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Crate Free Illinois

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Mar 23, 2018 | Alex Ruppenthal

The grocery store chain released more details this week about its plans to phase out a practice that animal welfare advocates consider inhumane. 

Hog confinement facilities, like this one in the Canadian province of Manitoba, often use gestation crates that prevent pigs from being able to turn around. (Mercy For Animals Canada / Flickr)
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Jan 31, 2018 | Alex Ruppenthal

The grocery store chain says it is evaluating its supply chain “to see where additional change is needed” in response to public concerns over pork suppliers who confine pigs to tight metal crates.

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Jan 23, 2018 | Alex Ruppenthal

The group Crate Free Illinois is calling on Trader Joe’s to stop purchasing pork from suppliers that use gestation crates, tight metal stalls that keep pigs in one position for the majority of their lives.