Demonstrates how simple changes can make a huge difference in humane animal handling.
from Grandin.com:
Author of “Thinking in Pictures”, “Livestock Handling and Transport,” and “Genetics and the Behavior of Domestic Animals.” Her book “Animals in Translation” was a New York Times best seller.
Dr. Grandin’s Purpose: “to educate people throughout the world about modern methods of livestock handling which [...]
Archive for February 7th, 2008
More Response from Organic Meat Farms
Posted in Meat & Dairy, tagged chicken, turkey, usda, animals, stress, plant, standards, certified, humanely, Meat & Dairy, harvest, bison, certified humane raised handled, web site, handling, probes, free ranged, beef, ostrich, grazed, acre parcels, pasture raised, shelter, kosher facility, dr temple grandin, colorado state U, tropical traditions, blackwing, company, production, methods, practices, products, website, research, high standards, value, ethical integrity, processed, organic meat, farms, processing plants, kill process, usda inspector, unload, treated humanely, low stress on February 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
from blackwing.com:
“We belong to the Certified Humane Raised & Handled so please look at their Web site for rules on Handling.
We do not use probes, Our animals can not & are not ever under stress. All our truly Free ranged and not by the ridiculous USDA interpretations. Our bison, Beef & Ostrich are all grazed [...]
Notes to Self…
Posted in Day 05, tagged breath, flashbacks, hair, impressions, jaw muscle, laxative tea, memories, peppermint, senna, skin, thought patterns, toxic, toxins on February 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Not only passing physical toxins, but also noticing old memories and thought patterns (some “toxic”, some not), and even just mundane flashbacks passing through that I hadn’t even thought about until now… A lot of things that don’t really mean much, trivial memories that leave impressions and accumulate over time.
Hair situation hasn’t changed, but skin has cleared [...]
Some Somewhat Comforting News…(?)
Posted in Meat & Dairy, tagged adrenaline, animal slaughter, animal welfare audit, animals, bison, bison meat, bleed, bolt gun, butcher, care, certified, certified organic, chemicals, chickens, compassionate care, cows, cruelties, ethical, facilities, farmers, flash frozen, flavor, grass fed, harvest, harvesting, humane, humanely, iams cruelty, kentucky fried cruelty, livestock, mars candy, meat, Meat & Dairy, mega processors, muscles, niman ranch, organic prairie, organic valley, organic valley farms, packing houses, packing plants, painless, pesticides, petsmart cruelty, plant, practical, premium quality, problems, production plants, quality, raise animals, ranch, ranchers, research quality control, rigorous standards, safe product, skull, slaughter facility, slaughtered, standards, stress, stress free, stress levels, stunned, stunning process, suffer, superior meat, third party, throats slit, tough meat, usda, usda plant, wholesome on February 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In an effort to weed out the “good” from the “bad”, I did a search for “organic meat” and came across Organic Prairie Farms. After some reading on the site, I decided that I needed to ask a few questions, to get some insight as to how they handle their (humane) animal slaughter practices. The following is a (very [...]
