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Animal Welfare<\/h1><\/div>

Just as the factory farming system is built on cruelty to people, its survival also depends upon the inhumane treatment of animals. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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The industrial animal ag business model requires packing thousands of animals tightly into warehouses, keeping them from moving naturally or accessing sunlight, and creating breeding grounds for disease. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

FarmSTAND knows that bringing about a system that’s better for workers, independent producers of food, and rural communities will make things better for animals, too. Rather than ask corporations to do better by animals, we take on the whole system and all its harms. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

By the numbers<\/p><\/div>

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7<\/h3><\/div>

States in which FarmSTAND has challenged at least one Ag-Gag law. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

88%<\/h3><\/div>

Of consumers said they\u2019re willing to pay more for sustainable and responsibly-sourced seafood products.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

82,000<\/h3><\/div>

Or more laying hens crammed into a building for an agricultural enterprise constitute a \u201cconfined animal feeding operation\u201d or \u201cCAFO\u201d.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Focus Areas<\/h2><\/div>
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