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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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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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The price of food was on a steady incline in 2011. But now comes news that prices are stabilizing. A report in Natural Foods Merchandiser notes that “ that prices for food at checkout have leveled and declined slightly in recent months.” That doesn’t mean, by the way, that prices are going down or that items [...]


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If you follow the Humane Touch blog, you know how excited we are about the Christmas Day opening of the movie, War Horse. The advance reviews have been wonderful for the Steven Spielberg film, based on the young adult novel by Michael Morpugo. The movie’s close to our hearts at American Humane Association because of its [...]


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The social media evolution of the farming and ranching community took another step this week with news that Emily Zweber will become the AgChat Foundation’s first executive director. (Story here.) Readers of this blog know that we support the nonprofit AgChat Foundation in particular and the wider efforts of all farmers and ranchers in general [...]


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WATCH VIDEO: Clover Goes Google (Apps) The folks at Clover Stornetta always seem to do things right. After all, in 2000 they became the first dairy in the U.S. to be awarded the American Humane Certified label for humanely produced dairy products. And in this video the California company shows it’s also a pacesetter when it [...]


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The end of the year approaches, reminding us of all the great things and interesting news that we’ve reported on the Humane Touch blog.We also realize it’s hard to keep up with everything we publish. So we’re taking the opportunity today to take a look back and at the same time help you catch up [...]


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When it comes to third-party farm animal welfare certification in the United States, American Humane Association launched the first program of its kind more than a decade ago. But we still get asked one question a lot: “What exactly are the standards you use to determine if a farmer or rancher is practicing good animal [...]


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