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Sustainable Dish Episode 23: Animal Welfare Standards with Andrew Gunther

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On this episode of the Sustainable Dish podcast, I speak with Andrew Gunther of Animal Welfare Approved and A Greener World about animal welfare practices, the meat industry, and the importance of consumer choice.

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Executive director of A Greener World, Program director at Animal Welfare Approved

What led Andrew to Animal Welfare standards

AWA is a lens for consumers to identify farms that are following high welfare practices

Whole Food 5 step program

AWA approval label

Influence of price

Consumer trust

3rd party certifications

Meeting AWA standards

Stationary animals and disease

Chicken industry

Industrial breeding vs. AWA standardss

AWA slaughtering

Grassfed certification

Laws vary by country

 Social justice issues and human/workers rights in slaughter industry

Labor laws

Empowering the consumer to make the choice

Vegetable farming & Mono cultures
Morals
Natural death does not equate painless death

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