Animals Used for Food

Research about farmed animals including factory farming, veganism, vegetarianism, commercial fishing, and related topics.

The Replacement Nobody Is Asking For

Sep 9 2026 Hillary Hendrickson

A public health measure aimed at children is quietly poised to put billions of insects into the food supply. The decisions are being made right now, and there is a narrow window to change them. READ MORE

The Replacement Nobody Is Asking For

Sep 9 2026 Hillary Hendrickson

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Oct 27 2008 | Faunalytics

Lameness Tops Animal Welfare Concerns

Lameness has a profound impact, both on farm pigs’ welfare and on the economics of the pig farm industry. READ MORE

Oct 27 2008 | Faunalytics

Western Diet Risk To Asian Women

This study examined the effect of a meat-heavy diet on Chinese woman and found that a meat-heavy diet causes twice as many cases of breast cancer than a vegetable-based diet. READ MORE

Oct 26 2008 | Faunalytics

Climate Change Report Says Meat Must Be Rationed

This U.K. report recommends that meat consumption should be rationed to four portions a week to reduce U.K. carbon emissions. READ MORE

Oct 21 2008 | Faunalytics

IEC Looks At Egg Industry Developments In North America

Participants from the international Egg Commission have examined the egg industry in North America, and found that animal welfare concerns affect the Canadian and U.S. markets, but not the Mexican one. READ MORE

Oct 19 2008 | Faunalytics

Implications Of Future Ban On Gestation Crates In Michigan

27% of Michigan pork producers thought that a ban on gestation crates was likely to occur in the next 3 years, and 26% thought a national ban was likely to occur. READ MORE

Oct 19 2008 | Faunalytics

Strategic Analysis of Animal Welfare Legislation

This report reacts to the reform-abolish controversy and offers a method for analyzing measures on their individual merits, which is then applied to the abolition of battery cages. READ MORE

Oct 11 2008 | Faunalytics

Achieving Success With Meat Analogs

There is a growing public interest in meat analogs due to their nutritional and environmental benefits and companies need to use this interest to sell more meat analogs. READ MORE

Oct 9 2008 | Faunalytics

China To Assemble Vegetarian Food Body

A vegetarian food industry association is going to be set up in China to counter the country's lack of state and industry standards on the regulation of vegetarian food. READ MORE

Oct 7 2008 | Faunalytics

China’s Swine Industry May Propel U.S. Exports

China’s planned expansion of their pig industry from 650 million pigs per year to 730 million will require a significant amount of grain imports and supplies. READ MORE

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