Animal welfare grants focus on mobile housing, humane slaughter
Animal Welfare Approved's 2010 Good Husbandry Grants go to 28 projects
by Sustainable Food News
January 28, 2010
Animal welfare certification and eco-labeling program, Animal Welfare Approved, on Wednesday announced the selected projects for its 2010 Good Husbandry Grants cycle.
The grants program supports the efforts of farmers, who exemplify the best animal welfare practices, and also fund the development of new practices that can be adopted on other farms.
A major emphasis of the AWA grants program is to assist farmers in reaching compliance with Animal Welfare Approved standards.
Twenty-eight projects in 14 states were awarded funding (see list below).
Selected projects include mobile housing for pigs, sheep and poultry, and stunning equipment for humane slaughter.
A number of proposals were funded to incorporate breeding stock that is better suited to pasture-based management.
“Choosing from among the many worthy proposals was a difficult task,” said Program Director Andrew Gunther. “But we are confident that the projects that have been selected for funding will contribute to positive developments in high-welfare pasture-based farming.”
Selected proposals for 2010 include:
- 7B Bar Ranch, Roopville, GA, predator prevention
- Albert D. Jones Farm, Chinquapin, NC, genetic improvement, pigs
- Bedinger Farm, Catlin, IL, genetic improvement, sheep
- Border Springs Farm, Patrick Springs, VA, genetic improvement, poultry
- Carolina Heritage Farm, Pamplico, SC, outdoor access, pigs
- Circle O Livestock, Vale, OR, genetic improvement, pigs
- Coulee View Farm, Wauzeka, WI, genetic improvement, poultry
- D&A Farms, Autryville, NC, genetic improvement, pigs
- Davis Creek Farm, Lovingston, VA, improvements in slaughter process
- Dogwood Nursery Farms, LLC, Maple Hill, NC, genetic improvement, poultry
- DreamCatcher Farm, Louisville, KY, mobile housing, cattle, pigs and sheep
- Eden Earthworks, Mountain View, HI, improvements in slaughter process
- Ellis Family Farms, Benton Harbor, MI, pasture improvement
- Generation Farm, Walnut Cove, NC, genetic improvement, sheep
- Grassy Way Organics, Arena, WI, mobile housing, cattle
- H&H Farm, Pink Hill, NC, pasture rotation, pigs
- Hight Farms, Macon, NC, mobile housing, pigs
- HomeGrown Poultry LLC, New Plymouth, ID, improvements in slaughter process
- JJR Family Farm, Tebbetts, MO, mobile housing, poultry
- Jones Farms, GrassRoots Pork Co., Beaulaville, NC, genetic improvement, pigs
- Lil' Farm, Hillsborough, NC, mobile housing and feeding equipment, poultry
- M.R. Goats, Worthington, WV, mobile housing, goats
- Organic Pastures Dairy Co, LLC, Fresno, CA, mobile housing, cattle
- Patient Wait Farms, Piedmont, SC, genetic improvement, poultry
- The Boondockers Farm, Creswell, OR, genetic improvement, poultry
- Vargo Farms, Bullock, NC, mobile housing, pigs
- Yoder's Natural Farm, Bloomfield, IA, improved pasture and water access, cattle and poultry