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BQI's Beacon series has a new issue

Beacon Issue 4 covers:

• Industrial animal agriculture's many facets.
• Powerful meat industry does not pay for harms caused.
• Market value of farmed animals globally.
• Local impact of farming shrimp in India for export.
• Vegetarian advocacy in China faced backlash.
• JBS's profits benefit top execs, not workers and Brazil society.
• Beef industry's growth in South Africa can hurt smallholders.

Learn about Beacon

Beacon is a series highlighting key messages from academic works that are useful to those tackling industrial animal agriculture in developing countries. It is easy to read and understand. No academic jargon!

Fueling Advocates Initiative update

TBF announces five new grantees:

• Global Feedback: Estimating land use in the Global South by the largest 48 industrial livestock and animal feed companies.
• Global Forest Coalition: Reviewing UN agencies' support for large-scale livestock projects, and mentor two local organizations in LMICs.
• Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy: Exploring meat production in Kenya, and the possible effects of the proposed trade liberalization on Kenya's animal agriculture.
• International Accountability Project: Examining industrial animal agricultural projects supported by development banks and public finance stored in a global database.
• World Animal Protection: Adapting a white paper on industrial animal agriculture to local context of two Latin American countries.