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Meet Local Farmer: Deborah Niemann of Antiquity Oaks Farm

Meet Local Farmer: Deborah Niemann of Antiquity Oaks Farm

At Crate Free USA, our mission is to improve the lives of animals raised for food. And since the vast majority of Americans still eat meat, the best way to do this is to shop from local farmers who care about the animals they raise far more than the huge factory farms...

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Meet the Local Farmer: Mike Biver of Terra Vitae Farms

Meet the Local Farmer: Mike Biver of Terra Vitae Farms

At Crate Free USA, we take a pragmatic approach to people’s eating preferences and strive to be all-inclusive. We understand that a majority of people are not going to go vegan, at least not tomorrow. And while we do promote a reduction of meat in your diet, we also...

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The Secret is Out: “One Health Certified” is a Sham

The Secret is Out: “One Health Certified” is a Sham

Is Aldi US intentionally deceiving its customers about animal welfare? Or, did Aldi itself get tricked by a poultry producer’s new, little green label touting “Responsible Animal Care?” Now that the secret is out, will Aldi stop using the sham label?   The trick...

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More States Continue to Ban Cruel Gestation Crates

More States Continue to Ban Cruel Gestation Crates

Update: New Jersey has passed this bill and it was signed into law by the governor in July 2023.   The state of New Jersey is poised to be the 11th state to ban the use of gestation crates (and the 13th state to ban some form of confinement for certain farmed...

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Meet Local Farm: Mint Creek Farm

Meet Local Farm: Mint Creek Farm

At Crate Free, we take a pragmatic approach to people’s eating preferences and strive to be all-inclusive. We understand that a majority of people are not going to go vegan, at least not tomorrow. And while we do promote a reduction of meat in your diet, we also want...

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Become a Pig Protector!

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...

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Crate Free Volunteers: Meet Suzanne Alton de Eraso

Crate Free Volunteers: Meet Suzanne Alton de Eraso

Here at Crate Free USA 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 attorney...

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THE HIDDEN COST OF ALDI PORK

 It’s time for Aldi to publicly commit to a timeline to phase out one of the
cruelest practices in animal agriculture: 
confining mother pigs
in tiny “gestation crates” for virtually their entire lives.

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