Access a detailed version of our comprehensive standards in the documents below or reference this quick, at-a-glance overview of the key standards being met at each certification level to understand which level could be achievable for your farm or ranch.
No outdoor access required
Bedding requirements indoors
Minimum space requirements
No tail-docking or de-tusking
No more than 25% slatted floors
No outdoor access required
Bedding requirements indoors & additional enrichments required
More space required
No tail-docking or de-tusking
No more than 25% slatted floors
Outdoor access required
Enrichments indoors and out (wallows, sprinklers, or showers required)
Pasture maintained with a minimum 25% cover
No tail-docking or de-tusking
No more than 25% slatted floors
Raised on pasture (100% outdoor)
Outdoor shade & wallows, sprinklers, or showers required
Pasture maintained with a minimum 25% cover
No tail-docking or de-tusking
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Continuous outdoor living on pasture
Outdoor shade & wallows, sprinklers, or showers required
Pasture maintained with a minimum 50% cover
No physical alterations, including castration
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Continuous outdoor living on pasture
Outdoor shade & wallows, sprinklers, or showers required
Pasture maintained with a minimum 50% cover
No physical alterations, including castration
No transport time; entire life on farm
All levels of certification:
Farrowing crates and gestation stalls prohibited | No antibiotics ever | No added hormones* | No animal by-products | Every farm 3rd party audited every 15 months
*Federal regulations prohibit the use of hormones in raising pigs.
Standards in green indicate a new or changed requirement from the previous certification level.
