Mobile App Connects Consumers with Sustainable Local Farmers

Crate Free USA is relaunching its free mobile app for Apple and Android users. The Illinois Guide to Factory-Free Meat, Dairy & Eggs features the addition of more farmers’ markets, restaurants and retailers that source locally.

With more local options to purchase meat, dairy and eggs to promote independent family farmers and ranchers that answer to higher animal welfare and environmental standards, users can easily search for nearby farms, markets and restaurants by Zip code on an easy-to-read map. The app now includes more than 350 farmers, markets and restaurants with types of products sold, contact information and social media handles.

  The app also serves as a reminder of the growing threat of concentrated animal feeding operations in Illinois and the importance of promoting practices that benefit not only the animals, but also the environment and the future of traditional family farmers.

Jess Chipkin, Crate Free USA president and founder, says, “Unfortunately, the vast majority of meat, eggs and dairy products sold in retail stores still comes from animals raised in intensive-
confinement systems that use inhumane practices and fail to provide for the animals’ most basic behavioral needs.”

For more information or to obtain the app, visit CrateFreeUSA.org/mobile-app/.