The campaign to end factory farming #TurnYourNoseUp at factory farming today by only buying from local, high welfare, UK farmers – or going meat-free. Sign up for Newsletters It only takes 15secs Follow us: Campaigns & Videos Red Tractor, Improve Your Standards The Red Tractor label does not go far enough to ensure high animal welfare on accredited pig farms. Take action by submitting a consultation response and/or signing our petition asking for improvements. Consultation Guide Sign Petition Implications of Global Trade We need to keep pressure on MPs to support some crucial amendments to the Trade Bill that focus on the environment, food safety, quality, hygiene and traceability, animal welfare, human rights and equalities & labour standards. Find Out More Ask your MP to support Farmers in India Indian farmers are striking against the threat of consolidation and industrialisation. In the UK, this has already squeezed smaller farmers off the land, intensified farming practices and given too much power to supermarkets. Find Out More Sign Petition Let’s End Factory Farming Factory farmed pork may seem cheap on the supermarket shelf, but the true costs are felt by the health of animals, farmers, consumers & the environment. With your support we can continue to campaign against the powerful global corporations that are damaging our food system, while also supporting a network of smaller scale, high welfare pig farms, local abattoirs and butchers across the UK. Sign Up The Issues Donate Guide to Pork Labelling Previous High Welfare Labels Next Organic These pigs can roam freely between outdoors and shelter their entire lives. They are happy & healthy. The ‘Soil Association Organic Standard’ is one of only a few schemes that chooses to “set it’s standards even higher than the minimum EU organic requirements”. Free Range These pigs are free to roam and express their natural instinctive behaviours such as rooting, nesting and playing. These pigs are healthier & happier and don’t require regular antibiotics. RSPCA Assured + Outdoor Bred/Reared Breeding sows are free range their whole lives. The piglets are free-range until weaning, when they are moved indoors. Fattening pigs are kept in light and airy straw-based systems. Previous Improved Welfare Labels Next RSPCA Assured This scheme covers both indoor and outdoor rearing systems. Pigs that are kept permanently indoors have more space and are provided with material such as straw to root around in. Outdoor Reared Breeding sows are free range their whole lives. The piglets are free-range until weaning, when they are moved indoors. The fattening pigs are more likely to be kept in light and airy straw-based systems. Outdoor Bred Breeding sows are free range for their whole lives. The piglets are free-range until weaning, when they are moved indoors. Fattening pigs are likely to be kept in intensive systems unless the RSPCA Assured logo is present as well. Previous Low Welfare Labels Next Red Tractor Red Tractor allows for intensive production and is not a ‘guarantee’ of good animal welfare. Pigs can be confined in intensive, indoor facilities, often on bare concrete for the entire lives. Breeding sows are confined in cages for up to 2.5 months/year. Standard UK Minimum UK Standard legal requirements allow for intensive production. Pigs are likely to be confined in intensive, indoor facilities, often on bare concrete for the entire lives. Breeding sows are confined in cages for up to 2.5 months/year. Standard EU Will almost certainly have come from an intensive factory farm. Breeding sows can be confined in cages for up to 4.5 months/year. Fattening pigs are kept permanently indoors on slatted floors with no bedding. Pork Labelling Guide “Use the power of your purse to only buy from real farms, not animal factories. When buying pork, look for the high welfare labels RSPCA Assured, Free Range or best of all Organic. Go direct to the farmer via farmers’ markets, online or local box schemes.” Pork Labelling Guide High Welfare Directory Tweets by farmsnotfactory Recent ArticlesView All February 19th, 2021 0 Pay a Bit More – For Humanity’s Sake 🐽 Pay a Bit More – For Humanity’s Sake Actor, Jeremy Irons says, “Only 1 out of every 5 pigs… Read More Newsletter February 12th, 2021 0 Industrial Agriculture – A System Failure? 👩🌾 Rooting for Real Farms – Red Deer Farm Louise and her family run Red Deer Farm Rare Breeds in… Read More Newsletter February 10th, 2021 0 Farm Case Study 29: Red Deer Farm, Exmoor 👩🌾 Louise runs Red Deer Rare Breeds in Exmoor home to Middle White pigs of which there are around 1-200… Read More COVID-19 Farming Impact, Rooting for Real Farms