Dr. Janet Helms - Animal Welfare Standards: Good for animals. Good for farmers
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Animal Welfare Standards: Good for animals. Good for farmers - Dr. Janet Helms, National Director, American Humane, from the 2017 NIAA Annual Conference, U.S. Animal Agriculture's Future Role In World Food Production - Obstacles & Opportunities, April 4 - 6, Columbus, OH, USA. More presentations at http://www.trufflemedia.com/agmedia/conference/2017_niaa_us_animal_ag_future_role_world_food_production
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Dr. Janet Helms - Animal Welfare Standards: Good for animals. Good for farmers
- 1. Animal Welfare Standards: Good for animals. Good for farmers. Janet Helms, DVM MBA American Humane National Director, Farm Program Janeth@americanhumane.org
- 3. History of AHA/AH • Founded in 1877 in Ohio • 1886 Included children in its agenda • 1894 “The man who was cruel to his beast would be unkind to his wife and child” • 1910 Protected draft horses with Police • 1940 Lobbied to protect the bald eagle • A Rated Charity by Charity Watch
- 4. American Humane Programs • 1916 Red Star Animal Relief to Europe • 1940 Humane Hollywood • 2000 Farm Program • 2016 Humane Conservation • Human Animal Bond Research • Veterans
- 5. Caucus for Humane Bond • 33-Member bipartisan caucus • Bringing a commonsense, scientific and rational dialogue to the issues surrounding the physical, emotional, and even medical connections between humans and animals.
- 6. US Agricultural Systems • 1 to 4 … –1 to 155 • 22% –2% • 25% –10% • Today, 1 in 5 …
- 8. Standards: 2000 • Five Freedoms • Scientific Advisory Council • EU standards as starting point • Adapted to US practices
- 9. Five Freedoms • Freedom from hunger or thirst by ready access to fresh water and a diet to maintain full health and vigour • Freedom from discomfort by providing an appropriate environment including shelter and a comfortable resting area • Freedom from pain, injury or disease by prevention or rapid diagnosis and treatment • Freedom to express (most) normal behaviour by providing sufficient space, proper facilities and company of the animal's own kind • Freedom from fear and distress by ensuring conditions and treatment which avoid mental suffering
- 10. American Humane Certified™ • Largest and first farm animal welfare program • Science based • Some of the brands in the program:
- 11. American Humane Certified™ • Enriched Colony Hens • Cage Free Hens • Pastured Hens • Free Range Hens • Turkeys • Broilers • Dairy Cattle • Dairy Goats • Pork • Beef • Ducks
- 12. Educational Farms: Fair Oaks Farms • 2,900 sow operation • Educational facility bringing the public to the farm • The Pig Adventure, Mooville, Crop Adventure, Farrowing barn, Interactive Exhibits, a Ropes Course and a Redwood Tree House
- 13. Good for Animals
- 14. What’s Different? • All animals should be raised humanely • Farm Culture • Education • Natural behaviors • Space • Access to other animals • Painful procedures
- 15. Nest Pad
- 16. Nest Pad
- 17. What should the outdoor space allowance be? • From the perspective of the consumer? • Free Range Eggs • Pasture Raised Eggs
- 18. Area: 2 sq ft v 21.8 sq ft
- 19. American Humane Farm Program Scientific Advisory Committee Jason K. Apple, PhD, University of Arkansas Joy A. Mench, PhD, University of California- Davis Kurt D. Vogel, PhD, University of Wisconsin - River Falls Paul Thompson, PhD, Michigan State University S.F. (Sarge) Bilgili, DVM, PhD, Auburn University Simone T. Stoute, DVM, PhD, DACPV, University of California- Davis Susan E. Watkins, PhD, University of Arkansas Temple Grandin, PhD, Colorado State University Terry Engle, PhD, Colorado State University Thomas D. Parsons, VMD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania Yvonne Vizzier Thaxton, PhD, University of Arkansas Ann C. Wilkinson, DVM, One Health Consultant Anne C. Fanatico, PhD, Appalachian State University Candace C. Croney, PhD, Purdue University Cassandra B. Tucker, PhD, University of California Charles L. Hofacre, DVM, MAM, PhD, University of Georgia Darrin M. Karcher, PhD, Purdue University David Newman, PhD, North Dakota State University Guy Heaton Loneragan, PhD, Texas Tech University Inmaculada Estévez, PhD, Neiker-Tecnalia James Reynolds, DVM, MPVM, Western University of Health Sciences Janice E. Kritchevsky, VMD, MS, Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine
