Humane Treatment

Humane Treatment : 

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Table of Contents : 

Table of Contents Humane Treatment Antibiotics, growth hormones and animal by-products Humane Treatment Humane Slaughter For more information, go to http://www.earthfare.com.

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Adding antibiotics, growth hormones & animal by-products to animal feed Industrial farm production: Focuses on getting the most number of animals to market. Leads to crowded conditions. Disease increases. This requires antibiotics. Growth hormones speed weight gain. Animal by-products are viewed as a cheap source of protein to add to the feed.

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No Antibiotics Less crowding and illness. Less need for antibiotic use. Our beef, pork and poultry NEVER receive antibiotics during their lives. If antibiotics are used, the cattle is removed from the herd. These will be sold as conventional. Organic dairy cows will be quarantined for one year.

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Your Meat Should be Antibiotic Free For more information, go to http://www.earthfare.com.

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No Animal By-products The animals which provide the meats we sell: NEVER receive animal by-products in their feed. All vegetarian grain fed. Animal by-products in feed have been implicated as a possible cause for “mad cow disease.”

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No Added Synthetic Hormones Earth Fare sells organic and local milk, dairy and meat products produced with NO artificial bovine growth hormones. This includes the following booted hormones: rBGH rBGH shortens cows’ lives Only increase milk production by10-15% Results in mastitis in the cow’s udder Hormones in meats are synthetic replicas of natural hormones For more information, go to http://www.earthfare.com.

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Why raise animals with Humane treatment? You are what you eat. The USDA definition of natural only covers the animal protein after slaughter or processing. Our definition of natural covers the quality of life an animal receives while it is living as well. For more information, go to http://www.earthfare.com.

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Humane Treatment includes: No battery cages for egg laying or broiler chickens Reduced (or no) time in feedlots No forced confinement of veal calves or pigs Room to exercise and move around Pasture access for dairy cows

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Humane Slaughter Our vendor partners use: More humane methods of slaughter. Use principles developed by Temple Grandin, PhD. Methods to minimize the stress an animal experiences at the time of death. For more information, go to http://www.earthfare.com.

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