BEEF

Heartland Meats, Inc

Heartland Meats is family owned and operated cattle operation, as well as a century-old grain farm in rural Mendota, Illinois. The owner's great grandfather, John Sondgeroth, established the farm in 1903. His grandfather, Charles, and father Robert, continued to build and improve the farm over the years. John and Pat Sondgeroth have been farming since 1978 and have been operating the family farm since 1987. In order to diversify the 21st century farm, Heartland Meats has chosen to raise and process a specialty beef called Piedmontese.

The Piedmontese cattle breed emerged from Piedmont, Italy, the alpine region which is a secluded pocket, naturally protected by the Alps. Two breeds of cattle, Aurochs and Zebu, through natural selection, have evolved over the centuries to become the Piedmontese breed - Italy’s number one beef breed. In the early 1980’s the first Piedmontese were introduced to North America. Because of America’s desire to lower its total fat content in their diets, the Piedmontese Beef has been an increasingly popular option for many. The combination of naturally lean meat with a tender texture and remarkable flavor in many ways far out-paces competing breeds.

Heartland Meats sells its beef directly to you, fresh frozen. To do this, they own a federally inspected processing plant south of Mendota, where they process only their beef. It is done under U.S.D.A. inspections, which means there is a federal inspector inspecting the plant daily. Heartland Meats products carry a federal label stating that the meat is "All Natural" and "Raised Without the Use of Added Hormones."

Heartland Meats are also available at select markets in the Illinois and Wisconsin areas as well as by ordering on line at www.heartlandmeats.com

CHICKEN

Springer Mountain Farms®

For Springer Mountain Farms, being an American Humane Certified producer has been good for its chickens, its business and its customers.

In 1999, Springer Mountain Farms became the world’s first poultry producer to become American Humane Certified. The decision to apply for certification was a logical outgrowth of the company’s concern for the humane treatment of farm animals, as well as its philosophy about healthy practices to ensure a quality product.

All of the chicken products sold under the Springer Mountain Farms label are American Humane Certified. Approximately 100 farms -- mostly small, family-owned operations within a 35-mile radius of Baldwin, Ga. -- provide chickens for the Springer Mountain Farms brand. And every single one of them has met the American Humane Certified animal welfare standards.

Springer Mountain Farms feeds its chickens an all-vegetarian diet, which is one of the two major factors that loyal customers attribute the delicious taste of the chicken. The other factor is the lower-stress environment associated with following the American Humane Certified standards.

Springer Mountain Farms’ products can be found in stores across the eastern half of the United States.

DAIRY

Clover Stornetta

In 2000, Clover Stornetta Farms became the first dairy in the U.S. to be awarded the American Humane Certified label for humanely produced dairy products. Certification of humane practices precipitated significant changes for Clover Stornetta’s producers and for the cows. Several new barns were built so the cows would have room to come in out of the weather. Recognizing the social nature of cows, Clover producers allowed the cows to congregate, rather than live in separate pens. Tails are no longer docked, and in some cases bedding is changed three times a day. These management practices have further improved milk quality, and generated consumer appreciation and loyalty.

With their strong emphasis on quality, Clover Stornetta introduced its North Coast Excellence program in 1995, with full third party certification in 1999. North Coast Excellence Certified guarantees that all of the milk bottled at the plant is from only the top milk producers in the North Coast region and comes from cows not treated with rBST (Bovine Growth Hormone). The milk is extensively tested at each stage of production in our on-site lab.

Clover Stornetta products can be found in select stores and restaurants in California, Nevada and Arizona.

Kleinpeter Farms

Family owned since 1913, Kleinpeter Farms provides dairy products without using recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH) or recombinant Bovine Somatotrophin (rBST), Kleinpeter manages a herd of more than 700 cows on a 1,500 acre farm in Montpelier, La. The company was the recipient of the 2007 Louisiana Wildlife Federation Conservation Award for developing a model of cooperation between the business of agriculture and conservation of the environment. Kleinpeter provides environmentally sensitive housing for its cows and produces much of the forage the cows feed on. The farm’s state-of-the art facility incorporates the latest in dairy science, agriculture and conservation practices.

Kleinpeter’s milk and dairy products can be found in the Baton Rouge area.

Jeff Kleinpeter talks about the American Humane Certified program:

‘When the American Humane Association performs their annual audit of us, they don’t merely do a “walk through” and look at our records, and “take our word” for things, they really look at the animals and examine them…they look at our records in our computer systems…they look at how we raise our calves, and they look at all of this very skeptically.

They want to see us succeed, but they know we can’t succeed if we don’t treat our cows right, and with the highest dignity.

We scored a perfect score on our last random inspection from AHA. I was very proud of this. We are the only dairy in the history of AHA that has ever scored a perfect score on an inspection…in the history of AHA!!”

