Farm Animal Rights Movement

Farm Animal Rights Movement
Founded1976; 48 years ago (1976)
TypeNonprofit
FocusAnimal rights
Location
Employees
5
Websitefarmusa.org
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Farm Animal Rights Movement (FARM) is an international nonprofit organization working to promote a vegan lifestyle and animal rights through public education and grass roots outreach.[1] It operates ten national and international programs from its headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland. FARM has the abolitionist vision of a world where animals are free from all forms of human exploitation, including, food and clothing, research and testing, entertainment and hunting. FARM's mission is to spare the largest number of animals from being bred, abused, and slaughtered for food, as this accounts for 98% of all animal abuse and slaughter.[2][3]

FARM was co-founded by Alex Hershaft in 1976 as the Vegetarian Information Service to distribute information on the benefits of a vegetarian diet. In 1981, it became the Farm Animal Reform Movement[4][5] by embracing veganism and the right of animals not to be used for food. In 2011, it adopted the DBA of Farm Animal Rights Movement to emphasize its commitment to ending the use of animals for food, rather than merely reforming their treatment.

  1. ^ "Holocaust survivor heads animal rights group Alex Hershaft throws himself into cause" Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2014-2-2.
  2. ^ Lawrence & Susan Finsen. The Animal Rights Movement in America. Twayne Publishers, 1994; p. 87.
  3. ^ Norm Phelps. The Longest Struggle. Lantern Books, 2004; pp. 190, 226.
  4. ^ "Farm Animal Rights Movement (FARM)" Archived 2014-02-19 at the Wayback Machine About.com. Retrieved 2014-2-2.
  5. ^ "Farm Animal Reform Movement (FARM)" Archived 2014-02-19 at the Wayback Machine Charity Choices. Retrieved 2014-2-2.