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Trident Stewardship Program
Maple Leaf Farms was the first duck company in North America to implement a comprehensive duck well-being program that includes science-based duck care for all stages of production, a training program for staff and growers, and an audit system that helps us continually identify areas to improve.
Our Duck Well-Being Guidelines set clear standard procedures for every person, practice and phase in our grow-out and processing operations. First began in the mid 1990s, the guidelines are informed by the company’s Duck Care Core Beliefs and live production leadership and by research-driven recommendations from an advisory committee of outside experts in animal science and veterinary medicine.
We’ve updated and improved our Duck Well-Being Guidelines in April 2002, August 2006, and September 2009. We’re convinced the years of internal debate and continued learning around our Duck Well-Being Guidelines have created a stronger company and helped us offer our customers a consistently outstanding duck. And as strange as this might sound, we sincerely hope other duck companies take a hard look at Maple Leaf Farms’ Duck Well-Being Guidelines and consider adopting them for their own operations.
Over the years, our perspective on duck well-being has evolved into a Trident Stewardship Program, where Maple Leaf Farms and the farmers we partner with focus on duck well-being, quality assurance, and natural resources conservation. The result is a high performing system where expectations are transparent and accountability measures ensure we implement these guidelines every day and at every location.
Program Components  
• Farming Practices
• Audits
• Feed Program
• Health Management
• Quality Assurance and Food Safety Program
• Natural Resource Conservation
Contact Us
Please reach out if you have any questions about our food safety, animal well-being and natural resource conservation practices. We’d love to hear from you.
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