{"id":848,"date":"2026-07-29T11:37:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T11:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanlivingreport.com\/?p=848"},"modified":"2026-07-29T11:37:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T11:37:19","slug":"costcos-organic-chicken-isnt-what-it-seems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanlivingreport.com\/?p=848","title":{"rendered":"Costco\u2019s organic chicken isn\u2019t what it seems"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Organic chicken costs on average more than twice as much as conventional chicken, and people buy it in part because they that the animals are given a much better life.<\/p>\n

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If you\u2019re one of those people, maybe you envision a small farm where flocks of healthy birds split their time between green pastures and spacious barns. When a chicken gets sick or injured, you might picture a veterinarian tending to them, and if they can\u2019t be saved, they\u2019re humanely euthanized. While the chickens aren\u2019t pets, you\u2019d assume that they\u2019re at least not abused.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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These are reasonable expectations, given how organic farming is marketed. And organic chicken certification does, on paper, legally require better animal welfare than conventional rearing: more space, fresh air, outdoor access, and other improvements.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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But a new undercover investigation reveals that these expectations may often be far from reality.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Earlier this year, an investigator with the nonprofit Mercy For Animals worked at an organic North Carolina farm that raises chickens for Pilgrim\u2019s Pride, a major supplier of conventional and organic chicken. Pilgrim\u2019s Pride then slaughters the chickens and sells them to Costco and other brands. The farm is also certified as humane by the nonprofit American Humane Society. (Disclosure: I worked at Mercy For Animals prior to joining Vox in 2020.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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During his roughly 2.5-month stint at the farm, the investigator documented unsanitary living conditions, along with severe neglect \u2014 like birds with twisted necks and open wounds \u2014 and disturbing cases of outright abuse, including the farm manager leaving birds to die slowly in deadpiles, and euthanizing birds by bludgeoning them with PVC pipes and rakes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cIt was every day that the manager would be bludgeoning chickens to death or burying them alive,\u201d the investigator, who goes by the pseudonym Sam due to the covert nature of his work, told me.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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But many of those in the industry don\u2019t seem to want to talk about it. The farm could not be reached for comment. Hiland Global Certifications, a certifier of organic foods that audits the farm, declined an interview request for this story and did not respond to detailed questions. Costco didn\u2019t respond to an interview request and detailed questions. Pilgrim\u2019s Pride declined an interview request and didn\u2019t answer specific questions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In a statement, a spokesperson for Pilgrim\u2019s Pride said that it is \u201cdeeply disturbed by the conduct\u201d at the farm, that it has dropped it as a supplier, and that it will initiate additional third-party audits at its supplier farms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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However, when chicken companies \u2014 or supermarkets, for that matter \u2014 drop farms as suppliers, they shouldn\u2019t expect that whatever farm they supply from instead will be extraordinarily different; such cruelty has been found over and over and over again in the US poultry industry, including numerous past investigations of farms that supply Pilgrim\u2019s Pride.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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What\u2019s notable about this new investigation is that it exposes problems within two beloved, and supposedly more ethical, institutions in American life: Costco \u2014 with its higher employee wages and stated commitments to progressive causes \u2014 and organic farming, which has long been perceived as a more moral sector of the food industry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The investigation also reveals the immense shortcomings of governmental oversight, corporate animal welfare guidelines, and third-party inspectors, because at each step of the supply chain \u2014 from the farm, to the chicken supplier, to the organic certifiers and American Humane Society auditors, and finally, to Costco and other corporate buyers \u2014 severe animal cruelty appeared to slip through the cracks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The USDA launched its organic certification program in the early 2000s, a time when consumers were increasingly hungry for alternatives to America\u2019s highly industrialized food system.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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When it comes to crops, organic farms can\u2019t grow genetically modified plants or spray their crops with synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. Organic livestock operations must give their animals organic feed and are also required to give them outdoor access, more barn space, cleaner air, and other higher welfare standards than conventionally raised animals. Euthanasia must also be humane.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The investigated farm at the center of this latest Mercy For Animals investigation has about 100,000 or so live chickens on its premises at any given time, and it does<\/em> give the birds more room in their barns than a conventional farm.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Among the main welfare requirements in the USDA organic program, though, this was the only one it appeared to follow. Mercy For Animals alleges that it uncovered numerous organic standard violations at the farm, including:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sam said he documented more than 70 incidences of improper euthanasia, with the farm manager regularly euthanizing sick and injured chickens by bludgeoning them with PVC pipes and rakes. In one instance, the farm manager crushed a bird with a bucket, and in another, slammed a chicken against a wall.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sam also recorded instances of chickens kicked and thrown. Many birds suffered from severe injuries, like torticollis (twisted neck), leg deformities, and lesions on their bodies and feet, while others were too weak and sick to even stand and walk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The investigation illustrates that organic and even basic welfare standards are only as good as their enforcement. The USDA requires organic farms to be inspected yearly, which means that for the vast majority of a given year, farms that flout the rules likely won\u2019t have any meaningful repercussions.<\/p>\n

