Vancouver-based Burgerville has aligned with Portland-based national animal-welfare nonprofit Farm Forward, the company and the nonprofit announced.
Burgerville joins Farm Forward’s Leadership Circle, whose members “have committed to purchasing only third-party certified higher-welfare products in at least one product category within two years,” a news release says. Burgerville is the first restaurant chain to join the Leadership Circle.
Farm Forward works with farmers and consumers to help change the way animals are raised for food by promoting conscientious food choices that reduce farmed animal suffering and advance sustainable agriculture, the release says.
“Burgerville has great respect for the work Farm Forward does on behalf of animal welfare and is honored to be the first restaurant invited to join Farm Forward’s Leadership Circle,” Hillary Barbour, Burgerville’s director of strategic initiatives, says in the release. “Burgerville is elevating its responsibility toward the health and welfare of animals and the people who consume them. Our company was built on a tradition of serving fresh food made with local ingredients. Partnerships with farms and suppliers committed to animal, soil and human health are our future.”