- 20. Aud-what? Why do I need an accountant? • 3rd party audit • Culture of Zero Tolerance for Animal Abuse • Worker training • Risk management
- 21. An Affordable Ethical Choice
- 22. Program Team • Every farm has a team to help • Continuous Improvement • Personnel: – Farm Operations Managers (3) – Senior Advisor – Veterinary Consultant – Program Director – Strategic Alliances Manager – Chief Marketing Officer
- 23. Other Claims/Labels… • Never Ever Antibiotics • Non GMO • Never Ever 3 (no antibiotics, no hormones, no GMOs) • Retro Production • If a farm animal gets sick, it must be treated with the guidance of the herd/flock veterinarian
- 24. Opportunities for Continuous Improvement & Research: • Stunning of poultry • Transportation of livestock • Sow housing • Pain management • Identification methods • Disposal of spent hens • Sexing embryos • Killing male chicks • Colostrum management • Hormones (repro) • Disease control • Depopulation • Drug residues
- 25. Good for Farmers
- 27. Consumer Brand Research • 5,900 consumers • 94.9% are concerned about farm animal welfare • 75.7% are willing to pay more for humanely raised meat, dairy, poultry, and eggs • Humanely raised label ranked as the highest in importance over antibiotic free, organic and natural labeled products
- 28. Top Notch Husbandry, Top Notch Care As a percent of TOTAL: Dried < 200K, Fresh < 200K 76.0% Dried < 200K, Fresh > 200K 13.2% Dried > 200K, Fresh > 200K 1.6% Dried > 200K, Fresh < 200K 9.3% 100.0% UnInfected New Cases Chronic Cures
- 31. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
- 32. Looking Forward… • The future is about farmers, ranchers, animals, AND consumers, retailers, restaurants, government, regulatory agencies, NGOs, auditors, certifiers, educators… • Healthy animals provide healthy food.
- 34. Humane Table • Safe and wholesome meat, poultry, dairy and eggs provided by animals raised humanely according to standards based upon the Five Freedoms of Animal Welfare • Humane Table Chefs are dedicated culinary masters that support and prefer ethically raised meat, poultry, dairy and eggs • Chefs including Tony Seta, Aida Mollenkamp, Alex Seidel, Beth Fisher, Douglas Keane, Jennifer Jasinski, Kevin Gillespie, Lon Symensma, Peter Underhill, Todd Gray, Troy Guard, Kevin Taylor
Editor's Notes
- Animals in Transit, federal legislation Child Labor legislation – much of the labor law legislation today is linked to this early work Franklin Delanore Roosevelt Activism or good citizenship?
- The bipartisan Caucus for the Humane Bond is devoted to bringing a commonsense, scientific and rational dialogue to the issues surrounding the physical, emotional, and even medical connections between humans and animals. The caucus will play an important role strengthening the humane bond between people and animals in working environments, our homes, hospitals, educational settings, the wild and agriculture, unleashing the power of our connection to benefit both and create healthy, sustainable and humane communities.
- https://www.factretriever.com/farming-facts 1 farmer fed 4 people in 1930; now feeds 155 22% of pop were farmers in 1930; now 2% Cost 25% of our cash; now is 10% … lowest in the world. These developments are through science and technology. And 97% of farms are family owned 1 in 5 children is suffering from hunger…
- Many organizations provide audits, not as many provide Animal Welfare Audits. Some are very good partners to industry, working to help improve the welfare of animals. Why are we different? Written for modern agricultural practices; small farmer or large farmer focused. 95% of food in the US is produced intensively; I would rather cover more animals with good welfare over “retro” practices. GAP favors extensive production – access to outdoors for example. We acknowledge and accept confinement to get 9 Billion animals and covering more animals than other programs. Prep School Kids or Public School Kids. All Farmer Focused. Food should be safe and affordable and ethically raised.
