FACTA Names New Director

Farm Animal Care Training and Auditing (FACTA) announces a new Director, Jacquelyn Babcock to lead the growing animal welfare and audit group.

Babcock was born and raised in southwest Michigan on a small family farm. Her family has a long history of animal rescue, especially horses, furthering her belief in proper animal husbandry and welfare.

Babcock holds a B.S. in Animal Sciences and Minor in Agribusiness Management from Michigan State University(MSU) in East Lansing. During her time at MSU she worked in swine and equine nutrition, mink toxicology and beef cattle air quality research. Babcock recently began her M.S. in International Animal Welfare, Ethics and Law through the University of Edinburgh, furthering her education in animal welfare and livestock.

Prior to joining FACTA, she worked as an internal animal welfare auditor with a laying hen company and has managed research projects in swine nutrition. She is a member of the Professional Animal Auditor Certification Organization (PAACO) – Poultry, Meat Plant Welfare and Swine; and a Certified Pork Quality Assurance Advisor. She has been with FACTA since 2018.