Over 440 billion shrimps are farmed annually, over five times the total number of all farmed land animals.
I’m a big fan of SWP’s important work. Just a pedantic note on the framing: while 440 billion farmed shrimp is indeed massive, the claim that this is ‘over five times the total number of all farmed land animals’ doesn’t quite hold when including insects. According to Rethink Priorities’ 2020 report, 1-1.2 trillion insects are farmed annually for food and feed, more than 2x as many as shrimps.
Given this scale and the rapid industry growth, are there any insect welfare initiatives in AIM’s pipeline, or is this an area AIM is considering?
Thanks for this update!
I’m a big fan of SWP’s important work. Just a pedantic note on the framing: while 440 billion farmed shrimp is indeed massive, the claim that this is ‘over five times the total number of all farmed land animals’ doesn’t quite hold when including insects. According to Rethink Priorities’ 2020 report, 1-1.2 trillion insects are farmed annually for food and feed, more than 2x as many as shrimps.
Given this scale and the rapid industry growth, are there any insect welfare initiatives in AIM’s pipeline, or is this an area AIM is considering?