Aramark, the largest US-based food company, and Campbell’s Soup both recently committed to completely eliminate gestation crates from their pork supply chains. Aramark has committed to this phaseout by 2017 and Campbell’s has committed to a 2022 goal, but hopes to have made progress by 2017.
Aramark and Campbell’s are the latest businesses to commit to a 100% gestation crate-free supply chain policy, following similar recent announcements made by more than 20 companies, including McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Burger King, Tim Hortons, Sonic, Compass
MFA hopes these most recent announcements will encourage other food distributers, including Walmart, Domino’s, Target, Publix, Delhaize, Giant Eagle, and others, to make similar commitments to phase out gestation crates–one of the cruelest forms of animal abuse in existence–from their supply chains in the near future. In fact, MFA is calling on Walmart to commit to such a phaseout after an MFA undercover investigation revealed blatant abuse of mother pigs at one of Walmart’s pork suppliers. Learn more, and take action, at WalmartCruelty.com. Follow the MFA campaign at WalmartCrueltyTour.com.
While eliminating gestation crates from the pork supply chain is a positive step in the right direction, it certainly doesn’t make pork products cruelty-free. The best action you can take is to adopt a vegetarian diet, and encourage friends, family, coworkers, and neighbors to do the same. For delicious, cruelty-free recipes, visit ChooseVeg.com. For your free Vegetarian Starter Kit, click here.
