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Where Food Comes From:
CARE Certified
We Know Our Sources: Where Food Comes From
Fantastic meat involves more than delicious taste and texture. Heinen’s believes it also requires knowing your sources and verifying that the animals were handled with care. Discover how third-party verification allows our Meat Department to source proteins that uphold values of trust, transparency and integrity.
Doing the Right Thing with CARE
Heinen’s beef, pork and chicken comes from animals that are raised sustainably, not only because it results in a better product, but because it’s the right thing to do. Discover why Tom Heinen and our team of meat experts believe in the Where Food Comes From CARE Certified program.
Who is Where Food Comes From?
Where Food Comes From Inc., is the number one provider of certification and verification services to the food industry. Their independent auditors have visited Heinen’s partnered beef, pork and poultry farms and ranches to observe the animals, review records and compare all the information collected to specific standards or claims made about how Heinen’s meat is produced.
What Does CARE Certified Mean?
CARE Certified, created by Where Food Comes From, is a sustainability standard that certifies that participating farmers and ranchers are implementing exceptional practices in animal care, environmental stewardship and that they engage productively with their neighbors to help build a stronger community.
Meet Our CARE Certified Partners
The CARE suite of standards certifies farmers and ranchers are implementing exceptional practices in transparency, animal husbandry, environmental stewardship and engage productively with their neighbors to help build strong communities. Our partners, Brandt Beef, Gerber’s Chicken and Leidy’s Pork go above and beyond to implement these values in their daily practices.
Where Food Comes From FAQ
Who is Where Food Comes From?
Where Food Comes From, Inc., is an independent, third-party food verification company who cares about food, how it’s grown and raised, the quality of what we eat, what farmers and ranchers do, and authentically telling that story to consumers. They visit farms and ranches to audit their plants, animals, and records, and compare all of the information collected to specific standards or claims they want to make about how Heinen’s meat is produced.
What is CARE Certified?
CARE Certified is a suite of sustainability programs that certifies entire supply chains to its three pillars- Animal Care, Environmental Stewardship and People and Community. The CARE program is designed to support farmers, ranchers and processors in creating and continuously improving sustainable practices based on their particular circumstances as they relate to region, climate, natural resources, production style, workforce and community interaction. Heinen’s is the first retailer in the country to implement CARE into our meat case.
What products are CARE Certified?
Heinen’s branded beef, Heinen’s branded pork and Gerber’s Chicken are all CARE certified.
Recipes & Inspiration
Garlic and Rosemary Whole Roasted Chicken
If there’s one thing everyone should know how to do in the kitchen, it’s roast a whole chicken! Don’t worry, it’s not nearly as time consuming as roasting a whole turkey!
Marry Me Chicken
Legend has it that Marry Me Chicken is so good, if you make it for your significant other they’ll propose to you!
Slow Cooker Beef Stroganoff
This is a “set-it-and-forget-it” recipe that’s so easy! The tender beef and mushrooms are delicious with the pasta and have a flavor so rich, everyone who tastes it will think you spent all day in the kitchen.
Brown Sugar Dijon Pork Tenderloin
Pork tenderloin is ideal for weeknight meals and easy entertaining because it roasts in under 30 minutes and doesn’t require a marinade to add big flavor.
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