We’ve chosen to partner with the Global Animal Partnership to encourage better animal welfare practices. We are adopting their 5-Step Animal Welfare Rating that rates how cattle, pork and chicken are raised. Ratings for other species are in development too. [cf]Spacer-20[/cf] [cf]Spacer-20[/cf] News Release Whole Foods Market® enhances meat standards at U.S. stores with new animal welfare rating program, read press release.

[cf]Spacer-20[/cf] Images 5-Step Animal Welfare Rating Brochure at Whole Foods Market Step-rated meat in fresh case – full sized image Step-rated meat in fresh case, zoomed in – full sized image Step 4 beef in fresh case photo 1 – full sized image Step 4 beef in fresh case photo 2 – full sized image [imagebrowser id=136] [cf]Spacer-20[/cf] Videos 5-Step Animal Welfare Rating Video Quicktime: Standard 19.7MB or HD 75MB Whole Foods Market Meat B-Roll Quicktime: Standard 31MB or HD 111MB [cf]Spacer-20[/cf] Related Links Global Animal Partnership 5-Step Animal Welfare Rating Whole Foods Market Meat