Hello friends! 🎊🎊🎊
It’s only been a couple weeks since our last newsletter, and we already have a lot of updates and news!
👉 First of all, thank you so much to the 90 of you who already filled out our annual survey🙏. Just 10 days left until we close it - this is your chance to have your say on how we can be helpful to you.
Slack updates (join Slack to access these channels):
New #operations channel to exchange knowledge in operations + online networking event on Feb 7!
New #TikTok channel to get help with this platform
IAA Community Events & such (subscribe to our new events calendar!)
Office Hours: Welfare Footprint Project, hosted by Cynthia Schuck, on January 31
Office Hours: Mission Motor on Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning, hosted by Nicoll Peracha and Blake Hannagan, on February 6
Digital Platform Coordination meeting, on February 15
Animal advocacy book club: How to Create a Vegan World, hosted by Joseph Lemien, on February 26
AMA with Simon Newstead about alt protein in Asia, following his recent interview available on the How I Learned to Love Shrimp podcast, in the #altprotein channel until Feb 1.
Thank you for joining us in this journey to help animals!!
Cheers!
Sofia & Team IAA
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Newsletter sections:
💡 Topics being discussed
📚 Latest research
💼 Jobs
🔥 Opportunities & funding
🎁 Resources
🎉 Upcoming events
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💡 Topics being discussed:
🥗 Plant-Based Food & 🍗 Cultivated Protein:
International Trade Fair for the Meat Industry (IFFA) introduces new category for alternative meats
On the Importance of Price and Taste for Food Choice, Bryant Research
Summary of cultivated meat regulation: UK, Israel, Australia forge ahead; US & EU fall behind. Ban introduced in Arizona (USA), following Florida’s proposed bill and Italy’s law.
The Milk Wars: Dairy vs Plant-Based Marketing Campaigns Boil Over
University of California, Davis, launched new alt protein research center
🌍 Animals and Climate:
Animal farming for the fashion industry and other non-food purposes in Africa
Bullfighting returns to Mexico City after 2022 ban overturned
Documenting dairy farming in India, We Animals Media
Greenwashing effect of the new methane metric, GWP (global warming potential)
Investigating Dissolved Oxygen Challenges in Aquaculture Systems and accompanying Fish Welfare Initiative post with insights
💪 Animal Advocacy Org and Movement Updates:
Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) prepares for their next trial, starting on March 18, for rescuing dogs from a breeding and testing facility
Several NGOs updated their brands, logos, websites:
Better Food Foundation and their DefaultVeg initiative
Social science research topics for animal welfare, Open Philanthropy
🎲 Other:
📚 Latest research:
ACE's December 2023 research newsletter — with 50+ research papers included!
Giving farm animals a name and a face: Eliciting animal advocacy among omnivores using the identifiable victim effect
Research on the Rancher-Cow Relationships: Caretaking Or Commodification?
Unpacking Chile’s Animal Industrial Complex
💼 Jobs:
Animal Policy Alliance Program Specialist, The Humane League. Deadline is February 8.
Better Chicken Commitment Campaigner, Australian Alliance for Animals. Deadline is February 7.
Board of Directors, Shrimp Welfare Project. Rolling deadline.
Board of Directors, Thrive Philanthropy. Deadline is February 25.
Community Manager, Observatorio de Bienestar Animal.
COO and Campaign Manager, Albert Schweitzer Foundation. Deadline is February 4 and 15.
Projects Manager, Faunalytics. Deadline is January 31.
Operations Specialist, Legal Impact for Chickens.
Plus, new positions from ProVeg, GFI, and more are listed on the Animal Advocacy Careers, Tälist, Alt Protein Careers job boards.
🔥 Opportunities & Funding
1-on-1 Capacity Building Support applications are being accepted for NGOs in the Asia for Animals network.
AgFunder GROW Impact Accelerator applications are open for the 2024 cohort of foodtech and agtech startups. Deadline is February 2.
Global animal law opportunities:
La Clínica de Investigadores en Derecho Animal offers sessions every month, the next one is January 30 (in Spanish)
Law Lecturers’ Workshop in Animal Rights Law is accepting applications. Hyderabad, India. Deadline is February 23.
Legal Impact for Chickens is looking for people who own stock in any meat, egg, or agriculture company.
List of Food Systems, Climate, Nutrition and Health Events in 2024
Masterclass for Careers in the Alternative Protein Industry, $599 or express interest in a sponsored spot.
Online productivity course, free until the end up April. Offered by Clariteam / Sofia Balderson.
People & culture support available for animal & vegan advocacy organizations, Culture Canopy
ProVeg Incubator for food-tech startups. Accepting applications all year round with new cohort starting in April.
🗣️ Conference participation opportunities
Last newsletter, we included speaking opportunities for upcoming conferences. We’re including them again, with a new one (see ✨)
Animal & Vegan Advocacy (AVA) Summit: Apply to be speaker, lead workshop, or other activity. Deadline is February 5.
Animal Law Conference: Call for proposals. Deadline is March 1.
Intersection of animal & AI workshop: Call for papers. Deadline is February 15.
Lifestyle Medicine conference: Call for proposals. Deadline is March 1.
NYU Wild Animal Welfare Summit: Call for expressions of interest. Deadline is March 1.
Oxford Animal Ethics Summer School: Call for papers. Deadline is February 1.
✨NEW: Reducetarian Summit: Speaker interest form.
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🎁 Resources
🎧 Podcasts:
✨NEW: Asia for Animals (AfA) podcast: Harnessing WOAH Standards for Animal Welfare in Asia-Pacific
Animal Justice Academy: Ushering In Non-Animal Testing Methods
How I Learned to Love Shrimp: Simon Newstead on developing alternatives to animal protein
Our Hen House:
Sentientism: Don't underestimate your influence with Chris Bryant
The Animal Turn: Animal Photojournalism with Jo-Anne McArthur
The Sustainable Table: Sustainability Insights from Ron Pohl, President of International Operations at BWH Hotel Group
📹 Videos (use YouTube video summarizer to get key takeaways!)
Recordings from the Seminarios de Derecho Animal (Animal Rights Seminars) 2023 are available — and register for the upcoming 2024 seminar talks on animal law in Spanish.
📖 Other:
🌟Scarlet Spark have several upcoming events for current and developing leaders including Leadership Essentials Workshop, February 6
DALPS (Derecho Animal-Animal Legal and Policy Studies) is a Spanish-language journal for legal and policy studies
New book published: The Farm Animal Movement: Effective Altruism, Venture Philanthropy, and the Fight to End Factory Farming in America.
🎉 Upcoming events
A Review of Youth Engagement in Food systems Transformation towards achieving SDG 2 targets, January 30.
In-person meetup in Oakland on February 3.
Farm Animal Coalition Regional Event Japan 2024, February 3. Virtual.
Global Movie Night, February 5. Virtual.
EAGxLatinAmerica, February 16–18. Ciudad de México, MX.
A new pillar of the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Guidelines, February 23.
Plant Futures Fest, February 24. Oakland, US.
EA Global London, May 31–June 2. London, UK.
View more on the Connect for Animals (CFA)’s event list.
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