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💡 Topics being discussed
📚 Latest research
💼 Jobs
👩💻 IAA updates
🔥 Opportunities & funding
🎁 Resources
🎉 Upcoming events
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💡 Topics being discussed:
🔎 Reports:
APAC AgriFood Report, AgFunder and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Canada Animal Welfare Scorecard 2023, Mercy for Animals
Consumer Report: Prospect of Cultivated Meat & Seafood in South Korea, Asia-Pacific Society for Cellular Agriculture (takeaways)
The State of Food and Agriculture 2023, Report by the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FOA) on the true cost sustainable agrifood systems
🥗 Plant-Based Food & 🍗 Cultivated Protein:
Denmark introduces world’s 1st national action plan to promote plant-based foods — followed by South Korea as the 2nd country with a plan!
Beyond Meat cuts non-production workforce by 19% and revises revenue forecast, in response to weaker demand for their plant-based meat
APAC Regulatory Coordination Forum, a group of 11 stakeholders from 9 countries, launched to advance the regulatory approval of cultivated meat
🌍 Animals and Climate:
13 out of top 20 meat and dairy companies have increased emissions, per investment risk research firm FAIRR’s new Protein Producer Index
€40M loan secured by Dutch startup to end male chick culling and an In-Ovo Sexing News Roundup
Banning meat and dairy advertising: Two Dutch municipalities succeed and a U.K. campaign is underway
Farming Atlantic bluefish tuna on land may pose serious welfare issues
The industry figures behind ‘declaration of scientists’ backing meat eating
Tyson Foods moves to scale insect protein through partnership & investment
💪 Animal Advocacy Org and Movement Updates:
Activist Wayne Hsuing Convicted of Felony for Rescuing Sick Chickens
Cultural Change & Strategy for Animal Freedom, Animal Think Tank
The People’s Fund announces their 3 newest BIPOC-led grantees
Vegetarianos Hoy rebrands with new logo and name: Fundación Veg
Violent imagery may traumatize, rather than motivate, veteran activists
🎲 Other:
Remembering Esther the Wonder Pig, the social media “pigfluencer”
Rethink Priorities’ Worldview Investigations Team (WIT) released a series, Causes and Uncertainty: Rethinking Value in Expectation (CURVE), to consider alternatives to expected value maximization and its implications:
📚 Latest research:
15 new peer-reviewed research papers about cellular agriculture, New Harvest
A Model Estimating the Value of Research Influencing Funders, Rethink Priorities
Assessing Negative Welfare Measures for Wild Invertebrates: The Case for Octopuses and a related reply
Bryant Research shares UK consumer attitudes towards Plant-based Meat, Alternative Proteins & Meat Reduction, and the Egg Industry.
Cross-Cultural Attitudes Towards Animal Welfare — Faunalytics analyzed a survey with respondents from 14 counties
RCT about the impact of exposure to an educational plate graphic at Stanford University dining hall
Party Politics for Animal Advocacy Part 2: Establishing groups across or within major political parties, Animal Ask
Policy Changes Seem to Matter (Much) Longer than Some Have Assumed
Environmental sustainability benefits of vegan diets for dogs, cats, and people
💼 Jobs:
Event and Training Specialist, Open Wing Alliance. Deadline is Nov 15.
General Researcher, Animal Charity Evaluators. Deadline is Nov 12.
Senior Director, Programs, Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders. Deadline Nov 17.
Several program officer & ops roles, Navigation Fund. Deadlines start on Nov 19.
PhD/MS on farmed insect welfare and insect neurobiology, the Barrett Lab at Indiana University. Students to start in Fall 2024.
Plus, new positions from Animal Ask, Good Food Institute, and more are listed on the Tälist and Animal Advocacy Careers job boards.
🚀 Impactful Animal Advocacy (IAA) updates!
⭐️ We just released a digest with the best Slack conversations and resources from October. Not yet in the Slack? Sign up to join the community.
😍 We have fiscal sponsorship! We are thankful to Humane America Animal Foundation for helping us accept donations are tax-deductible in the U.S.
🔥 Opportunities & Funding
Food Innovation Challenge undergrad and graduate student proposals due November 20.
EA Animal Welfare Fund is looking for Guest Fund Managers. Part-time paid and volunteer positions are available. Deadline to apply is November 26.
Plant Based Foods Institute (PBFI) is accepting grant proposals that address plant-based labeling restrictions and bans. Deadline is December 1.
Other grant application due December 1: ProVeg Grants & Thrive Philanthropy
Vegan Hacktivists Playground has new volunteer & paid opportunities
Veganuary Workplace Challenge is signing up organizations to participate in this annual event, encouraging workforces to try vegan for the month of January.
🎁 Resources
🎧 Podcasts:
How I Learned to Love Shrimp: Josh Balk on using shareholder activism to win change from the worlds largest food companies
Our Hen House: Tyler Whitley on Transfarmation, the Mercy for Animals program that works with contract farmers
Knowing Animals: Solitary confinement of humans and animals with Delcianna Winders
80,000 Hours: Seren Kell on the research gaps holding back alternative proteins from mass adoption
📹 Videos (use YouTube video summarizer to get key takeaways!)
If you missed recent conference, AFAD and ALC released recordings:
Asia Farm Animal Day: Playlist with all recorded sessions
Aquatic Life Conference: Playlist with all recorded sessions
Karthik Logic: Dr. Andrew Crump on scientific research into insect sentience
Sentientism: Molly Elwood, CEO of Elwoods Dog Meat
Sentient Media: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 101 Training
📖 Other:
AI for Animals, a new website featuring resources, projects, news, orgs, and events at the intersection of animals and artificial intelligence
List of 9 free courses for animal advocates, compiled by ACE.
Research to End Consumption of Animal Products (RECAP), research community.
Routledge Handbook of Animal Welfare, open access textbook on animals and law.
🎉 Upcoming events
Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Animal Charity Evaluators, November 14. Takes place on the r/vegan subreddit.
EAGxVirtual, November 17–19. Virtual. View the tentative agenda here.
Rethink Priorities’ Shrimp Farming Research Webinar, November 20. Virtual
Animal Advocacy Conference Asia, November 25–26. Virtual.
New Food Conference, November 25–26. Berlin & Virtual.
View more on the Connect for Animals’ event list
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