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Where Food Comes From, Inc. Launches DairyCARE™ Sustainability Standard
Program addressing animal welfare, environment and worker care is targeted at 40,000 U.S. dairy farms and more than 9 million dairy cowsWill be administered
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[{"type":"text","content":"Program addressing animal welfare, environment and worker care is targeted at 40,000 U.S. dairy farms and more than 9 million dairy cowsWill be administered by Validus Verification Services, a division Where Food Comes From, Inc. CASTLE ROCK, Colo., Jan. 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Where Food Comes From, Inc. (WFCF) (OTCQB: WFCF), the most trusted resource for independent, third-party verification of food production practices in North America, today announced the launch of DairyCARE™, the latest offering in the Where Food Comes From CARE™ suite of sustainability standards. \n DairyCARE is the dairy industry’s most comprehensive third-party verified sustainability program. The program will be administered by Validus Verification Services, a division of Where Food Comes From. Validus is an ISO 9001: 2015 certified company and one of the nation’s oldest and most experienced providers of proprietary assessments and certifications for socially responsible, scientifically based and economically viable solutions for on-farm operations. DairyCARE certification requires the comprehensive audit of a dairy farm’s animal care and environmental, people and community practices. The process is conducted on-farm by independent Validus auditors who are trained on ISO standards. They will evaluate a dairy operation under three specific Validus programs – Validus Animal Welfare Review, Validus Environmental Review, and Validus Worker Care Review. For more information, go to wfcfcare.com. \"As we at McCarty Family Farms have worked toward improving our farms, our teams and ourselves, we have sought out groups that can help us in that journey and the Where Food Comes From team has done just that,” said Ken McCarty, a long-time customer of Validus. “Through the implementation of the DairyCARE program we have continuously improved the wellbeing of our cattle, our team members, our environment and our business. Being good stewards is our responsibility to the world and DairyCARE helps us achieve that.\" Learn more about McCarty Family Farms and their verification story. Consumers and retailers are increasingly expressing a preference for food that is produced under conditions that address good animal welfare and environmental practices. Worker care – the third component of the DairyCARE program – has also emerged as an important consumer preference an...