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ORGANIZATION NAME AND CONTACT INFO:
Humane Farm Animal Care
P.O. Box 727
Herndon, VA
20172
Phone: 703-435-3883
URL: www.certifiedhumane.org
Email Contact: info@certifiedhumane.org
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ORGANIZATION SUMMARY:
HISTORY
Humane Farm Animal Care began certifying products as "Certified Humane" in 2003. The Director and Scientific Committee of the program had previously left another animal welfare label program (Free Farmed) and began Humane Farm Animal Care in partnership with several other animal welfare organizations.
FUNDING
Funding for the Humane Farm Animal Care Program comes from several animal welfare organizations, as well as individuals and foundations. These organizations include the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA), the Humane Society of Vero Beach, the Hawaiian Humane Society and The Los Angeles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
STRUCTURE
Changes to the Certified Humane label standards are made by the Scientific Committee, Standards Committee while the Board has final review and approval authority.
Scientific Committee
Leading animal scientists, veterinarians and producers have worked with Humane Farm Animal Care to develop the Animal Care Standards for humane farming –
Michael Appleby, PhD - Trade Policy Manager, World Society for the
Protection of Animals, London, England
Brenda Coe, PhD - Extension Specialist at Penn State University
Brittany Bock - Ford Hayes University
Temple Grandin, PhD - Associate Professor, Colorado State University
Patricia Hester, PhD - Professor, Purdue University
Pam Hullinger, DVM - Program Coordinator at California Department of Food and Agriculture, Animal Health Branch
Kirsty Laughlin, PhD, Director, Animal Science Programs, HFAC
Joy Mench, PhD - Professor at University of California
R. Newberry, PhD - Associate Professor, Washington State University
Suzanne Millman - University of Guelph, Canada
Ed Pajor, PhD - Assistant Professor, Purdue University
Txema Peralta, DVM, Center for Animal Resources and Education, Cornell University
Martin Potter, PhD - Consultant in Animal Welfare, Member of FAWC, United Kingdom
Joe Regenstein, PhD - Professor, Cornell University
Dr Mohan Raj - Bristol University, UK
Carolyn Stull, PhD - Extension Specialist in the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California, Davis
Janice Swanson, PhD - Professor at Kansas State University
Bill VanDresser, DVM - Retired Extension Veterinarian
Adroaldo Zanella. PhD - Associate Professor, Michigan State University
Steve Zawistowski, PhD - Sr. VP and Science Advisor to the ASPCA
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
(The HFAC Board of Directors includes members with experience and expertise in animal welfare, natural and organic foods, meat and poultry production and marketing, communications, public policy and financial management.)
Gini Barrett- Associate Professor in biomedical ethics and public policy
at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Western University of Health
Sciences in Pomona, California
Adele Douglass- Executive Director HFAC
Jim Emerman- Vice President of Civic Ventures
Patricia A. Forkan- Executive vice president of the Humane Society of
the United States (HSUS)
Carol Jenkins- Founding president of The Women's Media Center and a
founding member of the board of directors
Andrew Kimbrell-Public interest attorney, activist, and author
Mae Mendelson, M.S.W, Ph.D- Founded the Travel & Learn Company,
professor in residence at Chaminade University, and a founder and
director of the Intergenerational Center at Chiminade
Daniel J. Murphy- 22 years of experience as an editor, reporter, and
commentator for business publications in the health care, food
processing, and manufacturing industries
Andrew Rowan, PhD- Chief-of-staff for the Humane Society of the United
States, has 28 years of experience worldwide in public policy
relating to animal and environmental issues
Kathleen Savesky- Executive director of the Leonard X. Bosack & Bette M.
Kruger Charitable Foundation
Ed Sayres- President of the American Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals
Michael Selmi, Esq- Lawyer for 17 years, and has spent the last nine
years as a law professor at George Washington University Law School
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