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Field Guides to Food

Real food is Humane.

Real Food Challenge Module main

Real food is Humane.

Animals can express natural behavior in a low-stress environment and are raised with no hormones or unnecessary medication.
  1. Certified by one of several specified organizations, for example:
    • Animal Welfare Approved,
    • USDA organic, or
    • AGA Grassfed

The path below provides some examples of organizations, researchers, individuals, and more who are part of the conversation around this topic because they believe that it is important.

Feel free to move through the path in any order, and spend more time on whichever ones interest you.

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  1. Real Food Challenge Module main Maria Frank

Contents of this path:

  1. "Humane" criterion for Real Food Challenge: Examples
  2. Putting Meat on the Table: Industrial Farm Animal Production in America (metadata)
  3. U of M Research & Outreach Stations (metadata)
  4. The Challenges of Delivering & Explaining Pig Welfare (metadata)