Harrison's Bird Foods is a family of certified organic, formulated diets that were created by avian veterinarians and nutritionists with the health of your bird in mind. Our formulas require little or no supplementation.

Dr. Greg Harrison, the main developer of Harrison's Bird Foods, is a certified avian specialist with 34 years experience in bird care. He has transformed his practice into an avian wellness clinic that incorporates preventive medicine through proper nutrition with Harrison's Bird Foods.

Harrison's is sold in veterinary clinics throughout the world. Make an appointment for your bird to see a vet today and be sure to ask for Harrison's Bird Foods.

Who is Dr. Greg Harrison?

Harrison ’s Bird Foods were formulated in the mid-1980’s by Dr. Greg Harrison and HBD Intl., Inc. was established in 1989 to market theses new diets. But who is this guy and how did he get to know so much about feeding birds?

After growing up in a small farming community in Iowa , Greg Harrison attended Iowa State University (ISU) where he earned his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree in 1967. He moved to South Florida where he worked in a small animal clinic and then opened his own practice in 1969 in Lake Worth . There he raised his family and gravitated toward aviculture after serving as a zoo and wild animal park consultant. He soon established The Bird Hospital, the first Florida practice exclusively developed for pet bird medicine and surgery.

At one time when the importation of parrots into the United States was still very popular, he owned 200 pairs of various species of psittacine birds. In a clinical trial to improve the breeding results of a group of hyacinth macaws, he developed a formulated diet, which became the basis for Harrison 's Bird Foods, the world’s first organic formulated pet food. Dr. Harrison continues as President of HBD Intl, Inc., the manufacturer of Harrison ’s Bird Foods.

Through continued study, Dr. Harrison became a Diplomate of the American Board of Vet erinary Practitioners (ABVP) and a Diplomate of the European College of Avian Medicine and Surgery (ECAMS), two avian veterinary specialty organizations. There are currently only seven other veterinarians in the United States and European Union who are double-boarded avian specialists.

In 1997, he was awarded the Stange Award, ISU’s highest honor for contributions to the veterinary field. Dr. Harrison is committed to sustainable agriculture and has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Rachel Carson Council since 2001.

When he retired from veterinary practice in January, 2005, he created Spix Publishing Inc, a small communications company. Spix Publishing has recently released a two-volume avian veterinary textbook, called Clinical Avian Medicine. Besides coordinating the efforts of 50 contributing authors along with his co-editor, Dr. Teresa Lightfoot, Dr. Harrison contributed to the writing of multiple chapters.

Other contributions of Dr. Greg Harrison to major textbooks in veterinary medicine and aviculture include:

-Caged Bird Symposium, Veterinary Clinics of North America, Philadelphia, WB Saunders Co, March, 1984.

-Caged Bird Symposium translated into Japanese.

-Clinical Avian Medicine and Surgery, Philadelphia, WB Saunders Co,1986.

-Clinical Avian Medicine and Surgery translated into Japanese.

-Feeding practices for passerine and psittacine birds. In Fowler ME (ed): Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine, 2nd ed, Philadelphia, WB Saunders Co, 1986.

-Avian Medicine: Principles and Application. Lake Worth , Florida , Wingers Publishing, 1994.

-Clinical Avian Medicine Vols I & II, Palm Beach , Florida , Spix Publishing, 2006. www.clinicalavianmedicine.com.

-Preventive medicine for Amazons. In John & Pat Stoodley (eds): Genus Amazona. Bezels Publications, Lovedean, Portsmith , England , 1990.