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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 …

Adele Douglass receives RSPCA Overseas Award for Outstanding Animal Welfare

Adele Douglass, the executive director of Humane Farm Animal Care, was awarded the RSPCA Overseas Award this past weekend for outstanding achievement in animal welfare outside the UK and Europe. For more than 100 years, the RSPCA Honours have been given to people and organizations who have helped end cruelty, protect animals from abuse, and …

Ecoterra becomes first farm in Chile to become Certified Humane®

(HERNDON, VA, USA) May 19, 2016 –  Humane Farm Animal Care (HFAC), the leading international nonprofit certification program improving the lives of millions of farm animals in food production, announced this week that Ecoterra in Santiago, Chile, has become the first farm in Chile to achieve Certified Humane® certification. Ecoterra free-range eggs launched in 2011 …

All-Canadian farming trailblazer DuBreton reaches new milestone in its commitment to being Canada’s leader in Certified Humane® pork

DuBreton Canada and North America’s #1 producer of Certified Humane® and organic pork, is proud to announce it has already raised 42,457 crate-free pigs as a part of its commitment to raising 300,000 more crate-free pigs by 2018. This commitment is helping to meet the growing consumer demand for Certified Humane® and organic pork. This …

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, …