I have been advocating for animals for more than 25 years, and I’ve seen some of the worst of the worst on factory farms, but what my colleague and I found at the celebrated “Certified Humane,” “Organic,” and “regenerative” Alexandre Family Farm shocked even us.

In addition to serving as Executive Director of UUAM, I also serve as Director of Education for Farm Forward. In that completely separate organization and role, I just co-authored an extensive investigative report on Organic, Certified Humane, “regenerative” dairy in general, and one of its category leaders Alexandre Family Farm, that might interest many of you. The report was covered by a long-form article in The Atlantic that explicitly corroborated many of our findings. Click here for a one-page summary of our 53-page report. Thanks!

The article explores artificial intelligence (AI) in factory farms, a.k.a. Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs). While AI proponents promise AI will improve animal welfare through better monitoring and resource allocation, opponents and skeptics counter that it will likely lead to a worse world for farmed animals by prioritizing production and profits over animal welfare and perpetuating CAFOs and meat consumption.