Andrea Reusing on Pastured Eggs
Acclaimed chef and friend of Animal Welfare Approved Andrea Reusing wrote a nice post about the true costs of conventional eggs vs. those from hens raised humanely on pasture. Read the full article (below) as it appeared on Gourmet.com, and try out her recipe for fried rice with eggs and country ham! For more on Andrea's views on the link between farm animal welfare and good food, take a look at our chef profile in the Summer 2008 newsletter. Egg…
Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future Response to NYTimes Op-Ed
In response to last week's Op-Ed in the New York Times by James E. McWilliams entitled Free-Range Trichinosis, the folks from Center for a Livable Future at Johns Hopkins University wrote this blog. April 10th, 2009 Smoked "Bacon" and Mirrors Why didn't Op-Ed author reveal National Pork Board paid for Trichinosis study? Having spent the majority of my career as a journalist I tend to be skeptical of almost everything I hear or read. Over the years my "bull-crap" alarm…
Deadline to Comment on Subsidy Loophole!
Animal Welfare Approved Featured in Debut of New Food Show in NYC
Segments of an on farm visit by an Animal Welfare Approved auditor were featured in a news piece last night on Channel 11, WPIX in New York City. See below. Correspondent Arthur Chi'en debuts his new food show this weekend which also features Animal Welfare Approved. We''ll post the food show clip when it is available. Good luck with "Dining Pix," Arthur.
North Carolina Hog Growers Association Members to All Become Animal Welfare Approved
In 2007, a group of hog farmers banded together to pool their resources and build markets for their high-quality pork products and the North Carolina Natural Hog Growers Association was born. Currently made up of 25 hog farmers, the group decided to make being Animal Welfare Approved a centerpiece of their production practices. "The Animal Welfare Approved label tells our retailers and customers that our hogs are raised outdoors, on pasture, with high welfare standards," said group president Jeremiah Jones…
