{"id":3162,"date":"2012-02-14T14:08:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-14T14:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2012\/02\/14\/animal-friendly-purchasing-goes-viral\/"},"modified":"2021-07-06T07:39:28","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T11:39:28","slug":"animal-friendly-purchasing-goes-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/animal-friendly-purchasing-goes-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"Animal-Friendly Purchasing Goes Viral"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a blog post from almost four years ago to the day, I asked the question \u201cIs animal-friendly purchasing the future?\u201c<\/p>\n

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Today, I think the answer is clearly \u201cyes.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the broadcast of Sunday\u2019s Grammy Awards, Chipotle Mexican Grill has produced a video that has since crossed the 5 million view mark on YouTube. The video \u2013 embedded at the end of this full blog post \u2013 is intended to draw attention to Chipotle\u2019s animal-friendly purchasing policy through which they have \u201csourced 100% of [their] pork from producers\u2026whose pigs are raised outside or in deeply bedded pens, are never given antibiotics and are fed a vegetarian diet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then yesterday, McDonald\u2019s announced that \u201cit will require its U.S. pork suppliers to provide plans by May to phase out crates that tightly confine pregnant sows,\u201d according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. McDonald\u2019s actions could be blazing a trail for animal-friendly purchasing to grow dramatically. In the above-linked article, the president of Mercy For Animals, an animal rights group, said that McDonald\u2019s has \u201cthe power to move an entire industry, to set an example that other food providers often follow\u2026We hope it\u2019s the beginning of the end of these cruel and abusive practices.\u201d<\/p>\n

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So, animal-friendly purchasing is definitely an increasingly hot topic. But don\u2019t think that it is only for food producers. We, as a profession, have a long way to go because you may not even realize where your opportunities lie for being animal-friendly. Does your organization buy furniture, cleaning products, or laptop bags? If so \u2013 and who doesn\u2019t? \u2013 then your organization has the opportunity to be more animal-friendly. See my 2007 article entitled \u201cPurchasing, Social Responsibility & Animals\u201d for more details.<\/p>\n

You are part of the future.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the video I mentioned earlier\u2026
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