Plant worker safety protects our food security
Worker health and safety is a critical aspect of protecting our national food security and keeping grocery store shelves stocked with our favorite food items.
Could you be hiring an “undercover” activist?
Are the employees working on your farm there to help care for your animals? Do their goals align with your business? Unfortunately, it’s a common strategy for some animal rights organizations to have individuals go “undercover” on farms. They record videos that can be taken out of context, stage scenes of animal mistreatment or encourage abuse to record it without doing anything to stop it.
How to protect your farm from extreme activists
If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all; treat others like you would like to be treated; always be respectful – these are all basic rules I learned growing up. Unfortunately, some people have forgotten these simple gestures and need to listen to R-E-S-P-E-C-T by Aretha Franklin on repeat.
Animal rights activists masquerading to influence consumer demand
Consumer demand is powerful. It can be the champion of a company’s success or the culprit of their failure.
HSUS bullies animal ag and hurts low-income families
Diane Sullivan, an anti-poverty and affordable food advocate, shares her story of standing up for agriculture.
When a farm kid goes to an animal rights conference…
If you have questions or concerns about how farm animals are cared for please ask a farmer who cares for their animals every day, not animal rights groups with a radical, unrealistic, and downright absurd agenda.
Reflections from the Animal Rights National Conference: what can we learn
The themes targeted the rights and welfare of all animals. After a few phrases were repeated, the strategic position these organizations held was clear: these conferences are an attempt to undermine the animal agriculture community.
PETA may be crazy, but other groups aren’t that different
If you had cream in your coffee this morning or had meat for dinner last night, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) wants you to seek help for your “addiction.”
Proactive steps to prevent an “undercover activist” from telling their version of your farm’s story
Agriculture is a business, and just like any business, farmers need to proactively protect themselves from potential legal issues.
Why undercover videos aren’t the answer
They wear two faces, two hats, one hidden video camera and have one goal: to put all farming operations that produce meat, milk and eggs out of business. Undercover animal rights activists gain employment on farms across the United States and Canada under false pretenses to help animal rights groups produce undercover video campaigns.