Program Term Archive
Farmed Animals
Pork: The Other Contaminated White Meat
Farmed AnimalsFor years, American consumers have heard frightening news accounts about the presence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and other contaminants in factory-farmed poultry products. Now a warning has been issued regarding dangers...
Battlefield Training Torture to End
Equines, Farmed Animals, Terrestrial WildlifeIn the Summer 2012 AWI Quarterly, we reported that more than 10,000 animals each year are shot, stabbed, mutilated, and killed in military training exercises, despite the availability of more effective...
Foodopoly
Farmed AnimalsWenonah Hauter’s Foodopoly: The Battle over the Future of Food and Farming in America weaves nearly every aspect of the food system—from retail and fast food to the indentured nature of farming...
At Prodigal Farm, School Is Cool for Kids (and Four-Footed Adults)
Farmed AnimalsKathryn Spann and Dave Krabbe are the owners of 97-acre Animal Welfare Approved (AWA) Prodigal farm in Rougemont, North Carolina, where they raise goats for meat and cheese. Like Dan...
Goodbye to a Harmful Feed Additive
Farmed AnimalsThe cattle industry is moving away from a feed additive linked to animal lethargy, lameness, and even becoming too heavy to walk. The drug Zilmax is a beta-agonist, which promotes...
Grazin’ Diner Promotes High Welfare on the Hudson
Farmed AnimalsAuthor Michael Pollan thinks you should be able to shake the hand that feeds you. And by that he means the farmer, not the restaurant owner. Of course, if you...
USDA Refuses to Drop Controversial Changes to Inspection Program
Farmed AnimalsUSDA appears to be pushing ahead with a controversial proposal to modify its poultry slaughter inspection program despite a troubling report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). GAO found that...
National Organics Program Fails to Raise Welfare Standards… Again
Farmed AnimalsCongress tasked the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) with implementing the country’s National Organic Program (NOP). For more than a decade now, the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB), the...
The King Amendment’s Attack on State Animal Welfare Laws
Farmed AnimalsBoth the US House of Representatives and Senate have passed versions of the 2013 Farm Bill, and the two chambers of Congress must now reconcile their respective bills and agree upon...
AWI Petitions USDA to Make Slaughter More Humane
Press ReleaseJune 4, 2013Farmed AnimalsThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) has submitted a petition to the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) requesting that the agency write regulations designed to decrease the needless suffering of animals...