Works We Funded
- See HERE for a full list of all the grants we provided and projects we supported since our founding in 2019.
- Some of the funding we provided were fellowship awards to PhD holders and students. Fellowship winners are required to produce reports which we call "Guidance Memos".
- Guidance Memos are reports written in plain language, relevant to one or more "burning questions" we have collected from leaders of NGOs working to address negative impacts of industrial food animal production, particularly concerning developing countries.
- Guidance Memos provide sound information and clear explanations that deepen readers’ understanding of the issues addressed, highlight key considerations that they may not be aware of, and offer practical advice that helps their work and decision-making.
- All Guidance Memos are listed below. Their shortened titles, authors, and keywords are searchable.
TITLE: Dairy production in India: Animal welfare implications and public perceptions. AUTHOR: J.A. Robbins. KEYWORDS: dairy production; dairy consumption; cows; buffaloes; animal welfare; India.
July 12, 2023
This report focuses on four topics about dairy in India: Dairy consumption; dairy production; animal welfare of dairy animals; unique socio-cultural factors.
Learn MoreTITLE: Addressing the issues of industrial poultry in Egypt (Arabic version: انفلونزا الطيور والدعم الغذائي معالجة قضايا الدواجن الصناعية في مصر). AUTHOR: M.W. Dixon. KEYWORDS: poultry; diseases; corporations; government policies; food security; Egypt.
July 12, 2023
With the rise of a corporate agri-food system in Egypt since the 1980s, the country's industrial poultry production has increased dramatically. This report focuses on two main concerns with Egypt's corporate poultry industry.
Learn MoreTITLE: Egg producer and egg buyer disconnect - Exploring barriers and levers to increase cage-free egg production in China. AUTHOR: A. Bright. KEYWORDS: cage-free egg production; egg producers; egg consumption; China.
July 12, 2023
About 40% of the world's chicken eggs come from China. Although there is interest in cage-free eggs production in China, the transition has been slow. This report focuses on a key reason: A fundamental disconnect between egg producers and buyers (retailers and end consumers).
Learn MoreTITLE: The role of major retailers and supermarkets in the transition from industrial animal agriculture to alternative proteins in low- and middle-income countries - The case of Brazil. AUTHOR: G.G. Reis. KEYWORDS: meat consumption; diet; alternative pro
July 12, 2023
This report analyzes how supermarkets in Brazil promote plant-based "meat" compared with animal-based products. It also compares plant-based products coming from companies that also offer meat (i.e. meat processing companies) with products from companies that only manufacture plant-based products (plant-based "exclusive" firms).
Learn MoreTITLE: The politics of milk - Examining claims about dairy in China. AUTHOR: P. H. Howard KEYWORDS: dairy production and consumption; corporations; marketing; government; China.
July 12, 2023
This report focuses on three key claims driving the huge growth in recent decades in the production and consumption of dairy products in China – a country that historically had low level of interest in these products.
Learn MoreTITLE: Smallholder family dairy farmers and the expansion of industrialized animal production in Santa Catarina, Brazil. AUTHOR: M.J. Hötzel. KEYWORDS: dairy production; cows; Brazil.
July 12, 2023
Why are small-scale family dairy farms expanding to larger scale industrialized systems such as compost barns in Santa Catarina, one of the largest dairy production regions in Brazil? Compost barns are presented to small-scale farmers as a modern and efficient production model. Farmers perceive that by adopting these intensive confined systems, they will acquire the social status associated with modernity. To curb the further adoption of compost barns and encourage the use of pasture-based systems instead, one needs to take multiple steps and approaches.
Learn MoreTITLE: The path towards CAFO in Argentina (Spanish version: El proceso de intensificación de la ganadería en Argentina). AUTHOR: S. Pezzetta. KEYWORDS: pig production; government; corporations; trade; animal welfare; Argentina; China.
July 12, 2023
What factors have led Argentina to intensify its pig farming? How did the 2020 government agreement with Chinese investors to build mega pig farms in the country come about? What were stakeholders' response? Did animal welfare matter? This report seeks to throw light on these questions.
Learn MoreTITLE: Las universidades públicas de Argentina como instituciones clave para la reducción del consumo de productos de origen animal (English version: Public universities in Argentina as critical institutions for reducing animal food product consumption).
July 12, 2023
What practical issues should one consider if one wants canteens in public universities in Argentina to serve vegetarian food? What practical steps can one take to make this happen and to sustain it for the long term? Can serving vegetarian meals save universities money, reduce environmental impacts, and help students adopt a vegetarian diet?
Learn MoreTITLE: Livelihood transitions in low- and middle-income countries - From animal agriculture to alternative proteins. AUTHOR: P. Newton. KEYWORDS: livestock producers; alternative proteins; Brazil.
July 12, 2023
This report provides insights into whether and how it is possible for commercial livestock producers and other people involved in the animal agriculture sector to transition to other livelihoods and sources of income, if and when there is a dietary and market shift away from animal-sourced foods and towards alternative proteins. Brazil is used as a case study.
Learn MoreTITLE: Identifying economic and financial drivers of industrial livestock production - the case of the global chicken industry. AUTHOR: M. Tak. KEYWORDS: economics; corporations; government; livestock; poultry; India.
July 11, 2023
This report explains the asymmetries of power and policies that give rise to corporate concentration in livestock industries, in particular poultry. It also provides an analytical framework on how to research economic and global finance drivers of industrialized livestock production systems in low- and middle-income countries.
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