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We’re Staying In

  From the perspective of a farming-based program driven by sound science, President Trump’s announcement yesterday to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate change agreement is calamitous, and flies directly in the face of scientific consensus and humanity itself…

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What is Better Meat? blog

What is Better Meat?

 

Let’s face facts: America has a very deep-seated meat culture—and that’s not going to change any time soon. Despite the efforts of some food advocates to persuade people to stop eating meat, U.S. per capita meat consumption rose by a whopping 5 percent in 2015—the largest increase in over 40 years.

As an organization promoting high-welfare, sustainable food animal production—and working directly with thousands of livestock farmers and ranchers—this represents a real challenge. It’s now widely accepted that if we continue to consume such unsustainable levels of industrial meat, dairy and eggs, we’re all in big trouble. We urgently need to change what we eat and how it’s produced.

Over recent years, some food advocate groups have sought to find a ‘silver bullet’ solution that consumers can easily buy into, which will bring about the wholesale reform of industrial food animal production we so urgently need. While these efforts have resulted in some good (and some not so good) ideas, the food industry has always been sharper and far more effective at getting their message across to the consumer.

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Tamarack Farms farm profile

Tamarack Farms – Roseneath, ON

Richard and Nancy Self raise Certified Animal Welfare Approved by A Greener World (AGW), Certified Non-GMO by AGW and Certified Regenerative by AGW sheep and pigs outdoors on pasture and range at Tamarack Farms in Roseneath, Ontario. The farm consists of 390 acres…

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Not All Beef Is Bad blog

Not All Beef Is Bad

In our ‘post-fact’ world, it seems some advocate groups are more concerned about easy messages and generating media headlines than telling the whole story.

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MoonLight Farm in Sweet Home, OR farm profile

MoonLight Farm, LLC – Sweet Home, OR

After retiring from a career in law enforcement, Bryan Moon knew he was ready for something new—and was particularly excited at the prospect of working for himself. In October 2015, Bryan and his wife, Mary, moved back to their home…

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Back Creek – Mount Ulla, NC

Robin and Joe Hampton are first generation farmers and started farming at Back Creek in Mount Ulla in Rowan County in 1981. Building their farming business from the ground up, they have slowly expanded their livestock operation and now raise…

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Drager Farms in Marietta, PA farm profile

Drager Farms, LLC – Marietta, PA

Nathan W. Drager raises Certified Animal Welfare Approved by A Greener World (AGW) beef cattle at Drager Farms, LLC in Marietta, Pennsylvania. Nathan grew up on a 200-acre conventional dairy farm in the same area and he now farms on…

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Dutch Creek Farm farm profile

Dutch Creek Farm – Pleasureville, KY

Doug and Susan Schlosnagle, along with their daughter, Chelsey, and son, Jared, raise Certified Animal Welfare Approved by A Greener World (AGW) beef cattle at Dutch Creek Farm in Pleasureville, Kentucky. Doug and Susan have spent their entire lives as…

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Against the Grain Farm in Zionville, NC farm profile

Against the Grain Farm – Zionville, NC

Holly Whitesides and Andy Bryant are first generation famers raising Certified Animal Welfare Approved by A Greener World (AGW) beef cattle at Against the Grain Farm in Zionville, North Carolina. Holly became interested in farming in college, where she was…

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Greene Jungle Farm in Ridgefield, WA farm profile

Greene Jungle Farm – Ridgefield, WA

Jim Kunetz and his family raise Certified Animal Welfare Approved by A Greener World (AGW) laying hens and Certified Grassfed by AGW sheep and beef cattle at Greene Jungle Farm, located in the rolling hills of Ridgefield in southwest Washington…

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Pound Ridge Organics – Pound Ridge, NY

Donna Simons raises Certified Animal Welfare Approved by AGW laying hens at Pound Ridge Organics in Westchester County, New York. Pound Ridge Organics sits on an original homestead property dating back to 1792. The laying hens roam the 2-acre property,…

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