Animal Welfare Approved

The Conscientious Consumer's Quandary

Andrew Gunther | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Animal Welfare, Local Farms, Agricultural Certification, Farm Animals, Animal Welfare Approved, Sustainable Farming, Agriculture, Food News

If you aren't able to make regular visits to every farm your food dollar touches, and if you really want to have confidence in the farms you are supporting, you need to look for a credible third-party certification.

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Calling BLBT Ground Beef Amounts to 'Fraudulent Mislabeling'

Andrew Gunther | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Taco Bell Beef, Usda, Beef, Pink Slime Ground Beef, Ground Beef, Animal Welfare Approved, Pink Slime, Beef Magazine, Ammonia Beef, Ammonia Beef Trimming, Ammonia-Beef-Trimming, Food News

Even the fast food companies McDonald's, Burger King and Taco Bell stopped using meat that was treated with ammonia last year.

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Organic Milk: Are You Getting What You Pay for?

Andrew Gunther | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Gmos, Gm, Sustainable Food, Milk, Sustainable Agriculture, Nop, Organic, National Organic Program, Office of Inspector General, Sustainable, Genetically Modified Crops, Dairy Products, Organic Food, Animal Welfare, Animal Welfare Approved, Genetically Modified Food, Food News

At a time when consumers are turning their backs on industrialized farming systems -- and genetically modified (GM) farming in particular -- the new report raises real questions about exactly what people are paying for when they buy organic milk.

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Ag Gag Bill on the Governor's Desk!

Andrew Gunther | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Factory Farming, Animal Welfare, Animal Welfare Approved, Ag Gag Bill, Workers Rights, Farming Iowa, Iowa Farming Bill, Food News

The "Ag Gag" bill was promoted on the basis that it would help to improve animal welfare and protect family farms. But the stark reality is that this law has absolutely nothing to do with animal welfare.

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Will Yours Be a Sustainable Super Bowl Sunday?

Andrew Gunther | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Healthy Food, Healthy Eating, National Football League, Will Witherspoon, Superbowl, Sustainable Food, Cage Free, Football, Anima Welfare, Obesity, Superbowl Sunday, Naturally Raised, Pasture Based, Pasture-Raised, Shire Gate Farm, Super Bowl, Sustainable, Tennessee Titans, Nfl, Unhealthy Foods, Animal Welfare Approved, Free Roaming, Antibiotics, Fitness, Grassfed Beef, High Welfare, Food News

No one takes health and fitness more seriously than today's top football players. So isn't it kind of absurd that as we watch Sunday's game we will all be bombarded by advertisements for some of the unhealthiest junk food imaginable?

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Grassfed Meat: Making the Right Choices

Andrew Gunther | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Feedlot, Usda, Confined Animal Feeding Operations, Grass-Based, American Grassfed Association, Animal Welfare Approved, Grass-Fed, The Grassfed Primer, Grassfed, Grass-Fed Beef, Grass Fed, Beef, Meat, Food News

We hope to explain the problems with feedlot farming systems, but also the significant solutions that real grassfed farming can offer, and why it is important to choose a "grassfed" label that really means what it says.

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First Restaurant Certified 'Animal Welfare Approved'

Posted 12.23.2011

Read More: Eat Local, Video, Hudson New York, Humane Livestock, Green-Living, Animal Welfare Approved, Grazin, Food, Locally-Sourced-Food, Grazin' Diner, Animal Welfare Institute, Humane Farming, Green News

A restaurant in upstate New York has become the first ever in the U.S. to be certified Animal Welfare Approved (AWA). Grazin', a 1950's-style diner in...

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Pesticides and Babies Don't Mix

Andrew Gunther | Posted 07.19.2011

Read More: Pesticides, Organophosphates, Op, Animal Welfare Approved, Healthy Living Health News, Personal Health, New Research, Healthy Living News

Three independent scientific papers have provided some of the strongest evidence yet of the link between exposure to organophosphate (OP) pesticides and lower IQ levels among children.

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It's Time to Stand Up for Our Farmers' Markets

Andrew Gunther | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Healthy Eating, Animal Welfare, Sustainable Food, Animal Welfare Approved, Farmers Markets, Farmer, Sustainability, Sustainable Agriculture, Food News

Without clear definition and effective regulation, the farmers' market might become yet another victim of the cynical "big retailers." It's time to get behind it.

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Stossel and Fox in the Sustainable Henhouse

Andrew Gunther | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Washington State University, Organic Food, Sustainable Food, Fox Business Channel, Animal Welfare Approved, Agriculture, Food Safety, Sustainable Agriculture, Agribusiness, John Stossel, Fox Business Network, Pesticides, Beef, E. Coli, Green News

Any report which states that grassfed meat is less environmentally friendly than grainfed meat has ignored the environmental costs of all the inputs needed for the system.

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Beware the Myths of Feedlot Marketeers

Andrew Gunther | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Grass-Fed, James McWilliams, Grassfed, Grass Fed Beef, Pasture-Raised, E. Coli, Animal Welfare Approved, Food News

Industrialized animal agriculture has a lot to answer for when it comes to its impact on animal welfare, the environment, and the livelihood of family farms.

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Meatless Monday: Cracking the Egg Label Code

Ellen Kanner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Certified Humane, Eggs, Usda, Humane Society, Erica Meier, Animal Welfare Approved, The Value of Nothing, Compassion Over Killing (COK), Sharanya Prasad, World Society for Protection of Animals (WSPA), Raj Patel, Animal Humane Certified, Food, Green News

An age-old symbol of life and renewal, the egg has taken on considerable baggage in recent years. Forget the happy farm, the downy chicks, the clucki...

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