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Humane Farm Animal Care
PO Box 82
Middleburg, VA 20118
Email: info@certifiedhumane.org
Call: (703)435-3883
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Posted: November 21, 2016 by HFAC
What’s the difference between a factory farm turkey and a Certified Humane® turkey?
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 …
Posted: October 25, 2016 by HFAC
Humane Farm Animal Care response to DXE video
Recently, a video surfaced about the welfare of some chickens on a Certified Humane farm. As soon as the video surfaced, we sent one of our highly-qualified poultry inspectors to do an unannounced inspection of the farm. Whenever Humane Farm Animal Care (HFAC) receives a complaint about a farm on the program, we immediately investigate. …
Posted: August 12, 2016 by HFAC
Brazil… not only hosting the Olympics, but improving the welfare of farm animals
Like many of you, I have been watching the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil every night. I love watching our athletes and enjoy the stories about the host nation and its people. This worldwide event brings nations and people together to engage peacefully towards common goals. I feel a special connection with these particular …
Posted: July 8, 2016 by HFAC
The Mission of Humane Farm Animal Care
“Animals are sentient beings. They can feel. They can feel pain and they can feel frustration. As a society, we should just remember that you need to have respect and compassion for any living thing. What we’re doing is trying to provide relief for the 10 billion animals that are killed in the U.S. for …
Posted: June 29, 2016 by HFAC
Certified Humane® training programs help improve farm animal welfare in South America
When you talk to Adroaldo Zanella, DVM, a member of Humane Farm Animal Care’s (HFAC) Scientific Committee since 2005 and Professor of Animal Welfare at the University of São Paulo Veterinary School of Medicine in Pirassununga, São Paulo, Brazil, about farm animal welfare, he can hardly contain his excitement at the progress his country has …
Posted: June 17, 2016 by HFAC
Certified Humane Annual Report
Since 2003, Humane Farm Animal Care has worked tirelessly to introduce humane standards of care for farm animals in the U.S. and around the world. Since then, 514,514,848 million cows, pigs, chickens, and other farm animals have been raised under our precise standards of care, guaranteeing them the freedom to express their natural behaviors, like …
Posted: June 17, 2016 by HFAC
Egg producers commit to stop killing male chicks by 2020
An awful farming practice may finally come to an end by 2020, thanks to potential advances in “egg sexing” technology. Since 2009, Certified Humane® has been advocating for the elimination of the inhumane culling of male chicks in the poultry-breeding business. Culling involves the practice of killing one-day old male chicks because they don’t have …
Posted: April 14, 2016 by HFAC
Deceptive practices leave farm animals suffering
There is a special irony in the work we do here at Humane Farm Animal Care (HFAC). After launching HFAC in 2003 based on the farm animal care standards created by the RSPCA (Royal Society for the Protection of Animals) in the UK – and receiving support from 65 humane organizations here in the US, …
Posted: March 8, 2016 by HFAC
Want to see the difference between a factory farm and a Certified Humane® farm?
Quebec-based pork producer, duBreton®, the #1 producer of Organic and Certified Humane Raised and Handled® pork, shows some of the differences between a factory farm and a Certified Humane® farm in this video. I think you will find the contrasts in animal welfare undeniable. As you will see, pigs don’t have to suffer their entire lives …
Posted: March 8, 2016 by HFAC
Jamie Oliver offers some tips on how to be an ethical shopper
In a recent online article, Daniel Nowland for JamieOliver.com offers some tips on how to be an ethical shopper and, as a strong supporter of Certified Humane®, explains what to look for when buying animal products. Here’s some of what he writes: “With so much talk of sustainability, seasonality and animal welfare surrounding the food we …