Giving Thanks for Humane Treatment

from yeahwallpaper.com

"If you are planning a Thanksgiving meal that includes turkey and want a Certified Humane turkey," says Humane Farm Animal Care CEO Adele Douglass, "be aware that only a few turkeys on the market are genuinely Certified Humane. A Certified Humane turkey is one that can flap its wings and move around, can perch above the ground at night, eat nutritious food that doesn’t contain antibiotics or other chemicals, and express other natural behaviors.
   “Unfortunately, in the past," she notes, "unscrupulous producers have put the Certified Humane Raised and Handled® logo on turkeys that were not raised under HFAC standards and not certified by us. Even though that is illegal and we contacted them telling them to remove the label, it was too late for consumers who already purchased them believing they were Certified Humane."
   Among the few producers that raise turkeys this way, according to Douglass, are Ayrshire Farm in Virginia, Koch's Turkey Farm in Pennsylvania, and White Oak Pastures in Georgia.
   To find a Certified Humane turkey (or other meat) near you, go to http://www.certifiedhumane.org/index.php?page=where-to-buy