto each other’s backs to get away from each other. Their talons tear into each other, causing pain and …
Category: Blog Tags: Certified Humane, Factory farming, Thanksgiving, turkey
Certified Humane® label assures consumers that turkeys are raised under humane standards
Posted: November 14, 2016 by HFAC
(HERNDON, VA, USA) November 14, 2016 – If you care about the welfare of farm animals, then Humane Farm Animal Care (HFAC) hopes you will shop for a Certified Humane® turkey online or at your local grocery store this Thanksgiving. “HFAC’s Certified Humane® label gives consumers the opportunity to shop and eat based on their …
Category: press Tags: Certified Humane, Humane Farming, Thanksgiving, turkeys
All natural? How Thanksgiving shoppers can decipher turkey labels
Posted: November 18, 2015 by HFAC
Hadley Malcolm, USA TODAY Shopping for a Thanksgiving turkey has become a moral and emotional brain puzzle. Consumers are left deciphering the disparate claims stamped on packages at the grocery store, wondering which version of “free” meat is the best option: cage-free, free-range, antibiotic-free. And what about natural? Is that different from organic? Just how humane is humanely …
Category: news Tags: Certified Humane, labels, Thanksgiving, turkey
Support a humane Thanksgiving: end turkey suffering and have a tasty meal all at the same time
Posted: November 22, 2013 by Certified Humane
Each year, over 10 billion animals raised for food in the U.S. endure inhumane treatment. Most are confined such that they can’t behave naturally. Sadly, turkeys are not immune to this cruelty. The biggest barrier is that most turkey producers don’t want to meet the space requirements in our standards, which allow turkeys the room …
Category: Blog Tags: contest, Thanksgiving, turkeys