May 18, 2024
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Students urge Aldi, Inc. to change pork policy

About a dozen university and high school students, including students from Wheaton North, visited the Aldi, Inc. corporate headquarters in Batavia on Monday to encourage the grocery chain to change policy on the pork products it sells.

Northern Illinois University senior Sarah Bridgeforth listens to instructions before visit ALDI, Inc. corporate offices in Batavia to deliver letters in support of more humane pork production. (Mary Beth)

Northern Illinois University senior Sarah Bridgeforth listens to instructions before visit ALDI, Inc. corporate offices in Batavia to deliver letters in support of more humane pork production. (Mary Beth)

Students carry letters to ALDI, Inc.CEO Jason Hart asking the company to find pork producers that don't use gestation crates while visiting the company's corporate offices in Batavia. (Mary Beth)

Representatives of ALDI, Inc. receive a letter asking the grocery company to find pork producers that don't use gestation crates during a visit to their corporate headquarters in Batavia. Students from Wheaton North High School, Northern Illinois University and Northwestern Law School participated. (Mary Beth)

Animal rights activist Jess Chipkin of Crate-Free Illinois speaks to students before they deliver letters to ALDI, Inc. in Batavia requesting ALDI, Inc.to find suppliers raising pigs without the use of gestation crates. Students from Wheaton North High School, Northern Illinois University and Northwestern Law School participated. (Mary Beth)

Joseph Astar, signs a petition outside ALDI, Inc. before joining a group of students delivering letters supporting a change to humane pork suppliers to the company corporate offices in Batavia. (Mary Beth)

Wheaton North High School teacher Lisa Schmalz walks with students delivering letters calling for more humane treatment of pigs , far right,at ALDI, Inc. corporate offices in Batavia. (Mary Beth)