The Animal Agriculture Alliance has unveiled a new campaign focused on meat and poultry, and the important role they play in a healthy, balanced diet. The Meat Matters initiative intends to counter the claims made by activist groups about the nutritional value of animal protein, as well as the sustainability of their production. “We’ve heard a lot of concern over … Read More
Carnival Cruises Partners with HSUS
Carnival, the largest cruise company in the world, has joined forces with the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), and will switch to 100% cage-free eggs across all of its brands by 2025. Carnival Corporation—the world’s largest travel and leisure company—includes 10 global cruise line brands including Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Seabourn, Holland America Line, Cunard, AIDA Cruises, … Read More
Does Your Biz Have a Crisis Plan? Why You Should
It seems this past year there was a rise in undercover videos causing the animal ag industry to fight back as well as some pretty big issues including avian flu outbreaks, meatless Mondays, (cow farts causing) climate change, and more. Was your company or farm affected by any of these crises? Did you have a crisis plan? If not, you … Read More
Protect The Harvest Strengthening Their Defense
Representatives from Protect the Harvest were on hand during the 2015 National Association of Farm Broadcasters (NAFB) Convention to discuss the organization’s most recent efforts to inform consumers about production agriculture, protect the freedoms of American farmers and ranchers, and respond to the activities of radical animal rights groups, like People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and the … Read More
Growing Trends in Animal Activism
The Animal Agriculture Alliance is always stocked with important research and information the animal ag community needs to hear. At the recent NAFB Trade Talk, Kindra Hall, spoke with President and CEO of the Alliance, Kay Johnson Smith, to learn more about past, current and emerging trends in animal rights activism and how animal agriculture is working together to proactively … Read More
Judge Rules to Decrease Wild Horse Population
A Washington, DC judge took the side of American livestock producers this week with the rejection of unsupported claims from animal rights activists that the United States Forest Service(USFS) Wild Horse Management Plan would threaten the health and well-being of the wild horse population in the Modoc National Forest of Northeastern California. The management plan seeks to reduce the population … Read More
District Court Reverses Case Against Pork Checkoff
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia is reversing a previously dismissed lawsuit which alleges pork checkoff funds improperly benefit the lobbying efforts of the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC). The lawsuit was filed in 2012 by an Iowa pork producer, the Humane Society of the United States, and the Iowa Citizen for Community Improvement. The reversal … Read More
SurveyMonkey Users Don’t Support HSUS, But They Do
The HumaneWatch.org, a project of the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom, released the results of a survey conducted online regarding SurveyMonkey’s practice of giving money to the Humane Society of the United States, a nonprofit that is currently under investigation by a state attorney general and that settled a racketeering lawsuit last year for nearly $6 million. The poll was … Read More
HSUS to be Investigated by 11 Attorneys General
HumaneWatch.org, a project of the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom, applauded the Midwestern Legislative Conference of the Council of State Governments for passing a resolution calling on 11 state attorneys general to investigate the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). The states covered are North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. The … Read More
DFA's Proactive Approach to Undercover Video
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) announced the completion of a third-party audit of one of its member farms, Cactus-Acre Holsteins. This announcement comes two days after the Cooperative proactively released an undercover video, shot by animal rights extremist group, Mercy For Animals (MFA), depicting animal abuse on the farm owned by Jim and Marie Goedert in Fort Morgan, Colo. The … Read More