Compassion in World Farming USA

😳 There’s something in your pork the FDA doesn’t want to talk about.

TAKE ACTION to protect food safety: https://bit.ly/3Lp6dpK

😳 There’s something in your pork the FDA doesn’t want to talk about.

TAKE ACTION to protect food safety: https://bit.ly/3Lp6dpK

#pork #pigs #foodsafety #animalwelfare

Family farmers support #Prop12.

#WashingtonDC #Farmers #EATSAct #SaveOurBaconAct

Live from DC: more than 200 farmers gathered to meet with Congress and share their opposition to the EATS Act and support for #Prop12.

This morning, they are hosting a rally in front of the Capitol.

#farmers #animalwelfare #agriculture

🚨NEW UNDERCOVER FOOTAGE🚨

This is the cruel slaughter method the world’s first octopus farm
@PescanovaCorp
plans to use.

Ask your policymakers to keep them wild: bit.ly/4o6N8GJ

⚠️ Distressing content

#WorldOctopusDay

Read more:
📰 www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oc...

📰 www.commondreams.org/opinion/pork...

Two new op-eds from our team this week:

📢 In The Washington Times, we break down #Prop12 and why it matters for animals and democracy.

📢 In @commondreams.org, we expose how the pork lobby’s power grab puts farmers and voters at risk.

Farmed animals don’t belong on the climate sidelines.
At Climate Week NYC 2025, Compassion in World Farming made sure they weren’t.

Check out the full roundup of our involvement:
🔗https://www.ciwf.com/media-and-news/blog/farmed-animals-take-the-spotlight-at-climate-week-nyc-2025/

CIWF US Executive Director Matthew Dominguez just delivered a powerful keynote at SORA, connecting animal welfare & regenerative agriculture!

Bringing animals back to pasture is key to climate solutions. #ClimateWeekNYC #RegenerativeAgriculture #EndFactoryFarming

Animal Welfare Progress Is Real, and it’s Reshaping Our Food System Jack Hubbard’s recent column, “Activists Struggling With Corporate Campaigns,” offers a biased spin that overlooks the real story. The truth is that farm animal welfare reforms are gaining unstoppable...

Animal welfare progress isn’t stalling—it’s accelerating.

- Nearly 50% of eggs are cage-free
- 40%+ of pork from crate-free systems
- Nearly 1B chickens set to benefit from reforms

📢 Read our latest rebuttal in Meatingplace:
meatingplace.com/animal-welfa...

the Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan skyline in New York City with "Climate Week New York City 2025" over top

CIWF US is at #ClimateWeekNYC! 🌱

Join us as we highlight how animal welfare & food system transformation are essential to climate solutions.

Follow for updates from our events all week! #ClimateAction #AnimalWelfare

Politicians bragged about who makes the “best pork” at a hearing on Prop 12. But before pork is a product, it’s a pig—smart, social, and stuck in a cage.

Tell Congress: Oppose the #SaveOurBaconAct. 🐷
#Prop12 #AnimalWelfare #FactoryFarming

Raising Slower Growing Chickens Could Reduce Their Suffering for a Lower Cost Than You Might Think A new framework aims to quantify farm animal suffering for better decisions about the way we produce food.

CIWF was in touch with @gaeacabico.bsky.social regarding a Welfare Footprint Institute report highlighting that slower-growing chicken breeds suffer much less than those bred to grow unnaturally fast.

Full story from @sentientmedia.org:

sentientmedia.org/slower-growi...

Our #EndIt petition calling for a fairer food system has hit one MILLION signatures! 🎉

This is a major victory for animals, people and the planet. We’ll soon hand it over to world leaders at the UN. Thank you for your support. 💚

Just 10 days left to sign our petition to end factory farming ‼️ #EndIt

Help us call on global leaders to deliver fair reform to our food system: ciwf.end.it/sign/

Factory farming causes immense suffering to billions of animals, jeopardizes our health and harms the planet.

Help us urge world leaders to #EndIt for good: END.IT

#ProtectProp12 Stop the power grab!! House Ag Committee had a meeting this morning to allow the Big AG to try once again to void states rights. @housedemocrats.bsky.social @housegop.bsky.social @forbes.com @booker.senate.gov
@sanders.senate.gov @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com

Respecting consumer choice and local values isn’t commerce interference; it’s responsible regulation.

Again, claims that #Prop12 “dramatically” disrupts interstate commerce are overstated. The law simply sets humane standards for products sold in CA, just like other states regulate safety and labeling.

Investigation footage of cruelty—like what Rep. LaMalfa mentions—is not the exception: it’s the rule on many factory farms. These conditions are standard practice, hidden from public view. It’s time for transparency and real change. #AnimalWelfare #FactoryFarming #Prop12

REMINDER: Gestation crates are tiny metal cages where pregnant pigs are trapped, unable to turn, lie down comfortably, or even nest. They spend most of their lives confined like this, stripped of dignity and natural behavior. This is cruelty, plain and simple. #EndGestationCrates #AnimalWelfare

Bills like EATS threaten to override democratically elected policies like Prop 12, stripping states of their power to set animal welfare standards that reflect voters’ values. Democracy means respecting local voices over corporate interests, people over profit. #Prop12 #AnimalWelfare #Democracy

Animal welfare laws have long been managed by states, allowing policies that reflect local values, farming practices, and community needs.

State authority ensures flexibility and innovation while keeping regulations practical and effective. #StatesRights #AnimalWelfare

Science shows pigs deserve enough space to move freely, turn around, lie down comfortably, and express natural behaviors. They’re intelligent, social animals—not just commodities. Humane treatment isn’t optional; it’s a scientific and ethical imperative. #AnimalWelfare #Prop12

Critics say Prop 12 isn’t “science-based” but decades of research show pigs suffer in extreme confinement. Science supports giving animals space to move, lie down, and express natural behaviors. Prop 12 is grounded in both evidence and ethics. #AnimalWelfare #Prop12

14 states have laws regulating how pigs and other farm animals are treated. Ten states ban cruel gestation crates. Prop 12 is part of a growing movement to ensure pigs can move, lie down, and live with dignity. It's time more states followed suit. 🐖 #AnimalWelfare #Prop12

Prop 12 is a crucial first step toward a future where pigs are treated with dignity and respect. We must keep pushing for standards that ensure humane living conditions for all farm animals. #AnimalWelfare #Prop12

Rep. Finstad asks questions about the treatment of animals, focusing on feed, health, etc.

What wasn't asked--do these pigs have space to turn around? Do they have space to comfortably lie down? #Prop12

Prop 12 wasn’t dreamed up by outsiders—it was shaped by farmers, experts, and advocates who understand hog barns firsthand. Real change comes from listening to those who know the industry inside and out. #Prop12 #FarmersVoices #AnimalWelfare

Prop 12 pushes back against industry conglomerates that wield outsized control over farm practices, forcing farmers to conform to profit-driven standards. It’s a needed step to restore more ethics and fairness in agriculture. #Prop12 #BigAg #AnimalWelfare