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Baby Chicks Buried Alive at Costco Chicken Supplier, Mercy For Animals Investigation Reveals
Legal complaint filed after investigation uncovers horrific cruelty, organic violations, and biosecurity failures tied to Costco’s chicken supply chain RALEIGH, N.C. — Mercy For Animals has filed a legal complaint following an undercover investigation at an organic chicken farm that raises chickens for Costco. The investigator uncovered chickens beaten with sticks and left alive in […]
In Iowa, One Family Proves a Different Future for Farming Is Possible
After decades of hog farming, an Iowa family transitions to specialty mushroom production and becomes Transfarmation’s second demonstration hub IOWA — In the nation’s leading pork-producing state, a former hog-farming family is proving that a different future for farming is possible. The Faaborg family, who spent the last three decades raising pigs in Iowa, transformed […]
Official Statements
Statement from Mercy For Animals on the Senate Agriculture Committee’s Farm Bill Markup
The following statement regarding the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry’s Farm Bill markup may be attributed to Arash Yomtobian, President and CEO of Mercy For Animals: Today, during a highly anticipated markup in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, the Farm Bill failed to advance—and despite strong indications that a […]
Statement from Mercy For Animals on Senate Farm Bill Draft Excluding Save Our Bacon Act Provisions
The following statement regarding the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry’s release of its baseline Farm Bill text may be attributed to Arash Yomtobian, President and CEO of Mercy For Animals: The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry’s initial draft of the Farm Bill does not include provisions from the Save Our […]
Opinions
Canadian consumers deserve proof, not promises, on animal welfare
A decade ago, major food companies promised Canadians they would improve animal welfare in their supply chains. For millions of animals, those promises should have meant less suffering, fewer cages, and better living conditions. For consumers, they should have meant confidence that the brands they support were delivering meaningful change – not just making headlines. […]
Opinion: This Earth Day, Progress Is In Your Hands
Op-ed by Arash Yomtobian published in Plant Based News on April 22, 2026.
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