CAPP
Farm Visit with Farm Forward
M.S. in Animals and Public Policy Externship Experience (MAPP)
August 2017
Maxine Young is a current MAPP student whose interests have taken her to her externship at Farm Forward. In the photo above, she is with MAPP alumna, Melissa Hoffman, MS (2015), who is Humane Education & Program Specialist, with Farm Forward’s Jewish Initiative for Animals. They are visiting with Frank R. Reese Jr. at Good Shepherd Poultry Ranch in Kansas, and are at the future site of the upcoming Good Shepherd Poultry Institute.
Farm Forward’s stated mission: Farm Forward implements innovative strategies to promote conscientious food choices, reduce farmed animal suffering, and advance sustainable agriculture.
Maxine Young (MAPP 2016-2017 class) and Melissa Hoffman (MAPP 2014-2015 class) with Farm Forward’s Jewish Initiative for Animals
If you listen closely, you can hear Melissa or Maxine talking to the turkeys – does it sound to you like they are “talking” back?
MS in Animals and Public Policy
The MS in Animals and Public Policy (MAPP) is an intensive, 12-to-16-month graduate degree program that focuses on human-animal relationships and their implications for policy and community action.
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Center for Animals and Public Policy
The mission of the Tufts Center for Animals and Public Policy (CAPP) is to conduct and encourage scholarly evaluation and understanding of the complex societal issues and public policy dimensions of the changing role and impact of animals in society. Work conducted by the Center is based on the tenets that animal well-being matters, that animal and human well-being are linked, and that both are enhanced through improved understanding of human-animal relationships.