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In 2016, the ASPCA launched Shop With Your Heart with the goal of informing and empowering consumers to make higher-welfare food choices and, in turn, influence the animal agriculture industry to end cruel factory farming practices.
WASHINGTON, DC – A diverse coalition of animal welfare, public health, environmental, and sustainable agriculture organizations commend U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) for introducing the Farm System Reform Act, federal legislation that will help create a more humane food system by moving away from destructive concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) and supporting the transition toward higher welfare, certified farms, and alternative crop production.
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In polling, 94% of Americans agree that animals raised for food deserve to live free from abuse and cruelty. Yet the majority of the nearly 10 billion land-based animals, plus countless more aquatic animals, farmed for food each year in the U.S. are suffering on factory farms.
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NEW YORK — Today the ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) released data from a new public opinion survey conducted by Lake Research Partners, showing that the COVID-19 crisis has elevated already high levels of concern about industrial animal agriculture and reinforced the links between inhumane treatment of farm animals and human heal
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What does plant-based mean?
Plant-based foods come from plants and contain no animal-derived products, including eggs, milk or cheese.
Why try more plant-based foods?
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