Comments on: Grocery Decoder: Making Sense of Green Food Labels http://www.greenchicafe.com/grocery-decoder-making-sense-of-green-food-labels "Living an Eco-Revolution" Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: AWA http://www.greenchicafe.com/grocery-decoder-making-sense-of-green-food-labels/comment-page-1#comment-122 AWA Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:40:58 +0000 http://www.greenchicafe.com/?p=3882#comment-122 Terrific that you covered this topic! There's another label your readers should know about. It's Animal Welfare Approved. http://www.AnimalWelfareApproved.org The Animal Welfare Approved program audits and certifies family farms that utilize high-welfare methods of farming. Farmers benefit from having a third-party affirmation of their practices and consumers benefit by knowing that the label means what it says. What Does the AWA Seal Mean for Consumers? Animals are raised outdoors on pasture or range on true family farms with the “most stringent” welfare standards according to the World Society for the Protection of Animals in both 2008 and 2009 reports. The standards have been developed in collaboration with scientists, veterinarians, researchers and farmers and incorporate best practice and recent research. Annual audits by experts in the field cover birth to slaughter. [img]http://www.animalwelfareapproved.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/AWAlogoFacebook-test.jpg[/img] Terrific that you covered this topic! There’s another label your readers should know about. It’s Animal Welfare Approved.

http://www.AnimalWelfareApproved.org

The Animal Welfare Approved program audits and certifies family farms that utilize high-welfare methods of farming. Farmers benefit from having a third-party affirmation of their practices and consumers benefit by knowing that the label means what it says.

What Does the AWA Seal Mean for Consumers?

Animals are raised outdoors on pasture or range on true family farms with the “most stringent” welfare standards according to the World Society for the Protection of Animals in both 2008 and 2009 reports. The standards have been developed in collaboration with scientists, veterinarians, researchers and farmers and incorporate best practice and recent research. Annual audits by experts in the field cover birth to slaughter.

AWAlogoFacebook-test.jpg

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