Harvard University: Go Cage-Free!

Harvard University: Go Cage-Free!

Started
May 17, 2011
Petition to
President Drew Gilpin Faust and 3 others
Confirmed victory
This petition made change with 7,028 supporters!

Why this petition matters

Started by Marina Bolotnikova

Harvard University currently buys eggs from cruel and unsustainable "battery cage" egg farms—massive warehouses where hens are confined to cages so small they cannot spread their wings and can barely turn around. Hens live among the feces and waste of other birds, and their feathers are often torn off due to constant rubbing against the cage bars. Battery cages are so cruel that they have been banned in California, Michigan, Ohio and throughout the European Union. There is currently a bill in the Massachusetts state house that will make battery cages illegal to use, and the Cambridge city council passed a resolution asking Cambridge residents and business to use only cage-free eggs.

The Center for Food Safety and the Consumer Federation of America have both supported a ban on battery cages due to the drastically increased risk of salmonella contamination and other human health risks. Groups like the ASPCA and the Humane Society of the US. Battery cage farms have also been condemned as unsustainable by environmental organizations like the Sierra Club and Natural Resources Defense Council because of their serious impact on air and water quality.

Hundreds of other colleges and universities have already made a switch to cage-free, including local schools like Brandeis, Emerson, Lesley, and Bay State, as well as Yale and hundreds of other universities across the country.  It's time for Harvard University to make the committment to go cage-free just like these many schools have already done! Please sign the petition asking Harvard University to go cage-free! Sharing this petition on your Facebook would also be extremely helpful!

 

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Decision Makers

  • Drew Gilpin FaustPresident
  • Sustainability OfficeHarvard Sustainability
  • John LongbrakeAsst. VP, Communications
  • David DavidsonInterim Director, HUHDS