Hedgeapple Farm Beef Qualifies

for American Humane Association

Free Farmed Label

The American Humane Association (AHA) and Farm Animal Services (FAS) today announced that Hedgeapple Farm of Buckeystown, Maryland, is the second producer raising cattle for beef to qualify for the Free Farmed label.

The label, unveiled this past fall, is the first-ever program to certify that farm animals are raised in a humane manner. A Free Farmed label will assure consumers that the beef products they purchase from Hedgeapple Farm come from animals that were treated according to animal welfare standards developed by AHA.