Factory Farming
Conduct Screen Animal Welfare
Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) and industrial-scale confinement agriculture — companies whose primary business is raising animals in high-density, low-welfare conditions. Includes vertically integrated meat/dairy/egg producers where confinement is the production model. Distinct from animal_exploitation_meat (which covers processing and sale regardless of production method) and animal_exploitation (catch-all).
9 companies currently excluded under this screen
Excluded Companies (9 total)
Showing 9 of 9 companies excluded under this screen.
| Ticker | Company | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| CALM | Cal-Maine Foods | Cal-Maine Foods is the largest shell egg producer in the United States, producing approximately 13 billion eggs per year, representing roughly 20% of all commercially produced eggs in the country. The... |
| DAR | Darling Ingredients Inc. | Darling Ingredients is the world's largest renderer of animal by-products, processing dead birds, feathers, bone, meat, fat, and blood from industrial CAFO operations. The company is a primary service... |
| FPI | Farmland Partners Inc. | Farmland Partners is a REIT that owns and leases approximately 155,000 acres of U.S. farmland. While FPI does not directly operate livestock, it leases land to tenant farmers who raise animals and gro... |
| HRL | Hormel Foods Corporation | Hormel Foods settled pork price-fixing class actions for $11M total ($2.4M institutional, $4.8M direct purchasers, $4.4M consumers), part of broader antitrust litigation alleging major pork producers ... |
| PPC | Pilgrim's Pride Corporation | FAIRR Initiative - Pilgrim's Pride Corporation; One of world's largest chicken producers (2nd largest US); 162.77M lbs ready-to-cook chicken weekly; 78.5% owned by JBS USA; price-fixing litigation wit... |
| SEB | Seaboard Corporation | Seaboard Corporation operates large-scale pork and poultry factory farming operations and holds a 52.5% controlling interest in Butterball LLC, one of the largest turkey producers in the United States... |
| SFD | SMITHFIELD FOODS INC | FAIRR Initiative - Smithfield Foods Inc (NASDAQ IPO Jan 2025); World's largest hog producer and pork processor; raises 15M pigs annually; confines pregnant sows in gestation crates despite phase-out c... |
| SG | SWEETGREEN INC | Only approximately 40% of chicken sourced at GAP Step 2 as of 2024. Better Chicken Commitment (BCC) alignment pushed to 2027-2029. Majority of animal products sourced from conventional factory farming... |
| TSN | Tyson Foods, Inc. | FAIRR Initiative / As You Sow - Tyson Foods Inc; Produces 1-in-5 pounds of chicken/beef/pork in US; 45M chickens + 155K cattle + 461K pigs slaughtered weekly; waste lagoon shareholder proposal defeate... |
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