To: Sonny Perdue, USDA Secretary of Agriculture
Stop the USDA from eliminating protections for organic livestock
The USDA has started the process of abolishing the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices (OLPP), a measure that was designed in part to advance animal welfare by improving the often barbaric and unnecessarily cruel conditions in which animals are raised. Despite widespread support among animal rights groups, ethical organic businesses, and consumers who have voiced their opinions publicly to the USDA, the USDA is siding with the corporate factory farms that have lobbied hard against the OLPP.
Demand that the USDA honor the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices rule.
Why is this important?
The Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices rule is an important step in both humane agricultural standards and informed organic labelling. Consumers deserve accurate information, and measures to minimize animal cruelty must be in place.