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A spokesperson with the USDA said it is unable to comment on investigations. \u201cUpholding organic integrity and protecting organic producers and consumers is a core mission of NOP [the National Organic Program],\u201d a spokesperson wrote in a statement to Vox. \u201cPart of that mission includes providing due process under the law and allowing certified organic farms to come into compliance when problems occur.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Investigations into other organic-certified animal farms have also found organic standard violations and animal neglect and abuse.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The farm is also certified as humane by the nonprofit American Humane Society, which is known to have relatively low standards that are similar to the industry\u2019s own general guidelines. The American Humane Society declined an interview request for this story and didn\u2019t respond to detailed questions. \u201cWe have zero tolerance for animal cruelty and abuse,\u201d a spokesperson wrote in a statement to Vox. \u201cWe are aware of the video and have launched an independent investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mercy For Animals alleges that the farm in question violated several USDA organic standards. But it\u2019s also important to look at what organic standards don\u2019t<\/em> include in the first place, like more humane slaughter methods and better breeding.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Breeding may sound dull and unimportant, but it\u2019s by far the most pressing welfare issue in chicken farming, including on organic farms. The modern chicken has been bred to have abnormally large breasts, which consumers most prize. That makes it hard for their tiny legs to support their top-heavy bodies, and as a result, many have trouble walking and standing, as Sam documented.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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They also grow incredibly fast, which causes some chickens to die prematurely on the farm from painful lung and heart conditions; some die from dehydration or starvation because they can\u2019t stand and walk to reach food and water. Even the president of the World\u2019s Poultry Science Association has acknowledged that chickens\u2019 \u201cexistence is painful.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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So many chickens die prematurely on farms that collecting and disposing of them is a primary responsibility for chicken farmhands. \u201cMy main job duty was mostly collecting the dead,\u201d Sam told me.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In the wake of these investigations, it\u2019s not uncommon for companies to condemn the cruelty and drop the farm as a supplier. Similarly, many consumers vow to boycott the companies affiliated with an investigated farm.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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These instincts are understandable, but they ultimately won\u2019t result in much change for animals. That\u2019s because 80 percent of all chickens in the US are factory-farmed by just 10 companies, they all generally use the same fast-growing chicken breeds and management practices, and most have been investigated only to find cruel treatment and abysmal living conditions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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To reinforce that point, Sam said that what he witnessed wasn\u2019t exclusive to this one farm or meat company but is rather emblematic of the overall industry\u2019s culture: \u201cEvery time we go into a [farm], we find the same things; it\u2019s always animal abuse, animal cruelty.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In a formal complaint, supported by an affidavit with photo and video evidence, Mercy For Animals is demanding the sheriff\u2019s department in Lee County, North Carolina, to investigate and pursue criminal charges against the farm\u2019s manager for animal cruelty and false advertising based on the many documented organic violations. But the organization\u2019s bigger goal is to push large companies like Costco and its competitors to adopt higher animal welfare standards \u2014 and make sure they stick to them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThis isn\u2019t really about one investigation\u2026It\u2019s about whether companies with enormous influence are willing to take responsibility for the systems that they create,\u201d Arash Yomtobian, president and CEO of Mercy For Animals, told me. \u201cCostco has the power to reduce suffering for more than [an estimated] 250 million chickens annually through proven reforms, like slower-growing breeds and improved living conditions, yet the company continues to choose profit over accountability.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In 2021, Mercy For Animals released an investigation into Costco\u2019s conventional chicken line that found many of the same welfare problems as the latest investigation. Months later, Costco said it gives its birds a little more space than the industry standard and that it was experimenting in giving birds environmental enrichment. The company didn\u2019t follow the group\u2019s urging to use slower-growing breeds that have less painful existences by way of fewer leg deformities and fractures, and lower rates of metabolic disorders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Several European countries are moving away from fast-growing chicken breeds, though the US poultry and grocery sectors have largely resisted activist pressure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Costco says animal welfare is a \u201cmoral and ethical obligation.\u201d Pilgrim\u2019s Pride says providing safe and high-quality chicken housing is a priority. The American Humane Society its standards ensure humane treatment. The USDA says its organic standards strive to align with consumer expectations on animal welfare. These are the nice things companies that sell meat, and the institutions that certify the meat, say. But Sam\u2019s investigation \u2014 and more than 200 other ones \u2014 prove that reality rarely matches corporate platitudes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The most foolproof solution to this systemic cruelty is for consumers to simply eat fewer animal products. But and have also proposed a number of solutions to reduce animal suffering on farms, which include:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Some groups even want to see the federal government create a dedicated animal welfare agency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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There is no shortage of ideas on the table to reduce animal suffering on farms and bring more integrity to the many \u201chumane\u201d claims on meat, milk, and egg packages. The question is whether lawmakers and regulators have the courage to implement them.<\/p>\n

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