AVA Ghana Travel Funding, ACE Seeks Charity Suggestions, and $500k in Org Grants
Your farmed animal advocacy update for early March 2026
Hi there! 👋 This edition brings news on two major wins—Ahold Delhaize's landmark cage-free commitment and Helsinki's vote to cut meat and dairy procurement in half—alongside new documentaries, podcasts, and a full lineup of jobs and opportunities for both individual advocates and organizations.
The most popular link from Hive Highlights late February 2026 was registration for Grantee Day at AVA Summit Canada.
To kick off today’s Hive Highlights, here are our 3 top picks from across the movement:
From Jobs & Opportunities
🔥 Opportunities: AVA Summit returns to Ghana, inviting animal advocates to apply for travel award funding by 1 May or as speakers by 4 May.
🔥 Opportunities: Animal Charity Evaluators (ACE) opens suggestions for animal charities to evaluate in their upcoming cycle, particularly welcoming organizations with limited visibility in the effective animal advocacy space. Submit by 3 April.
💰 Funding: The Strategic Animal Funding Circle invites applications from animal welfare and protection nonprofits seeking cost-effective, high-impact funding, with ~$500k distributed twice yearly in typical grants of $50k. Apply by 25 March.
By staying informed and connected, you're helping build a stronger movement for farmed animals around the world, and we're glad to have you with us. See you in two weeks!
Warmly,
Sofia, Chelsea, and the Hive team
How to navigate Hive Highlights
Every two weeks, Hive sends you the latest updates (click to jump):
Movement news: Covering 🐖 Animal Welfare, 🥗 Plant-Based Food & Alternative Protein, ⚖️ Policy, Legislation, and Law, 💪🏾 Animal Advocacy Org Updates, and 🎲 Other
Jobs & Opportunities: Covering 💼 Jobs, 💡 Skilled volunteering, 🔥 Opportunities, 💰 Funding, and 🤝 Upcoming External Events
Resources: Covering 📚 Research, 🎙️ Podcasts, 📙 Books, and 🎥 Videos
Hive updates: Covering the latest from our team!
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🐖 Animal Welfare
ACE shares the latest evidence review on investigations as an animal advocacy intervention, finding that while footage likely improves public attitudes toward animals, behavioral change, such as dietary shifts, remains uncertain.
Ahold Delhaize USA commits to going cage-free, setting the strongest cage-free policy of any large United States retailer and impacting an estimated 5–7 million hens.
Dilan Fernando explores why cost-effectiveness analysis can be misleading in animal advocacy when working toward broad, long-term goals like ending industrial animal farming.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals argues that cage-free systems shift rather than eliminate hen suffering, and calls for a focus on ending egg consumption rather than reforming factory farming conditions.
🥗 Plant-Based Food & Alternative Protein
China’s first national plant-based food standard launches, aiming to address inconsistent product quality, unclear labelling, and limited consumer understanding across the sector.
The Good Food Institute explores how fermentation-derived ingredients are emerging as a crucial enabling technology for the alternative protein sector, driving improvements in taste, nutrition, and price parity with conventional meat.
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization calls on governments to streamline regulatory frameworks for cultivated meat and precision-fermented foods, citing major gaps in pre-market approval and labelling standards.
⚖️ Policy, Legislation, and Law
Helsinki’s City Council votes to cut meat and dairy procurement by 50% across schools, hospitals, and other public institutions by 2030, replacing them with plant-based options in a landmark decision.
The Center for Animal Law Studies hosts its inaugural International Aquaculture Law & Policy Symposium on 5 June at the University of Birmingham, England.
The EU rules that “burger” and “sausage” can still be used to describe plant-based products, but moves to ban dozens of other common terms in a decision critics argue will confuse consumers and harm the European economy.
💪 Animal Advocacy Org Updates
2025 annual reports from:
ACE shares the achievements of its Recommended Charities in the second half of 2025.
National Animal Rights Day (NARD) releases its global NARD16 map of events taking place on 7 June, with more cities still being added—and encourages advocates to get in touch at NARD@ourplanettheirstoo.org if they’d like to organize an event in their city.
🎲 Other
The Mission Motor invites farmed animal advocacy organizations to complete a short survey on their Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning needs before it closes tomorrow, 12 March.
💼 Jobs
Data & Insights Lead, The Humane League. Remote, global (select countries). Apply by 13 March.
Fundraising Manager, Plant Power Africa. Remote, Kenya. Apply by 14 March.
Donor Relations Lead, The Humane League. Remote, United States. Apply by 15 March.
Food and Beverage Campaign Manager, L214. Remote, France. Apply by 15 March.
Deputy General Counsel at Good Food Institute. Remote, United States. Apply by 19 March.
Digital Strategy Officer, Eurogroup for Animals. Remote, Belgium preferred. Apply by 20 March.
High Value Events Manager, Compassion in World Farming. Hybrid, United Kingdom. Apply by 25 March.
Senior Scientist, Plant-Based, Good Food Institute. Remote, United States. Apply by 26 March.
Data Analyst and Research Analyst, Animal Ask. Remote, global. Apply by 31 March.
Communications & Digital Marketing Coordinator, Campaigns Coordinator, and Food Policy Specialist. Animal Equality. Remote, United Kingdom. Apply by 1 April.
Manager, Campaigns (Farm Animal Welfare), Humane World for Animals Canada. Remote, Canada. Apply by 4 April.
Director of Major Gifts, Mercy for Animals. Remote, Canada or United States.
Global Corporate Relations Manager, The Humane League. Remote, global (select countries).
Head of Marketing, Giving What We Can. Remote (UTC-6 to UTC+3).
