Center for Food Safety
  • Take the Pledge
  • What is “Industrial Meat”?
    • Cruelty, Secrecy, and Chemical Dependency
    • Cruelty
    • Secrecy
    • Chemical Dependency
    • Conclusion & Policies
  • Ten Reasons to Opt Out
    • For Your Health
    • For Food Workers
    • For Pollinators
    • For Water Conservation
    • For Animals
    • For Climate
    • For Community Health
    • For Food Safety
    • For Farmers
    • For Local Economies
  • How to Opt Out of Industrial Meat
    • Choose certified, humane, organic, and pasture-raised meat products
    • Eat meat occasionally
    • Eat more plants and non-GMO plant proteins
  • Meet the Farmers
    • Apple Creek Farm: Bowdoinham, Maine
    • Baker Ranch: Belton, Texas
    • Embudo Valley Organics: Embudo, New Mexico
    • Fouch Farms: Mariposa, California
    • Grass Fed Beef – J. Hutton: Ellensburg, Washington
    • Gryphon Ranch LLC: Globe, Arizona
    • Lifeline Farm Inc.: Victor, Montana
    • Loeffler Farms: Grants, New Mexico
    • MJ Ranch LLC: Lawrence, Kansas
    • Pasture Prime Family Farm: Summerfield, Florida
    • Princess Beef: Hotchkiss, Colorado
    • Walker Farm at Whortleberry Hill: New Braintree, Massachusetts
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Opt Out of Industrial Meat
Consuming meat raised in intensive factory farms impacts our health and the environment. This site provides tips to help you opt out of industrial meat, discover new plant-based proteins, and find certified organic, pasture-raised sources of meat. Build a better food future by cutting the meat you eat by half and choosing plant-based proteins instead.
What is "Industrial Meat"?
“Industrial meat” is a broad term that encompasses a large and complex segment of food animal production. However, there are some basic commonalities that help to define these production systems.
Ten Reasons to Opt Out
To change this system and promote safe, healthy meat products, we must reduce the amount of meat we consume and change the type of meat we consume. If demand shifts away from consuming large portions of industrial meat and eating it frequently and toward eating smaller portions of humanely-raised meat with larger portions of plant proteins, the market will respond.
How to Opt Out of Industrial Meat
In order to address the environmental, social, human health, and economic consequences of intensive animal production, we must end our overconsumption of meat and poultry, and shift our diet to include more plant-based proteins.
Meet the Farmers
These farmers market the meat they raise through farmers markets, community supported agriculture (CSA), local retailers, online stores, and some national retailers. The farmers need the continued support of customers to keep the high-welfare management practices economically viable.
Resources
Are you interested in continuing to learn how to opt out of industrial meat? Take a look at some of the resources we have compiled.
Take Action
Cut the meat you eat by half and choose plant-based proteins instead.