Program Term Archive
Farmed Animals
In Attempt to Fowl Up Consumers, Perdue Crows Humanely Raised
Farmed AnimalsEarlier this year, Perdue, the country’s third largest chicken producer, introduced a line of “USDA Process Verified” chicken products bearing the claims “humanely raised” and "raised cage free” on the...
Animal Factory
Farmed AnimalsAward-winning journalist David Kirby's gripping new book, Animal Factory: The Looming Threat of Industrial Pig, Dairy, and Poultry Farms to Humans and the Environment, sets out to expose industrial agriculture as...
Animal Welfare Institute Calls on Perdue to Remove Misleading ‘Humanely Raised’ and ‘Raised Cage Free’ Claims from Chicken Packaging
Press ReleaseMay 12, 2010Farmed AnimalsIn a letter to Perdue CEO Jim Perdue released today, Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) President Cathy Liss demanded that the company end its use of a misleading label claiming that...
Organic Standards Evolving
Farmed AnimalsDespite popular belief that an organic label ensures animal welfare, this is not the case. Organic rules pertaining to animals have been limited to use of organically-grown feed without animal...
Smithfield Fouls
Farmed AnimalsA record-breaking $11 million has been awarded to plaintiffs suffering from horrendous odors emanating from hog factories in Berlin, Missouri. The case, filed in 2002 against Premium Standard Farms, a...
Tyson Foods’ Chicken: Raised with Antibiotics
Farmed AnimalsDespite corresponding feeding practices in large-scale industrial operations, in 2007, Tyson Foods sought to capitalize on growing consumer concern about the excessive use of antibiotics by marketing its chicken as...
Animal Welfare at the Oscars
Farmed Animals, Marine WildlifeMany animal protection advocates were glued to their televisions this year during the Oscar Awards. Two amazing films exposing animal welfare concerns were nominated for Best Documentary: The Cove and Food Inc. The Cove won...
A Broken Food Chain
Farmed AnimalsAccording to a recent report published by the University of British Columbia in Canada, 90 percent of the global small fish catch—which includes anchovies, sardines and mackerel—is processed into fish...
A Clear Vote Against Intensive Confinement of Farm Animals
Farmed AnimalsThe California referendum to prohibit housing sows in gestation crates, hens in battery cages, and veal calves in crates by 2015 passed in November by a nearly two-to-one margin. AWI...
FDA Caves to Big Ag Pressure; Endangers Human and Animal Life
Farmed AnimalsIn late November, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revoked its ban on extra-label antibiotics used in rearing farm animals, particularly in intensive systems. The ban was proposed last summer as...