10/22 Squad Update - And Talking Turkeys

Hello Readers,

Here is your (late) update from our 10/22 meeting!

But first, we want you to know that we've been working with the staff members Bill Malloy, Joe Holtz and Joe Szladek to put together animal welfare information outlining how the turkeys the co-op sells are treated.  We're hoping to have that finalized shortly and we want to thank the staffers for being so generous with their time and information.  The information we assemble will be a handout distributed at the PSFC so keep an eye out for it in the literature dispensers and we will try to include it on the blog as well.

 

 photo by Slideshow Bruce

Updates:

(No) Animal Testing List -  This has been moving a little slowly but we're still gathering info, researching and updating the spreadsheet.  Please see the Animal Testing Co-Op Product Info page (there's a tab at the top of the blog, too) to see where we are now.  If you have questions about a specific product, please let us know at psfcanimals at gmail dot com

Farm Animal Issues - We're currently focusing on the turkey information flyer but have also started brainstorming regarding which other food-centric holidays might bring up farm animal welfare issues that we can consider building some information resources for; so far our list includes:  Easter, Passover, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Christmas, Hannukah, Valentine's Day and Summer BBQ season.  (Can you think of more?)  {Edited 11/19:  We will be focusing on building some regular farm vendor/product animal welfare sheets first and, once that's done, in the future we'll focus on holiday-specific items the co-op carries.}

It's good to note that we've just started and we're learning as we go.  The turkey treatment flyer is a nice learning experience in terms of who to speak with, how information at the PSFC is distributed and what kind of resource the group would like to provide while maintaining alignment with our mission of bringing animal welfare information to the membership as  it relates to products we sell!  

Thanks for reading and please contact us with your questions!

Jesse on behalf of the Animal Welfare Committee

{A previous version of this post included incorrect names for the meat buyers.  This is a corrected version and I'm sorry for the error!}