- Animal centric, measurable, reasonable, attainable, to incorporate large and small operations and ensure as many animals as possible can fall into the “flock” of Springer Mountain Farms 2000 Clover Stornetta 2001 Phill’s Eggs 2001 Federation of Animal Scientists Society, Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Modern Agriculture: We helped Ohio write the Animal Welfare Guidelines over the course of several years, preventing a Prop 2 type legislative attack
- Incomplete list – Red Barn Some based in Ohio Rembrandt
- Enriched Colony Housing is the preferred housing in EU -It’s the preferred method of housing hens according the Coalition for a Sustainable Egg Supply. 4 year study, comparing production methods for animal welfare, food safety, worker safety, sustainability and affordability. The whole world is not gong to be cage free. The cost is too high. Meets qualifications for Prop 2 in CA – OR/WA we assisted in drafting their legislation to allow Enriched Colony Housing. **We collaborate with farmers and industry to create environments for animals. We don’t want to legislate, however we help when asked.
- Insert photo from Fair Oaks PR piece #1 agritourism place in the USA "This is a historic day for American animal agriculture as we celebrate the marriage of the human treatment of animals and 21st-century pig farming," said Jon Hoek, vice president of pig production at Fair Oaks Farms. "We praise the leadership of Dr. Robin Ganzert and American Humane for upholding objective, science-based standards, which now confirm that Fair Oaks Farms is a responsible steward of the animals under its care at The Pig Adventure. Our American Humane Certification is good news for pigs, people, and the growing population of consumers that depend on us for ethically raised, affordable protein.“ http://fofarms.com/adventures/pig-adventure
- Voluntary program. Here to help our customers do it – ie worker training. Shine a light on the best practices. We were the first to require for example a Zero Tolerance Policy. Whistleblower Policy. Etc. We usually start with good farmers – they have accepted and met our standards before we come in and audit them. Good farmers know before they count because the birds/cows/pigs look good. You know when you step into the barn… 12% of hens are in cage free or pasture / free range / enriched colony Pigs in gestation crates: Continuous crate usage do not allow pigs to have enough space, demonstrate natural behaviors, and access to other animals Painful procedures – castration, dehorning.
- We require our producers to provide a nest pad.
- What does the consumer expect? Organic standard is 2 sq ft Our standard is 21.8 sq ft Pasture: 108 sq ft Better for the hens – you can rotate so you have good vegetation cover that meets consumer expectation for a trust label. Cant get by with 2 sq ft.
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- Thanking SAC
- Accountability. Do we do what we say we do? Metrics. Striving for continuous improvement. 3rd Party Audit: We don’t assess we audit independently. Metrics –graded systems. Assures consistency and accountabilty from year to year Strive for continuous improvement. Not an assessment. Risk Management Tool
- Personnel: Farm Operations Managers (3) : Dr. Laurie Mack (PHD in swine behavior), Rich Musselman (started in HR with Home Depot, Lowes; owned his own business; joined AHA ~8 years ago; originally from a farm in IL), Connor Reynolds (UNC grad, background in cattle). Each covers regionally. Senior Consultant : Kathi Brock, background in PR & marketing, been with AHA for many years Veterinary Consultant : Dr. Don Hoenig (mixed animal practice, State Vet of Maine, been with AHA for 3 years) Program Director : Dr. Janet Helms (large animal practice, industry experience including pharmacovigilance, training and development, technical services) Strategic Alliances Manager : ~75% of time dedicated to AHC Chief Marketing Officer: Jack Hubbard, ten years of experience at Berman ~25% of time dedicated to AHC
- American Humane produced and distributed at our expense a national television PSA encouraging people to buy American Humane Certified products. The spot, which recently was cited as being in the top 10 percent of most-aired PSAs in the country, has been broadcast 24,928 times across the country so far, generating 391,703,714 actual audience impressions. The advertising/promotional value to producers of this airtime to date is $3,390,208. Here is the spot: https://vimeo.com/112395155
- Cautious of raising the price of production or removing consumer choice Retro production can put food safety at risk… Our mission is animal welfare. Healthy animals deliver heathy food. Obligation to treat animals Our labels are all about the animal – not human safety. Please bring my any research…
- Social responsibility Ethics Food safety And creating good welfare…
- Panoramic
- We are the third leg on the stool – animal welfare!!! The food The safety of the food The welfare of the animal
- What Else can I do? -Consider the consumer in everything we do -Remember the Red Faced Test…. We need to tell our story without explaining away -Step up to the plate. Share your practices by being open to a 3rd party auditing process.