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Those attending the International Poultry Expo in Atlanta (Jan. 24-26) can visit Booth 1928 to learn about two complementary additions to the American Humane Association’s farm animal welfare certification – the American Humane Certified™ program. The Seal of Approval process verifies that equipment and housing designs and installations, such as enriched colony housing systems, meet [...]


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Clover Stornetta Farms, the first dairy in the U.S. to be awarded the American Humane Certified label for humanely produced dairy products, has announced the release of a new product: Organic Summer Strawberry Kefir. Kefir’s origins date back centuries. It’s a cultured milk product containing probiotics to help promote healthy digestion and strengthen the immune [...]


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Transparency in the production of food is a topic we have discussed before on the Humane Touch blog. That being said, it’s a topic that bears revisiting on a regular basis to remind everyone of its importance to consumers. We were reminded of the topic by a blog on Field Assignment by Jordan Steinert about “the [...]


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Man’s best friend. It’s hard to imagine truer words when looking at the winners of the first American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards presented by Cesar Canine Cuisine.  But as they say, there’s a lot more where that came from, which makes it doubly exciting that nominations are now being accepted for the 2012 Hero [...]


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WATCH VIDEO: McDonalds features family farms in new ad campaign Sometimes the answer’s right in front of you. That certainly was the case recently for Sarah Hubbart, Communications Director at Animal Agriculture Alliance, when she wrote a recent “Activist Watch” blog post for Meatingplace. As she put it: ”I wondered which celebrities you would like to [...]


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VIDEO: Director Steve Spielberg talks about War Horse Let’s face it: Steven Spielberg has worked with as many significant actors, and made as many significant movies, as anyone in the history of cinema. But even the famous director can’t tell a horse how to emote or where to move during a scene. Which is why [...]