Program Term Archive
Farmed Animals
Good Food Purchasing Program Promotes Animal Welfare
Farmed AnimalsIn 2012, the Los Angeles Food Policy Council set out to transform the city’s food purchasing system into a more sustainable model that prioritizes the environment, animal welfare, and the...
AWI Report: Higher Welfare Means Healthier Animals
Farmed AnimalsWhen the US Department of Agriculture withdrew the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices rule earlier this year, it did so at the behest of a handful of large organic producers...
Chicken Plant “Fowls” the Water
Farmed AnimalsResidents of Delaware’s Inland Bays community are crying foul on a nearby Mountaire Farms chicken plant that produces millions of gallons of wastewater a month from slaughtering and processing chickens....
Animal Welfare Institute Praises House Defeat of Farm Bill
Press ReleaseMay 18, 2018Farmed AnimalsThe Animal Welfare Institute is grateful that a massive farm bill loaded with provisions that would have reversed gains in animal welfare and weakened endangered species protections was defeated Friday...
Proposed Amendments Threaten to Make a Bad Farm Bill Even Worse for Animals
Press ReleaseMay 11, 2018Farmed AnimalsThis was updated on May 15, 2018 to reflect additional amendments that were submitted. Washington, DC—Today we learned the extent to which certain members of the US House of Representatives...
AWI Statement: House Farm Bill Doesn’t Do Enough for Animals
Press StatementApril 19, 2018Farmed AnimalsThe House Agriculture Committee yesterday reported out its version of the 2018 farm bill (H.R. 2), legislation Congress must pass this year to reauthorize a variety of programs on which...
House Farm Bill Draft Offers Good and Bad News for Animal Welfare
Press ReleaseApril 13, 2018Farmed AnimalsA mammoth 640-plus-page farm bill draft (H.R. 2) was released yesterday and is scheduled for committee action next week. According to the nonprofit Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), the draft represents...
AWI Joins Lawsuit to Force USDA to Implement Organic Animal Welfare Rule
Press ReleaseApril 12, 2018Farmed AnimalsThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) today joined the Organic Trade Association (OTA) in a lawsuit against the US Department of Agriculture. The suit seeks to force the USDA to implement...
AWI Statement: USDA Withdrawal of Organic Rule Leaves Millions of Farm Animals Vulnerable
Press StatementMarch 13, 2018Farmed AnimalsThe US Department of Agriculture (USDA) finalized plans this week to withdraw the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices rule. The rule would have improved the lives of millions of animals...
Another Ag-Gag Law Ruled Unconstitutional
Farmed AnimalsIn a split decision, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has partially affirmed the district court’s findings that an Idaho “ag-gag” law is unconstitutional. The Idaho law was passed under...