Dairy cows confined in tie stalls, crated pigs can't root or move, chickens stuffed in cages. Fight cruelty in the raising / handling of animals.

Whether or not you eat meat, egg or dairy products, you don't want to animals to suffer. But over 10 billion animals raised for food in the U.S. annually endure inhumane treatment. Chickens can't flap their wings. Pigs can't turn around. They ingest antibiotics regularly. Legislation can address the most egregious practices, but passage, adoption and enforcement takes years or decades

You can improve the lives of farm animals and support farming the right way today. The Certified Humane Raised & Handled program insures that animals are treated humanely from birth through slaughter. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), and 33 other humane organizations endorse the program.

Humane Farm Animal Care, an independent non-profit, manages the program. Our scientific committee created rigorous Animal Care Standards. Our inspectors thoroughly review participating farms annually. Certified Humane Raised & Handled earns Consumer Union's highest rating. USA Today called it the "gold standard."

Our program covers over 22 million animals. But we need your support to help even more animals. Please make a donation today, so we can get laying hens out of cages, free sows from gestation stalls and improve the lives of millions more farm animals.

"I… believe that developing a real and sound certification program around the issue of animal welfare is of great importance, and that you seem to be approaching that in an unusually clear-eyed and comprehensive way." - Michael Pollan, author, The Omnivore's Dilemma.