#215: The Power of the Consumer: How Your Choices Can Reduce Animal Suffering with Mercy For Animals
“We are on a mission to change our food system to be one that is more sustainable, compassionate, and just for everybody.” —Jennifer Behr, Mercy for Animals
In this episode, I chat with Jennifer Behr from the non-profit animal advocacy organization Mercy For Animals about the Count Your Chickens Report and how your purchasing decisions can help reduce suffering for broiler chickens.
Some of the topics covered in today’s episode include:
Mercy for Animal’s Count Your Chickens Report
Factory farms and how common are they
Animal cruelty in animal agriculture
How to make an impact in the lives of farm animals if you aren’t ready to adopt an exclusively plant-based diet
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Jennifer Behr
More about my honored guest:
My name is Jennifer Behr and I'm a corporate relations specialist at Mercy For Animals. I work with companies throughout the food industry to implement a set of welfare standards for broiler chickens, The Better Chicken Commitment. MFA recently published our first-ever Count Your Chickens Report, which examines which companies are demonstrating progress towards their promised welfare improvements for chickens. Mercyforanimals.org
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