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David Whitman raises Certified Animal Welfare Approved by A Greener World (AGW) and Certified Non-GMO by AGW hogs at Dash Farm in Kenansville, NC. David is the third generation of his family to farm in Duplin County, and he started…
On Sunday, I attended the Just Food:CSA in NYC conference and I was impressed with the great turnout. The Meat and Egg Share workshops connected NYC CSAs with pasture-based farmers in the NYC region. The panelists and attendees discussed the logistics of getting the products from their farms to the various NYC CSAs - from the best refrigerated truck delivery service for the farmers to use down to how much product each CSA member could reasonably contain in their small NYC refrigerators. I had already been talking or emailing with many of the farmers at the conference and was so glad to be able to put faces to their voices and names. It was also great to put a face and voice to the blogging/emailing voice of Kerry Trueman from Eating Liberally. Thanks for stopping by the table Kerry. Thanks also to everyone who signed up for our listserv. I’m so glad Just Food set up our table next to the wine tasting from Martha Clara Vineyard. It certainly made for a steady flow of attendees at the Animal Welfare Approved table. And to all of the farmers I met at the conference, I hope we'll be in touch soon.
Linda Black of Washington Post writes about US food policy or lack thereof and how we can gather together to affect change.
It turns out the old adage "You are what you eat" is true for livestock too. Researchers at the University of Exeter recently published a study which found that meat from animals grazed in quality, biodiverse systems is nutritionally superior…
This terrific short was brought to our attention by Debbie Davis of DWD Longhorns. She writes: Here's a "great 15 minute video on the state of our food supply from the perspective of some of today''s greatest minds in sustainable…
We just returned from an exciting day at the Stuart Family Farm in Bridgewater, Connecticut. We visited with Bill and Deb Stuart along with WPIX/CW Channel 11 News who wanted to see firsthand what an Animal Welfare Approved farm looks like and how the auditing process works. Arthur Ch'ien and his cameraman Jason Johnson spent three hours with us and took so much farm footage that they ran out of tape! And despite, both Arthur and Jason's initial apprehension about getting up close and personal with the cows, they became fast friends with Urma and a few other heifers in the Stuarts' grassfed herd.
Sarah Hoffmann, her family and dedicated team raise Certified Animal Welfare Approved by A Greener World (AGW) dairy sheep outdoors on pasture to create award-winning sheep milk cheeses and yogurts at Green Dirt Farm in Weston, Missouri. Sarah founded Green…
Animal Welfare Approved will be represented tomorrow at the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Lockwood Folly Marketplace, a specialty food and gift store in Supply, North Carolina. The newly opened store will feature produce, meats, dairy products and artisanal goods from…
Animal Welfare Approved program director Andrew Gunther is pleased to announce a new partnership with the American Grassfed Association (AGA) in which Animal Welfare Approved will audit AGA members for both AGA standards and Animal Welfare Approved standards. This new…
On November 19, one of our farm families suffered a tragic barn fire caused by an electrical malfunction. We ask that you hold them in your thoughts as they struggle to care for the surviving animals and work to repair…
Members of our marketing and outreach team are out this weekend meeting farmers and consumers and sharing information about the Animal Welfare Approved Program. Meet Emily Lancaster and Brigid Sweeny at the First Presbyterian Church at 12th St and 5th…
