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 Interview with Jyoti Fernandes Jyoti Fernandes from The Landworkers’ Alliance talks to us about how we are at a critical moment of change to our farming system. Find Out More Greggs, Say NO to Toxic US Food Deal! Your sausage roll could soon have a new ingredient… ractopamine-dosed pork from the US & Brazil. Ask Greggs to say no! Find Out More Sign Petition Impact of Covid-19 on our Food System Case study interviews with industry experts & farmers about the impact that covid-19 has had on our food system. More Case Studies 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 January 14th, 2021 0 Agri-industry Vs. Agro-ecology 🐷 A Pigs Life! Today we launch the first in a 6-part series portraying the life of pigs. We will… Read More Newsletter January 7th, 2021 0 A Time for Enlightenment 🚜 Oxford Real Farming Conference – 7 days of online inspiration The Oxford Real Farming Conference started today (with the… Read More Newsletter December 18th, 2020 0 Real Farmers Need Protection 🚜 Massive protests in India On the outskirts of Delhi, hundreds of thousands of farmers have been blocking many of… Read More Newsletter