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Consumer Reports has rated Certified Animal Welfare Approved by AGW as a “highly meaningful” label for farm animal welfare, outdoor access and sustainability–and the only animal welfare ...
A family who ran a Dartmoor dairy farm have been banned from keeping animals for ten years due to chronic neglect of their ...
The farm animal welfare standards will apply to animals raised under an “organic standards” regimen, assuring consumers that the animals raised on organic farms are not immobilized in cages or ...
As Congress prepares to write a new farm bill, animal welfare advocates are preparing to safeguard California’s Proposition 12 and similar laws regulating agricultural practices while also ...
AWI works every day to improve the lives of farm animals. We endeavor to get animal welfare laws and regulations passed, pressure the agriculture industry to improve its standards, and educate the ...
A hog walks in a holding pen on the Ron Mardesen farm, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, near Elliott, Iowa. A coalition of California restaurants and grocery stores has filed a lawsuit to block implementation ...
When tornado sirens become frequent and sudden storms appear out of thin air, it becomes apparent there is a need for a ...
SALISBURY, Md., April 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- In its eighth annual report, the Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare (BBFAW), the leading global measure of policy commitment, performance, and ...
The 2018 Farm Bill expired on September 30th, and it doesn’t seem likely that the House and Senate will have drafts of the new bill before the end of the year. But that doesn’t make the ...
Mike Baker, chief executive of World Animal Protection added that the NGO's decision to work with Nestlé "is based upon their clear commitment to improving animal welfare and the lasting change this ...
One option for farmers seeking to ease the financial burden of improving animal welfare is the “Fund-a-Farmer” program at Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT). This Chicago nonprofit offers grants of up ...
Switzerland's Federal Council has introduced new labelling requirements for meat, eggs, and milk originating from animals ...