Are there any interventions that are specially promising to increase the fraction of philanthropic and governmental spending on animal welfare, which is currently tiny? Relatedly, the Danish Action Plan for Plant-based Foods was published in October 2023. According to Good Food Institute Europe:
The publication of the plan follows the landmark investment of 1 billion kroner (€168 million) to advance plant-based foods announced two years ago, most of which went into a new Fund for Plant-Based Foods. The fund focuses on advancing research into diverse organic crops, and their applications in creating delicious, nutritious plant-based foods.
I wonder to which extent Open Philanthropy is funding interventions that could accelerate the emergence of these types of plans and investments in other countries.
I’m excited to see governments spending more on alternative protein research and farm animal welfare improvements. I agree that accelerating this work is a priority.
On alternative proteins, I wrote a little while back about public support for alt protein R&D and how we can accelerate it. We’re supporting groups like the Good Food Institute, Food Frontier, and Danish Vegetarian Foundation to do so.
On animal welfare, I’m excited to see the EU and some European governments (e.g. Denmark, Netherlands, Germany, UK) considering funding farmers to adopt higher welfare practices. Grantees working on this include Compassion in World Farming and the Albert Schweitzer Foundation.
Are there any interventions that are specially promising to increase the fraction of philanthropic and governmental spending on animal welfare, which is currently tiny? Relatedly, the Danish Action Plan for Plant-based Foods was published in October 2023. According to Good Food Institute Europe:
I wonder to which extent Open Philanthropy is funding interventions that could accelerate the emergence of these types of plans and investments in other countries.
I’m excited to see governments spending more on alternative protein research and farm animal welfare improvements. I agree that accelerating this work is a priority.
On alternative proteins, I wrote a little while back about public support for alt protein R&D and how we can accelerate it. We’re supporting groups like the Good Food Institute, Food Frontier, and Danish Vegetarian Foundation to do so.
On animal welfare, I’m excited to see the EU and some European governments (e.g. Denmark, Netherlands, Germany, UK) considering funding farmers to adopt higher welfare practices. Grantees working on this include Compassion in World Farming and the Albert Schweitzer Foundation.