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Whole Foods Market has lead the industry by championing innovative production systems that not only improve the quality and the safety of the meat we sell, but also support humane living conditions of the animal. For this reason, Whole Foods Market does not sell foie gras in any of our 163 stores.

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Foie Gras producer must eat its words
The National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus has recommended that D’Artagnan Inc. stop claiming their Artisan foie gras comes from healthy livers and that their animals are treated well. Read the press release.

Farm Sanctuary Applauds NYC Councilman Avella’s Proposed Resolution that Supports Ending the Cruelty of Foie Gras Production in New York State. Read more.

Chicago City Council Reverses Foie Gras Ordinance Effectively Endorsing Animal Cruelty.

Animal Protection Groups File Legal Petition Asking USDA to Declare Foie Gras Unfit for Human Consumption. Read more.

On Tuesday, April 29, the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production released the results of a two and a half year study, confirming what farm animal advocates have long known: that confining farm animals inside tiny crates and cages, subjecting them to routine mutilations, force feeding them, and pumping them full of antibiotics is an untenable situation. The Pew Commission provides additional, compelling and irrefutable data to prohibit these abuses. Read more.


THE INDEPENDENT – Dec. 15, 2008
Influential French chef, Albert Roux, condemns foie gras production as inhumane

CONTACTMUSIC.COM – Oct. 16, 2008
Phil Collins – Collins Slams Store for Selling Foie Gras.

BALTIMORE SUN – Oct. 11, 2008
Disney drops foie gras.

WASHINGTON POST – July 20, 2008
Foie Gras Upsets Takoma Park