Loleta Cheese Company

Loleta Cheese Company is a small cheese factory located in Loleta, Calif., a farming community situated along the state’s scenic northern coast. Founded in 1982 by Bob and Carol Laffranchi, the company uses traditional recipes and techniques to create a variety of cheddar, jack, havarti and other cheeses. Each vat of cheese is worked by hand, which allows the natural goodness of the milk to come through.
This Old World approach is just part of the story behind Loleta’s success. Another major factor is how humanely the company treats its cows. In 1998 the Laffranchis added a dairy farm to their operation and started producing their own milk. The company’s herd of over 900 cows, regularly graze in the tall grasses and rich clover on Loleta’s land. Loleta ensures that its cows are warm and dry in the winter by preparing indoor accommodations with a thick layer of wood shavings and tree bark.

Loleta cheeses are marketed throughout the coastal areas of Northern California and are available at the factory store in Loleta or online at http://www.loletacheese.com/. Loleta cheeses are also available through Pacific Cheese Co. in Hayward, Calif., and Sage Marketing in Sonoma, Calif.

Old Chatham Sheepherding Company

With a herd of 1,200 sheep, which graze on more than 600 organically managed grass pastures in Old Chatham, New York, the Old Chatham Sheepherding Company is the largest producer of sheep's milk in the country. Sheep's milk products from Old Chatham have unique health benefits because protein in sheep's milk is double that of cow's milk and the calcium content is 50 percent greater. Old Chatham products are 100 percent natural and do not use gums, fiber, gelatin, pectin, powdered milk or stabilizers. There is no refined sugar, nor preservatives, artificial flavors or colors added. The farm also does not use hormones, routine antibiotics or herbicides and pesticides.

Old Chatham Sheepherding Company’s products can be found in gourmet and specialty stores across the nation and online at their website.

Red Barn Family Farms

Four family dairy farms in Wisconsin make up the Red Barn Family Farms brand, which was founded in 2007. Its founder, Terry Homan, started Red Barn after working for 12 years as a veterinarian in rural Wisconsin. He believes that there should be transparency in how milk on store shelves is produced -- from the feed to the sale.

Red Barn selected each of the farms in their “family” for its ability to meet strict standards, called “The Red Barn Rules.” The rules ensure that every cow demonstrates excellence in health and quality of milk. Each farm must also pass an inspection by American Humane Certified. This ensure consumers that the cows are treated humanely and that the milk is produced without using the genetically engineered bovine growth hormone rBST.
The quality and taste of the milk is the result of the production style of the family farms from which it comes. The Red Barn Family Farms line of milk products is bottled at Lamers Dairy, a small, family-owned bottling plant in Appleton, Wis.

The Red Barn products -- skim (nonfat) milk, 2% reduced-fat milk and whole milk -- are available in Milwaukee.

Rumiano Cheese Company

American Humane Certification is a natural fit for Rumiano Cheese Company’s organic line of cheeses. For more than 85 years, the Rumiano family has placed as much importance on treating its cows humanely as producing its signature products. Located along the scenic Northern California coast in Crescent City, the company receives its milk from independent, third- and fourth-generation dairy farmers whose untethered Jersey cows graze year-round in the mild region’s lush pastures. Rumiano ensures that these cows never receive artificial hormones. In addition, the company has given cleanliness and quality bonuses to suppliers since the 1970s, rewarding those who produce the highest-quality milk.

Rumiano Cheese Company was founded in 1921 by three brothers whose legacy of quality and commitment to humane practices has been passed down through multiple generations. The company currently manufactures a wide range of cheeses, from dry Monterey jack and pepper jack to different types of cheddar. All of the dairy farms that supply milk for the company’s organic cheeses are American Humane Certified.

Rumiano Cheese Company distributes its products under the Rumiano name as well as other labels, such as California Premium and Landmark. Rumiano distributes its cheeses both domestically and internationally. Consumers can find Rumiano’s cheeses in Whole Foods Market, Trader Joe’s, Albertson’s, Safeway, Raley’s, Sherms, Ray’s Food Place and Costco stores. The company also supplies many small specialty food stores and cooperatives.

Sierra Nevada Cheese Company

Satisfy your desire for authenticity with the award-winning flavor of Sierra Nevada Cheese Company's artisan foods. They handcraft exquisite natural and organic dairy products, proudly using only local Northern California milk guaranteed by their farmers to be free from added hormones and antibiotics. We use no gums, artificial ingredients, or animal rennet.

