Guest Kendra Keels (Veal Farmers of Ontario) join co-host Amy Higgins (VBP+ Coordinator from New Brunswick) . Topic today is delving into a sensitive topic of the classifications of fit/compromised/unfit, making the tough decisions on euthanasia, and discussion on some of the Farm Animal Care Codes. 

VBP+ is an approved certification body for the Canadian Roundtable for Canadian Beef (CRSB). Beef operations that are certified by VBP+ are also recognized as meeting the CRSB Sustainable Beef Production Standard and are eligible to participate in certified sustainable sourcing programs.

The Resources that Kendra mentioned can be found here: 

National Farm Animal Care Council Codes: https://www.nfacc.ca/codes-of-practice

www.calfcare.ca and tune into the Calf Care Podcast ( https://calfcare.ca/management/podcasts/ and on social media @calfcarecorner on twitter and Facebook!

Check out Maritime Beef Council's Dairy-Beef Manual: https://issuu.com/maritimebeef/docs/mbc-beef-dairy-manual-spring-2020-v.8-1-1

Producer & Hosts: Bree Patterson ([email protected]) & Amy Higgins ([email protected])

Kendra Keels: [email protected] https://vealfarmers.ca/

Technical Producer: Amy Higgins ([email protected])

Special Thanks to Michael Boyd for assisting with Podcast startup: [email protected]  https://podcastatlantic.com/

Music "Flawed" composed by Jake Haws from: https://archesaudio.com/

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