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Humane Farm Animal Care
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Middleburg, VA 20118
Email: info@certifiedhumane.org
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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 …
Posted: January 13, 2016 by HFAC
Does PETA have the right to determine what’s “humane” considering their view on animals?
By Adele Douglass, Executive Director for Humane Farm Animal Care I don’t think you can stand in the way of progress for farm animals, euthanize more dogs and cats than other animal shelters, and still call yourself a “humane” organization. The PETA animal shelter in Norfolk, Va., euthanizes dogs and cats in far greater numbers than does other …
Posted: December 16, 2015 by HFAC
Certified Humane ranks #1 in Food Demand Survey
Jayson Lusk, food and agricultural economist, recently reported on the December 2015 edition of the Food Demand Survey (FooDS), which tracks consumer preferences and sentiments on the safety, quality, and price of food at home and away from home with particular focus on meat demand. One of the questions added this month dealt with “consumer perceptions …
Posted: December 4, 2015 by HFAC
We just wanted to share some of our advertising with you
Anthem Motorsports contacted us because they thought their NASCAR fans would be interested in the Certified Humane® program. We ran an ad in The ANNUAL racing magazine this season and we’re already set up to run another ad at the start of the 2016 racing season. Click here to see: Certified Humane NASCAR Ad
Posted: June 30, 2015 by Adele Douglass
Make your summer celebrations Certified Humane®
In July, many of us will get together with family and friends to celebrate the founding of our great nations – July 1 for Canada and July 4 for the U.S. For those who eat meat, that often means firing up the barbecue and cooking burgers, steak, hot dogs, chicken, sausage and ribs. If you’re …
Posted: May 13, 2015 by Adele Douglass
Don’t be fooled by food labels
Food labels can be confusing. These days, almost everyone is slapping labels onto egg cartoons and meat products to assure you that their products come from happy farm animals. But the truth is, those labels don’t prove anything. Those labels don’t have standards or inspectors behind them. Those labels are often just words and gimmicks …
Posted: March 13, 2015 by Adele Douglass
More than 12 years ago, HFAC set the standard to keep antibiotics and growth hormones out of our food supply
Here’s why. Humane Farm Animal Care’s Animal Care Standards ensure that farm animals in our program don’t live in cages or gestation crates, but on farms where they have space to flap their wings and exhibit natural behaviors. Our Animal Care Standards also prevent the use of antibiotics, growth hormones and animal by-products in farm …
Posted: January 8, 2015 by Adele Douglass
Did you know that animal liberation groups and activists attack animal rights and animal welfare groups all the time?
Working on farm animal issues is perhaps the most difficult of all animal welfare work. That’s because there are animal liberation activists who often attack groups like ours daily. Every morning, I open hate emails that call me a “murderer” and tell me that the only way to be humane is to become a vegan. …
Posted: October 16, 2014 by Adele Douglass
Want to be sure your chicken REALLY is humanely-raised?
Did you hear the news? This week, one of the nation’s largest poultry companies was forced to remove their “humanely-raised” label from their chicken products. Under their current program, they used current industry practices to base their claim. As you know, that could never happen under Humane Farm Animal Care’s (HFAC) Certified Humane® program. Since …
Posted: September 15, 2014 by Adele Douglass
Promise of research being funded to eliminate inhumane culling of male chicks in the poultry-breeding industry
One of the current standard practices of poultry breeding companies that supply egg-laying hens to the egg farming industry is the way breeders of laying hens eliminate male chicks. This is a global issue. Some of the methods used for disposal of male chicks are: High Speed Maceration, Carbon Dioxide (gas) they are the most …