EGGS

Abbotsford Farms

Abbotsford Farms has created a network of nature-conscious farms (many of them being small family farms) devoted to providing high quality organic and cage free eggs. Having started in 1948 with one family in Abbotsford, Wisconsin, Abbotsford Farms has grown to become something truly remarkable. They’ve developed a strong, committed relationship with nature and a cohesive partnership with over 150 farmers across the country. Built on values that are as solid as the Earth itself, Abbotsford Farms is committed to supplying only top quality, natural, value-added eggs. Abbotsford Farms is an American Humane Certified egg producer. Which means their farms always follow strict guidelines in the care and well being of their hens. This vigilance provides customers with the peace of mind that comes from knowing their products come from happy, healthy hens. From liquid eggs to pre-cooked eggs to hard cooked eggs, Abbotsford Farms offers a full range of certified products that meet the ever-growing demand for organic and cage free items.

As the only national supplier of organic and cage free liquid eggs to the foodservice industry, you can always look to Abbotsford Farms for support, new product development, and continuous quality assurance. Now. And into the future.

Braswell Foods

Braswell Foods is a fourth generation family owned, vertically integrated company producing and marketing quality, value added feed and egg products for American families and businesses for over 40 years. They are the second largest EGG•LAND’S BEST franchisee in the United States, a licensee for Horizon Organic Eggs and a leading producer of value-added private label egg products for leading retail grocery companies.

Burnbrae Farms

Burnbrae Farms is a family owned and operated company that has been producing eggs for over 50 years. With farms in Ontario, Quebec, Winnipeg and British Columbia, Burnbrae Farms is one of Canada's leading egg producers and a thriving participant in its agribusiness industry. Burnbrae Farms sells eggs and egg products to major grocery store chains, food service operations and large bakery / industrial customers throughout Canada.

Cal-Maine Foods

Cal-Maine Foods is one of the largest producers and marketers of value-added specialty shell eggs in the United States including our cage free eggs. We market our specialty shell eggs under two distinct brands: EggLand's Best™ and Farmhouse™.

Clover Stornetta

Clover Stornetta Farms provides the same high quality in their branded eggs as they do with their dairy products. These eggs are produced under the highest animal welfare standards of the American Humane Certified program.

Dixie Egg Company

Dixie Egg Company operates a production, warehouse and distribution network that services Florida, Southern Georgia and a variety of other locations. Because they control the whole process, they are able to have control over the freshness and quality of their eggs from the farm to retail. Dixie Egg Company is also a provider of EggLand's Best eggs in their region.

Egg Innovations

Egg Innovations believes that chickens under their care should never be exposed to or fed drugs, hormones, sub-theraputic antibiotics or animal by-products for the purpose of stimulating productivity or reducing cost. They also believe that cages are not required to produce a high quality product.

Egg Innovations office is on the homestead their Grandpa Brunnquell bought in 1917, and their commitment to family farming is deep and true and they pass that commitment onto you through both Monnonite and Amish production in the Midwest.

Eggland's Best

Eggland's Best is proud to have many of our franchised producers, along with some of their Eggland's Best branded products, involved in the American Humane Certified program. Look for participating producers that have the Eggland's Best logo in their profiles.

Farmers Harvest

Farmers Harvest Organic eggs is a label of CCF Brands of Arkansas, a family owned business since 1997 that sells their products across the country. Farmers Harvest Organic eggs are laid by free range hens that have access to the outdoors where they are free to do what comes naturally, flap their wings, nest, dust bathe, perch, scratch, and socialize. These hens are fed a 100% USDA certified organic diet - containing no animal fat, animal by-products, preservative, pesticides or antibiotics. Every package is certified as USDA Organic.

Farmers Harvest Organic eggs will take you back to a time when life moved just a little bit slower. These eggs are just like the ones your grandmother would gather in the yard and prepare fresh for the entire family.

GCB Foods LLC

GCB Foods LLC is a family owned, cage-free egg production company located in Nashville, North Carolina. GCB Foods specializes in custom certified cage-free egg production on family owned and managed farms. The company is owned by Bob Pike, who has nearly three decades of experience in egg production, processing and marketing.

Herbrucks Poultry Ranch

Since 1958, four generations of the Herbruck family have been producing eggs for major retailers and their local community by delivering eggs on their own trucks. With 1.6 billion eggs produced a year, Herbruck's is the largest egg operation in Michigan, producing 60% of the state's eggs, and employing over 350 workers.

Hillandale Farms

Hillandale Farms is one of the nations leading supplier of shell eggs. With production facilities in the northeast, midwest and southeast, Hillandale Farms supplies retailers and distributors throughout the eastern half of the United States.

Moark

For more than 50 years, Moark has been expanding as a rich and diverse progressive egg company. They deliver eggs and egg products to major cities nationwide, from facilities strategically positioned to provide eggs when and where their customers need them. Moark's constant focus on egg quality and food safety, coupled with their expertise in marketing the fresh egg category, has helped them build relationships with all types of food retailers - from single-store independent grocers, to national operators with supermarkets coast-to-coast.

