AWA, Center for a Humane Economy, and Key Lawmakers Say All Animals Deserve Humane Treatment, Including Animals Raised for Food As the pig industry rails against state and corporate policies aimed at banning the housing of sows in two-foot by seven-foot gestation crates, Congresswomen Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, and Nancy Mace, R-S.C., have proposed a nifty … Read more
Creating a Cage-free Future
Anti-confinement policies in place in America’s Biggest State Despite the unmistakable verdict of California voters that they want to wrap up the era of extreme confinement of farm animals, the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) and other agribusiness and food-industry players are working to bully the courts and the Congress to undermine Proposition 12 and … Read more
Prop 12 Takes Effect in January, Food Retailers Duty Bound to Follow Law Los Angeles — Today, the Center for a Humane Economy (Center) and its sister organizations called on all California-based food retailers, especially the biggest names in the American grocery, fast food, and food service industries, to abide by the housing standards prescribed … Read more
Opponents of Prop 12 Turn States’ Rights, Science, and Customer Service on Their Heads in Trying to Gut California Farm Animal Law In less than two weeks, one of the nation’s most consequential animal welfare measures is set to take full and final effect. In terms of the numbers of animals affected, it will have … Read more
Sacramento, CA — In an effort to ensure the proper implementation of California’s Proposition 12 – with key provisions taking effect in California in January that restrict the sale of pork and eggs that come from severely confined breeding sows and laying hens — key backers of the measure sued the California Department of Food and … Read more
While most Americans savor the taste and smell of bacon and eggs, they often avert their gaze after a glimpse at the way sows and hens are treated in industrialized agriculture. The taste buds say “yes” when it comes to the meat of fast-food outlets but the eyes say “no” when it comes to the … Read more
Tempe, Arizona — The Center for a Humane Economy and Animal Wellness Action launched of its “Foie Gras Off the Menu” campaign by announcing that the prestigious Top of the Rock Restaurant in Tempe, Ariz. has removed the fatty liver of ducks and geese from its offerings to patrons. Chef Sandy Santiago and manager Lisa … Read more
Sir Winston Churchill may have missed the mark by more than a few decades, but his vision for the future of food was characteristically bold and accurate. “We shall escape the absurdity of growing a whole chicken in order to eat the breast or wing, by growing these parts separately under a suitable medium,” he … Read more
Nature — by that, I mean the Earth’s crust and atmosphere, its five kingdoms of living organisms, water and fire and rock, the effects of the sun and moon, and all other interrelated parts and processes — is more than a mere backdrop for the human experience. It is, and has always been, central to … Read more
Impossible to Achieve ‘Social Distancing’ at Animal Factories and Slaughterhouses (This essay is the latest in our continuing series about the relationship between animal-use industries, pathogens and their effect on animal and human health.) In its own dispassionate way, the Johns Hopkins’ coronavirus dashboard plots the global hopscotching of COVID-19. More than 550,000 afflicted and … Read more