Lawyer & Programme Lead: Corporate Accountability, Animal Law Reform South Africa. Remote, South Africa.
Project Manager, Animal Welfare, Good Impressions. Remote.
Job search tip: Browse Hive’s Jobs and Careers Resources and follow our Slack’s job feed in the #job-posting channel for new positions daily! You can also view the Animal Advocacy Careers, AltProtein.Jobs, Food Impact Careers, and Probably Good job boards.
💡 Job hunting? Also consider skilled volunteering
Volunteering helps you build skills, connections, context, and credentials, all while creating change for farmed animals. For many people, volunteering is a key step towards working professionally in the movement. For others, volunteering is one of several impactful ways to contribute.
Three places to find volunteering opportunities helping farmed animals:
The Hive Slack Community (that’s us!)
🔥 Opportunities
Animal Advocacy Africa opens applications for its Nigeria Fellowship, seeking ambitious advocates ready to strengthen farmed animal advocacy, with career guidance and potential funding on offer. Apply by 15 April.
Campaigns Lab hosts a session on 17 March introducing a new framework for maximizing efficiency and visibility in corporate campaigns, covering awareness, engagement, and pressure as core objectives.
International Centre for Animal Rights and Ethics opens requests for Animal Rights Law Counsel for Q2–Q3 2026, offering legal research, drafting, and strategic support to organizations working on animal rights objectives. Submit by 31 March.
Kickstarting for Good invites podcast creators working in plant-based diets, food systems, and animal advocacy to complete a short survey on their needs and challenges as they explore launching a support initiative for podcasters in the space.
Magnify Mentoring accepts mentee applications from women, non-binary, and trans people of any gender pursuing high-impact careers, offering six months of personalized mentorship from 250+ mentors across 40+ countries. Apply by 30 March.
Nonprofit Operations Accelerator accepts applications for a six-month virtual cohort helping nonprofit leadership teams strengthen internal systems, workflows, and decision-making structures. Apply by 15 March.
The Centre for Effective Altruism hosts a free, 4-day online bootcamp for accomplished professionals to identify high-impact careers that match their skills and build momentum for next steps. Apply by 31 March.
💰 Funding
Food System Stewards launches its website, which includes a resource library featuring a database of 100+ funding opportunities for organizations working towards a kinder food system.
Hive hosts a Fundraising Community Call on 17 March, led by Liz Wheeler of Faunalytics, an open, community-led conversation among fundraisers on what has and hasn’t worked. RSVP now.
Fundraising tip: Hive’s Fundraising Guide includes a database of current opportunities and key resources on how to fundraise.
🤝 Upcoming External Events
The Vegan and Animal Rights Conference, 20–22 March. Manchester.
2026 Mind, Ethics, and Policy Summit, 10–11 April. New York City.
AVA Summit Canada, 21–24 May. Toronto.
Sentient Futures London, 22–24 May. London.
EA Global: London, 29–31 May. London.
Vegan Creator Con, 13–14 June. Los Angeles.
Events tip: View more on the Connect for Animals (CFA) event list, the Effective Altruism Global event page, and our Conference Database.
📚 Research
An Aquaculture Accountability Project study debunks five major myths underpinning “sustainable seafood” messaging.
Faunalytics and Good Growth Co. develop a pilot and framework for understanding how contextual factors shape the effectiveness of food systems advocacy in India.
Researchers suggest that implementing dynamic social norm messaging—informing customers that plant-based meals are growing in popularity—could increase plant-based food consumption.
🎙️ Podcasts
Animal Law Podcast
Understanding EU Farmed Animal Welfare with Dr. Neil Dullaghan
How I Learned to Love Shrimp:
Our Hen House:
Big Meat’s Quiet Plant Pivot and Protein Politics: an examination of the meat industry’s latest moves
“The Way Forward”: Empowering Actions for Animal Rights and Overcoming Hopelessness
📙 Books
Animal Economics: Directly and Indirectly Accounting for Animal Welfare, by Nicolas Treich
🎥 Videos
Animal Ethics releases AI & Animals: a Documentary, bringing together 16 leading ethicists, scientists, and technologists to explore how AI could significantly impact the lives of animals.
We Animals releases two new short documentaries: Permission to Harm, exploring shared exploitation of human laborers and farmed animals, and Maria & The Flock, following a biologist caring for rescued hens at a farmed animal sanctuary.
Accelerate your advocacy by meeting the right people this month!
Creating change for farmed animals is harder when you’re doing it alone. Here’s the good news: The Hive Slack community’s Introductions channel is where committed advocates find the right people to move forward. Looking for a skilled volunteer? A job? Feedback on your research? It all starts with saying hi to our global community.
But here’s the problem: If your introduction is outdated or not posted yet, you’re missing out on strategic connections from the Hive team and community members who have the exact talent, data, or advice you need to increase your impact for farmed animals.
There’s a solution: participate in introductions + reintroductions month! Post your first-ever intro on Hive Slack, or reintroduce yourself if it’s been 6+ months. Start your year strong, by sharing your goals + challenges with other Hive community members, and accelerate your advocacy. We’re excited to hear from you!
(P.S. Not part of Hive Slack yet? Learn more here)
🌸 Reflect, connect, and grow with the Hive Community
Hive Community Conversations is a monthly virtual meetup for farmed animal advocates to connect, reflect, and explore ideas together. This edition invites you to pause and reflect on what’s starting to take shape in your work, as we move into spring. Whether you’re new to the movement or deeply involved, this space offers perspective, a chance to think out loud, and the opportunity to connect with fellow advocates. Join us on 26 March—returning or first-time attendees are welcome! RSVP now.
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