Morning Fresh Farms

Morning Fresh Farms produces and markets eggs under a variety of brands. A significant portion of their business is packed in private label brands for both the retail and foodservice customer in the Colorado market area. Morning Fresh Farms also locally markets farm-fresh high quality eggs under the nationally recognized Eggland's Best brand and the Morning Fresh Premium Brand.

Oakdell Egg Farms

Oakdell Egg Farms are family owned and have been producing eggs since 1908. Oakdell eggs are sold throughout the western United states and include Brown Omega-3 Eggs produced by providing an enriched vegetarian diet to their laying hens and contain no hormones or antibiotics.

Radlo Foods

Radlo Foods has been family owned and operated for over 90 years. Our products still come from our sustainable American family farms. Our focus on quality products and exceptional service is our tradition. At Radlo Foods we are dedicated to the welfare of our hens to bring you wholesome eggs that are the very best in taste and nutrition. We ensure through constant monitoring, that our hens produce only the finest eggs for you and your family. We are working continuously to improve our farming methods to be able to bring you better food for better living.

Rose Acre Farms

Rose Acre Farms is a family owned egg farm with operations in Seymour Indiana. Their family has been involved in farming for over 125 years, and has been producing Rose Acre brand eggs since the 1930's with a focus on quality, value and freshness. They sell eggs under the Rose Acre name as well as the EggLand's Best label.

Sauder's Eggs

Frank Sauder started his door-to-door egg business in the 1930's during the Depression Era. Today Sauder is run by the third generation of Sauders to operate their egg business. With the help of a highly motivated workforce, and a skilled management team, the company has grown from a single location in Lititz Pennsylvania to its present size, with three marketing arms and five processing plants.

Weaver Brothers Inc

Established in 1929, Weaver Brothers is a third-generation-led family farm operation still owned and managed by the founding family with the fourth generation of the family now working in Versailles, Ohio. In Weaver Brothers nearly 80 years of business, the farm’s 350 employees have worked tirelessly to ensure that the egg production operations are among the best-managed in the nation. Because of this continued commitment to being diligent stewards of the environment and good neighbors in the community, Weaver Brothers has been recognized numerous times with state and national awards.

Wenger Feeds

Wenger Feeds Egg Marketing Services is Wenger's wholesale egg marketing division. Wenger Feeds Egg Marketing Services markets nest run eggs from more than 6 million birds, and is marketing eggs throughout the United States and in some foreign countries.

PORK

Leidy's Nature's Tradition

Leidy’s is a small, family-owned company located in southeastern Pennsylvania, with a heritage of over 100 years of providing excellent pork products to consumers. Many of their farms are located in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch Country. Their close proximity to their farms and easy access to the major population centers of the northeast allows Leidy’s to provide the finest and freshest pork possible to consumers.

Leidy’s is passionate about pork! They developed the Nature’s Tradition line of fresh pork so families can enjoy the flavor and nutritional benefits of the purest, highest quality, all-natural pork. In keeping with American Humane Certified standards, animal welfare in an important ingredient to the quality of Leidy’s Nature’s Tradition pork. The pork is 100 percent natural, with no artificial ingredients or added water. This means you enjoy the natural, tender flavor and texture of the pork and nothing else. Leidy’s pigs are raised naturally, and never given antibiotics. They are fed the finest grains and never any animal by-products.

Leidy’s Nature’s Tradition pork products can be found throughout the mid-Atlantic and New England regions.

VEAL

Delimax & Montpak International

The Delimax and Montpak International partnership offers a vertically integrated company from “field to fork”. Founded in 1989, Delimax Veaux Lourds Ltee is a Quebec-based enterprise specialized in the production of veal with interests in feeding, slaughtering, transportation, research and development services. Delimax has become a leader in this industry in North America. Working with a highly qualified team of producers, veterinarians, agronomists and agricultural technologists, Delimax applies rigorous standards to maintain quality in all the many services they offer. Founded in 1959, Montpak International is a quality driven company offering fresh, frozen and value added veal products. Together Delimax and Montpak International form one of the largest, vertically integrated veal operations in North America, focused on strict quality control and safety.

Certified Ingredients

Pastry Smart LLC

Pastry Smart LLC is a San Francisco Bay Area Company based in the heart of Silicon Valley. It specializes in the development and production of organic par-baked and frozen pastries, breads and confectionery products.

The company owns, produces and operates several brands - Shokolaat, Pastry Smart, and Old World Mills. They also specialize in custom run products from individual concept prototypes to large volume production. They have a 25,000 sq. ft. state of the art facility for the production of the hard to find pastry products.

American Humane Certified has certified Pastry Smart, the first branded baked goods, pastries and chocolate products made exclusively with ingredients from an American Humane Certified producer. The butter, milk and eggs used in all Pastry Smart products are from Clover Stornetta Farms of Petaluma, Calif., one of the original American Humane Certified producers.