We are proud to operate River Taw Farms in compliance with Animal Welfare Approved standards, the most rigorous and progressive animal care requirements in the nation. The Animal Welfare Approved program and food label promote the well-being of animals and the sustainability of humane family farms. They unite conscientious consumers with farmers who raise their animals with compassion. Animal Welfare Approved was recently lauded by the World Society for the Protection of Animals as having the highest animal welfare standards of all third-party certifiers. Today, hundreds of participating U.S. family farms are putting each individual animal’s comfort and well-being first. The program benefits everyone with the simple understanding that our own best interests are intrinsically linked to animals and the environment.
These standards seek to ensure that cattle graze on green pastures and live with minimal stress. But the Animal Welfare Approved seal is not just a list of rules. It is a philosophy of respect that provides animals on the farm with the environment, housing and diet they need to engage in essential instinctive behaviors, thereby promoting physiological and psychological health and well-being.
Our name is inspired by a river and its surrounding moorlands in Devon, England. The River Taw rises at Taw Head, a spring on the central northern flanks of The Dartmoor National Park. It reaches the Bristol Channel 45 miles away on the north coast of Devon at a joint estuary mouth which it shares with the River Torridge.