Animal Welfare
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WellnessSee articleCan’t Cut Meat 100 Percent Yet? “The Reducetarian Solution” Says Less Is Next Best
The good news: There is a growing number of people who are reducing their intake of animal products. According to a recent survey, 29 percent of Brits are eating less meat than they did a year ago. This holds true for Americans, too. The term “reducetarian” celebrates this large portion of the population that is […] -
WellnessSee articleNo, Grass-Fed Beef is Not Better for the Planet
Bill Ripple, PhD, distinguished professor of ecology and well-known researcher at Oregon State University, has spent over 20 years researching the roles of large carnivores in ecological systems around the world. He began his work researching the beneficial effects that wolves in Yellowstone have on that ecosystem. I talked to him about his critical research […] -
WellnessSee articleThe Best Thing You Can Do for the Planet Has Nothing to Do With Shorter Showers or Hybrid Cars
How is it possible that the drastic spike in human population is not the biggest problem for the environment? Human population has increased, that’s true, but animal agriculture has exploded. There are now 70 billion farmed animals on this planet. This clip from the documentary Cowspiracy explores human consumption and animal consumption to determine their […] -
WellnessSee articleHow One Piglet Changed My Life
Growing up on a farm in a small Ohio town, I shared my childhood with animals of all kinds. I was enchanted by the wildlife I discovered near my home, and my family’s dogs and cats were my best friends. They were the first to teach me that like humans, animals have needs, desires, curiosities, […] -
WellnessSee articleHow the Livestock Industry Endangers Biodiversity, and Why It Matters
The following is an excerpt from Living the Farm Sanctuary Life, which was just released by Rodale Books. Possibly the most chilling effect of the livestock industry is how it alters our planet in ways that change its composition forever. Duncan Williamson, food policy manager at the World Wildlife Fund, UK, estimates that approximately 30 […] -
WellnessSee articleIncorporating Compassion for Farmed Animals
The following piece is the acceptance speech given by Dr. Melanie Joy on October 9, 2013 at the House of Commons in London, where she was presented with the Institute of Jainology’s prestigious Ahimsa Award for her international work on nonviolence. Dr. Joy is the eighth recipient of the award. Former recipients include the Dalai […] -
WellnessSee articleBack to the Heart: Restoring Our Relationship to Our Fellow Creatures
When Farm Sanctuary was founded in 1986, there was little awareness of the highly destructive effects of factory farming. I wanted to see for myself what was happening, so I spent years visiting farms, stockyards, and slaughterhouses, undercover, to document the conditions at these operations. What I found was living animals discarded like garbage, thrown into trash cans […] -
WellnessSee articleDis-ease of the Heart: The Psychology of Eating Animals
On a recent flight on my way to present my slideshow on carnism, I struck up a conversation with the woman sitting next to me, a conversation that was not terribly different from many of my in-flight dialogues: Woman: Where are you heading? MJ: To give a talk on my book Why We Love Dogs, […]