Humane Certification for Egg Producers

Our friend Krissi from Vegan Action sent this press release today, and I am thrilled.

Humane Farm Animal Care Now the Nation's Leading Certifier of Cage Free Eggs

Majority of Cage Free eggs are Certified Humane Raised and Handled

(Herndon, VA, U.S.A., January 22, 2009) - Humane Farm Animal Care (HFAC), the leading non-profit certification organization improving the lives of farm animals in food production, announced today that at 1.5 billion cage free eggs per year,
Certified Humane is the leading certifier of cage free eggs in the United States.

The current list of egg producers which come from farms that have earned the Certified Humane certification are:

- Abbotsford Egg Products (Papetti Liquid Eggs), Wisconsin
- Ayrshire Farm, Upperville, Virginia
- Braswell Eggs, North Carolina
- Egg Innovations, Wisconsin
- Eggology, California
- Farmers Organic Foods International, Wisconsin
- GCB Foods, North Carolina
- Giving Nature Foods, Pennsylvania
- Glaum Egg Ranch, California
- Herbrucks/Green Meadow Organics, Michigan
- Hidden Villa Ranch (Cage Free), California
- Nellies Nest Eggs, New Hampshire
- Pete & Gerrys Organic Eggs, New Hampshire
- Phils Fresh Eggs, Illinois
- Radlo Foods (Born Free Cage Free), Massachusetts
- R.W. Sauder, Inc. (Cage Free), Pennsylvania
- Soncrest Egg Company, Texas
- Stiebrs Farms, Washington
- Wilcox Family Farms, Washington


Humane Farm Animal Care (HFAC) is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of farm animals by certifying their humane treatment. Supported by more than 33 humane organizations, the Certified Humane Raised and Handled program is nationally recognized as the Gold Standard for certifying animal welfare from birth through slaughter. Since the program was unveiled in May 2003, more than 65 companies, representing hundreds of farms and millions of farm animals,have been certified. HFACs Animal Care Standards were developed by a veritable Whos Who of national and international animal scientists and farm-animal welfare experts. Producer compliance with the HFAC standards is verified through annual on-site visits by HFACs third-party inspectors.

For more information visit HFACs website here.