Crate Free Illinois Blog
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Majority of Pork-Buyers Prefer Retailers That Don’t Use Gestation Crates
Crate Free Illinois recently partnered with World Animal Protection for a survey conducted by The Harris Poll, a market research and global consulting firm and one of the longest running survey firms in the U.S. Harris surveyed more than 2,000 Americans of varying...
Become a Pig Protector!
If you’ve been following us for a while now, you know we care about the millions of animals being raised for food today, 99% of which are on industrialized farming operations. At Crate Free, we take a realistic and pragmatic approach. We understand the world is not...
Crate Free Volunteers: Meet Suzanne Alton de Eraso
Here at Crate Free Illinois we are extremely grateful to our strong team of volunteers. We all come from diverse backgrounds with unique skills and passions with one definite thread -- our desire to improve the lives of farmed animals. Suzanne Alton de Eraso is an...
Will Costco Still Allow Gestation Crates After 2022?
It is undeniable in today’s world that there is widespread mistreatment of animals that are bred for food. Often hidden behind misleading packaging labels, the victims of this industry are overlooked and forgotten. Our mission at Crate Free Illinois is to reduce the...
Meet Local Farmer: Dave Bishop of PrairiErth Farm
Part of our pragmatic approach is to be all-inclusive, understanding that the majority of people are not going to go vegan, at least not tomorrow. We want to improve the lives of animals being raised for food right now. Therefore, we support our local farmers who...
Why We Support The Farm System Reform Act
Today’s farming industry is just that…a huge industry. Nearly every aspect of America’s food supply chain has become highly concentrated and is controlled by just a few mega-producers. This growing corporate control has unfortunately been a detriment to farmers,...
The Health Benefits of Reducing Factory Farmed Meat Consumption
A Quick Overview... Before you read on, take a moment to answer the following questions from your own point of view. What are the nutritional benefits of meat? Can meat consumption potentially be harmful, and if so, in what circumstances? Do you think it's...
A Spotlight on the Multitude of Issues with Factory Farming in the Age of the Coronavirus (COVID-19)
How the Coronavirus is Affecting America’s Food and Farming Industry While we at Crate Free Illinois and many of our partners at other farm animal welfare organizations have already been working hard to inform the public about the many negative impacts of the factory...
Crate Free Illinois Volunteer Q&A: Meet Tyler Lobdell
Tyler Lobdell grew up around the farms in rural Illinois. He joined our team about a year ago and has since become a board member and most recently was a panelist at our Factory Farm Town Hall in March. Tyler is Food and Water Watch's factory farming staff attorney....
Our Second Annual Fundraiser and Animal Welfare Town Hall
Last month Crate Free Illinois hosted Chicago's first factory Farmed animal welfare town hall, an event to raise the public’s awareness of the major issues with factory farming—the documented inhumane treatment of farm animals (especially the millions of confined pigs...
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