Animal Agriculture Family Farming Marketing 
Food Tank
NOVEMBER 1, 2024
Niman Ranch farmers uphold high standards of sustainable and humane farming practices, and in return, they receive a guaranteed market for their pork products at a premium. Trisha says niche markets like this are critical to keeping small family farms like theirs alive. “If
Food Tank
OCTOBER 4, 2024
The McClearys raised pigs for generations, but they were forced to get out of the hog business—like many of their neighbors—during the hog market crash of 1998. family farmers and ranchers that uphold high standards of sustainable and humane farming practices. It gave us a lot more freedom that way,” says McCleary. “It
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Food Tank
JULY 19, 2024
“Animal science is what’s taught in college now…It used to be animal husbandry, [meaning] the real relationship it takes to steward and take care of these animals, not just produce pork.” The family’s farm serves as a model for how smaller-scale, humane hog farming can be both environmentally and economically sustainable.
Food Tank
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
By his senior year, Williams was trying to figure out how to return home and take over the family farm. Williams, his wife Hannah, and their toddler Lyle now live on Williams Family Farms, sustainably and humanely raising pigs and farming about 400 acres of cropland. Luckily, his father was just about to retire. “To
Modern Farmer
AUGUST 16, 2024
If this is the case of animal welfare labeling, consumers are right to be concerned that it is likely true of “green” labeling as well, particularly for the dairy industry, which is one of the most environmentally intensive industries on Earth. They’re tools for the meat and dairy industry to market their products.
Food Tank
OCTOBER 6, 2023
Niman Ranch farmers and ranchers adhere to high standards of sustainable and humane farming practices, and in exchange, they receive a guaranteed market for their product and access to a network of resources. In 2022 lamb market prices fell by more than 50 percent across the U.S. “If lamb only for distributors that require it.
Food Tank
JANUARY 5, 2024
While this was common practice in the 1970s and 80s, the hog market consolidation and high land prices mean it’s no longer financially feasible for independent farmers to raise hogs and sell on the open market, and it’s extremely rare to see hogs outside of a confinement environment, the Boors say.
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