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Dalai Lama Urges Cage-Free Eggs. May We Suggest Trader Joe’s?

Written by Vegetarian Star on Friday, September 3rd, 2010 in Animal Issues, Business, Food & Drink.

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The Dalai Lama has written a statement posted on the Humane Society International’s website, urging consumers to purchase cage-free eggs from producers that allow hens to live in more natural conditions.

“The abuse we inflict on hens has always been particularly disturbing to me and I have always been particularly concerned toward how these animals are treated in industrial food production. I am troubled to learn about the practice of confining egg laying hens in tiny cages. In these cages, birds cannot engage in their natural behaviours, such as spreading their wings, laying eggs in a nesting area, perching, scratching at the ground, even standing on a solid surface. Each hen has less space to live than the very sheet of paper I have written this letter on.”

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Trader Joe’s Offering Sustainable Seafood By 2010

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, April 1st, 2010 in Animal Issues, Business, Environment-Eco-Green, Food & Drink.

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Trader Joe's Opens Its First Store In New York City

Pescatarians rejoice, Trader’s Joe’s has announced it will shift to sustainable seafood purchases by the end of 2012.

The company says the decision was based on customer feedback regarding issues of food safety, taste and environmental concerns.

Trader Joe’s has agreed to the follow practices:

  • Work with third-party, science-based organizations to establish definitions and parameters for addressing customer concerns about overfishing, destructive catch or production methods, and the importance of marine reserves.
  • Remove “red-listed” seafood from their shelves. Trader Joe’s stopped selling Chilean sea bass in 2005, orange roughy in July of 2009, and red snapper in March of 2010.
  • Provide accurate information on all seafood labels, including species’ Latin names, origin and catch or production method.
  • Use their buying power to leverage change in the seafood industry.

The decision has been applauded by Greenpeace, which issued a statement on their website.

“We applaud Trader Joe’s commitment to creating a strong sustainable seafood policy. We are particularly happy to see Trader Joe’s acknowledge that we need marine reserves, and that species like Orange Roughy and Chilean sea bass are incompatible with a sustainable seafood operation. We know their customers will appreciate their recent statement of intent. After all, seafood consumers deserve access to transparent, accurate information about the products they choose,” said Senior Markets Campaigner Casson Trenor.”

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