Cathy Lafrenz and her husband Cliff (known as “Honey” on her blog) raise their laying hens the old-fashioned way in Donahue, Iowa. Cathy said, “We raise our chickens kind of like my grandmother would have raised them. I just try to take really good care of them.” Cathy learned at a very early age to respect and take care of animals and attributes this to her father, who was a large animal veterinarian.

Miss Effie’s Country Flowers and Garden Stuff joined Animal Welfare Approved because Cathy said, “Reading through all the literature their values fit my values.” Cathy loves the being able to give her customers the Animal Welfare Approved brochure along with their eggs. She said, “It’s a lot better than just saying you treat your chickens well.”