Ms. Adele Douglass, Executive Director, Humane Farm Animal Care (HFAC)
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Humane Farm Animal Care (HFAC) is the leading non-profit certification organization dedicated to improving the lives of farm animals throughout their life cycles. The HFAC’s Certified Humane® label allows consumers to identify and purchase animal products such as meat, dairy, eggs, and wool that come from animals raised in a way that aligns with their ethics.
HFAC has received endorsements from more than 34 regional and national humane organizations including the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA). The Certified Humane Raised and Handled® program has also been touted in many publications since 2003, including Consumer Reports, Vanity Fair and USA Today.
HFAC was founded in 2003 by Adele Douglass, a 2008 Ashoka Fellow, recipient of the Purpose Prize in 2007 and an ASPCA Lifetime Achievement award. Under her leadership, the Certified Humane® program has expanded rapidly over the past six years certifying more than 60 companies, representing hundreds of farms and millions of farm animals. In 2003 approximately 143,000 animals were raised under HFAC’s standards, growing to over 25.2 million animals in 2009.
Find out where you can purchase food items that are certified humane.
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