March #2: EU Political Landscape Research & Fellowship Opportunity in SE Asia
Your farmed animal advocacy update
Hi everyone 👋 As we approach the end of March—and wrap up the first quarter of 2025—we’re excited to bring you the latest updates from across the movement! Here are three highlights we think you’ll want to check out:
From Jobs & Opportunities
🔥 Opportunity: The Southeast Asia Farmed Animal Welfare Fellowship is a 16-week online program through which fellows will gain the knowledge, skills, and connections to advance farmed animal advocacy. The fellowship runs May to September, and advocates based in Southeast Asia are encouraged to apply by 13 April.
From Resources
📚 Research: Rethink Priorities assesses the current EU political landscape and its implications for farmed animal welfare policies–offering insights to funders looking to support greater protections for farmed animals in EU legislation, and to animal advocacy organizations operating in the region.
From Hive updates
👥 Event: Our next online Community Conversations is this Friday, 28 March, and we hope to see you there! This ongoing event series offers everyone in our movement–from completely new to seasoned advocates–a lively and supportive environment to make new friends through small group discussions and 1:1 chats. Sign up now.
Warmly,
Sofia, Angel, and the Hive team
Newsletter table of contents:
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🐖 Animal Welfare
Bentham's Bulldog makes a virtue ethics case for shrimp welfare.
Martin Gould shares five insights from farm animal economics.
UK retailer Co-op committed to eliminating two of the most harmful practices in shrimp farming.
Vasco Grilo analyzes cage-free egg production and real gross domestic product per capita across 53 countries.
🥗 Plant-Based Food & Alternative Protein
Samuel Mazzarella explores whether alternative proteins are an effective intervention for animals.
South Korea invests US$10 million to construct a first-of-its-kind cultivated meat research center in the country.
The Good Food Institute (GFI) shares how FP10, the EU's forthcoming Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, presents opportunities for alternative protein research; GFI also launched Alternative Protein Career Pathways, an interactive tool providing guidance for navigating roles in the sector.
💪 Animal Advocacy Org Updates
Faunalytics celebrates its 25th anniversary with reflections from founder Che Green on the organization’s evolution and history, and on 10 lessons learned.
Check out these new initiatives:
AI Impact Hub helps non-profits to confidently use AI-powered solutions that can save 10+ hours each week.
Asia Farming Solutions aims to reduce farmed animal suffering by promoting higher welfare practices through training, technical support, and advocacy.
Fauna Films creates impactful media that transforms consumer behavior and fosters compassion for animals, people, and the planet.
Finsight by Animal Ask presents data on fish production in Europe.
The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience at the London School of Economics and Political Science will advance scientific research on animal sentience to improve policies, laws, and ways to care for animals.
Sinergia Animal’s responds to a review by Vetted Causes, who re-responds.
Veganuary reviews its 2025 campaign results.
Vote by 30 March in the AI Loves Animals—Images 2025 contest.
🎲 Other
Billy Nicholles and Andrew Knight summarize new findings on the environmental impact of dog and cat diets.
James Özden on what to do about confirmation bias in social movements.
💼 Jobs
Media and Campaigns Specialist, Compassion in World Farming Polska. Hybrid, Warsaw. Apply by 1 April.
Senior Executive Assistant to Global CEO, Compassion in World Farming. Godalming, UK. Apply by 1 April.
Donor Relations Specialist, The Humane League. Remote, US. Apply by 4 April.
Digital Fundraising Lead, The Humane League UK. Remote, UK. Apply by 6 April.
Director of Operations or Director of Programs, Fish Welfare Initiative. Remote, India. Apply by 30 April.
Director of US Policy, International Council for Animal Welfare. Remote, US. Apply by 14th April.
Food Systems Data and Intelligence Analyst, Mercy For Animals. Remote, global.
Manager of Marketing & Communications, New Roots Institute. Remote, US.
Meat and Carcass Trade Project Officer, Eurogroup for Animals. Hybrid, Belgium.
Paid Circulator, Yes On IP28. Oregon, US.
Programme Manager, Alternative Proteins Association. Hybrid, London.
Research Manager, Kickstarting For Good. Remote, EU (ideally Berlin or Germany).
For more job listings, follow Hive Slack’s job feed in the #job-posting channel for new positions in a daily feed! Also, you can view the Animal Advocacy Careers, Tälist, Alt Protein Careers, and Probably Good job boards.
🔥 Opportunities
Food Systems and Public Health Fellowship for Journalists cultivates a network for journalists reporting on food production and sustainable food systems. Apply by 14 April.
Futurekind AI Fellowship provides project mentorship and knowledge to accelerate your career at the intersection of AI and animal welfare. Apply by 1 April. (Apply by 10 April for paid facilitator and mentor roles.)
New Roots Institute’s Leadership Academy is a fellowship for high school and college students passionate about food system change. Apply by 19 May.
💰 Funding
The Pollination Project is offering seed grants ($1,000) for diet change, farmed animal advocacy, and farmed animal welfare projects. Apply here.
Patagonia funds innovative environmental work that “addresses the root causes of the environmental crisis and seeks to protect both the environment and affected communities.” Apply by 30 April.
💎 Hive’s Fundraising Resources include an updated fundraising database of the most current opportunities, and key resources on how to fundraise.
📚 Research
Bryant Research contrasts perceptions with reality of UK meat production.
Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation challenges the narrative that factory farming bolsters UK food security.
Corentin Biteau, Tom Bry-Chevalier, Dustin Crummett, Ren Ryba, and Michael St. Jules debug several assumptions in insect farming literature.
Institute for European Environmental Policy explores protein diversification as an opportunity for farmers.
Nectar publishes “world’s largest” sensory analysis of 122 plant-based meats.
Gerard Wedderburn-Bisshop finds animal agriculture to cause more climate change than any other human activity (explanatory video).
🎙️ Podcasts
Future of Foods Interviews:
How I Learned to Love Shrimp:
Our Hen House:
Raising GenV is a podcast that dives into the art of raising compassionate, mindful kids in a non-vegan world. Listen to their latest episodes here.
🎥 Videos
Over 30 session recordings from the AI for Animals 2025 Bay Area conference are now available to watch! You’ll find a wide range of topics—Peter Singer’s discussion and Q&A on Ethics, Animals, and AI is a great starting point.
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🤝 Upcoming external events
EAGxNordics 2025, 25–27 April. Oslo.
EAGxPrague, 9–11 May. Prague.
AVA Summit United States, 15–18 May. Los Angeles.
AI, Animals, & Digital Minds Conference, 30 May–1 June. London.
EA Global: London, 6–8 June. London.
View more on the Connect for Animals (CFA) event list and Animal Rights Calendar.
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As always, thanks for the amazingly thorough collection of links.
Regarding shrimp, I disagree on several grounds, not the least of which is tactical.
https://mattball.substack.com/p/utilitarianism-hurts-a-case-study
I would also warn against pushing that (old) claim that animal agriculture is the biggest cause of climate change. That type of claim has long been dubious, at best.
https://www.mattball.org/2021/05/meat-and-climate-change-topic-that-rots.html
Take care and stay safe.