“Humans don’t consume antibiotics every day to prevent disease and neither should healthy animals. Prudent use of antibiotics should be required to stem the public health crisis generated from the reduced effectiveness of antibiotics.”- Dr. Urvashi Rangan

Bacteria on Turkey Raised Without Antibiotics Showed Significantly Less Antibiotic Resistance than Bacteria on Conventional Turkey

“Certified Humane®… on the label indicates antibiotics were either never used or were only used in case of illness.”

Today, Pete and Gerry’s, located in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, is a regional powerhouse, distributing “Certified Humane®” organic eggs up and down the East Coast. “For the past 13 years, we’ve had compound annual growth of 35 percent, with revenue north of $50 million,” says Laflamme, “although the nature of agriculture means gross margins are pretty narrow.”

Certified Humane® (CH) is an animal care organization with a long and very strict list of guidelines that participating farmers must follow. CH animals must have been raised from birth through the time of slaughter in natural, humane conditions.