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The Farmer's Dog

The Farmer's Dog has no scored products in the rubric yet.

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The verdict

Should you feed The Farmer's Dog?

We have not scored any The Farmer's Dog products yet. Either no public scorecard exists, the brand is on hold pending source capture, or it falls outside the dog food category. Check our refusal list for context.

Parent company
The Farmer's Dog
Manufacturer
The Farmer's Dog
Country
United States
Transparency
Medium
Scoring path
seed score during review

Brand Trust verification

Signal-by-signal evidence record.

Verified records replace the product-level seed Brand Trust score. Pending and conflicted records stay visible as context; unknown is not treated as false.

partially verifiedseed score during review7 unknown0 conflictLast checked 2026-04-30

Named qualified nutritionist

The Farmer's Dog says its team includes Board-Certified Veterinary Nutritionists and that food is made in USDA-inspected facilities, but this capture does not name an individual nutritionist or prove owned primary manufacturing. The Vet Team portal identifies named Research & Formulation team members including Renee Streeter DVM, DACVIM (Nutrition), Joseph Wakshlag DVM, PhD, DACVIM (Nutrition), Ryan Yamka PhD/MS, and Rae Sires DVM, DACVIM (Nutrition). It also describes AAFCO feeding-trial backing and research access for veterinary professionals.

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The Farmer's Dog Our Food pageThe Farmer's Dog Vet Team Portal

Owns or operates primary manufacturing

The Farmer's Dog says its team includes Board-Certified Veterinary Nutritionists and that food is made in USDA-inspected facilities, but this capture does not name an individual nutritionist or prove owned primary manufacturing.

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The Farmer's Dog Our Food page

Current feeding-trial evidence

The article says the brand has conducted AAFCO feeding trials on multiple recipes and partnered with Cornell on a long-term feeding study. The Vet Team portal identifies named Research & Formulation team members including Renee Streeter DVM, DACVIM (Nutrition), Joseph Wakshlag DVM, PhD, DACVIM (Nutrition), Ryan Yamka PhD/MS, and Rae Sires DVM, DACVIM (Nutrition). It also describes AAFCO feeding-trial backing and research access for veterinary professionals.

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The Farmer's Dog AAFCO feeding trials articleThe Farmer's Dog Vet Team Portal

Peer-reviewed research

The article says the brand has conducted AAFCO feeding trials on multiple recipes and partnered with Cornell on a long-term feeding study. The Vet Team portal identifies named Research & Formulation team members including Renee Streeter DVM, DACVIM (Nutrition), Joseph Wakshlag DVM, PhD, DACVIM (Nutrition), Ryan Yamka PhD/MS, and Rae Sires DVM, DACVIM (Nutrition). It also describes AAFCO feeding-trial backing and research access for veterinary professionals.

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The Farmer's Dog AAFCO feeding trials articleThe Farmer's Dog Vet Team Portal

Complete nutrient analysis

No source record captured yet.

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Source needed

No FDA recall in past 5 years

Official FDA firm-issued recall archive, current as of 2026-04-13, matched 6,582 rows against The Farmer's Dog terms with zero hits.

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FDA Firm-Issued Recalls Data Sets

No FDA Class I recall ever

No source record captured yet.

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Source needed

Country-of-origin sourcing

No source record captured yet.

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Same ownership for 10+ years

No source record captured yet.

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Active FDA warning letter

Official FDA warning-letter export, content current as of 2026-04-28, checked 1,000 rows with zero The Farmer's Dog matches.

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FDA Warning Letters current table

Cannot identify qualified nutritionist

The Vet Team portal identifies named Research & Formulation team members including Renee Streeter DVM, DACVIM (Nutrition), Joseph Wakshlag DVM, PhD, DACVIM (Nutrition), Ryan Yamka PhD/MS, and Rae Sires DVM, DACVIM (Nutrition). It also describes AAFCO feeding-trial backing and research access for veterinary professionals.

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The Farmer's Dog Vet Team Portal

Products

Public-beta products in this brand profile.

Regulatory context

FDA matching stays visible after launch.

Full FDA export matched 6582 row(s) against configured terms with zero hits. 0 ambiguous candidate row(s) were auto-dismissed. Archive and warning-letter checks may still be required before all Brand Trust gates close.

Checked 1,000 row(s), but --full-export was not provided. 0 ambiguous candidate row(s) were auto-dismissed. Active-warning-letter status remains unknown until full export/archive coverage is available.

Recall status
full export matched
Recall rows
6582
Recall matches
0
Recall source
FDA Firm-Issued Recalls Data Sets
Warning status
export match pending
Warning rows
1000
Warning matches
0
Warning source
FDA Warning Letters

FAQ

About The Farmer's Dog

Is The Farmer's Dog dog food any good?

PetScored has no scored The Farmer's Dog products yet. Either no public scorecard exists or the brand is on hold pending source capture. See /refused for the full list of bags we will not score.

Has The Farmer's Dog been recalled recently?

No FDA recall matches for The Farmer's Dog in the accessible export window. Brand-level history may still exist outside the matched export; the brand profile shows what the FDA source covers and what it doesn't.

Does The Farmer's Dog pay PetScored for its score?

No. PetScored takes zero manufacturer money — no paid placements, no sponsored rankings, no free-product review programs. Affiliate links on retail-purchase actions are disclosed and never affect scores. See /trust for the full posture.