Thanks Rachel. I think there are people trying the kind of holistic systems-change approach you’re describing.
I’m personally skeptical that we have anywhere near the resources to globally destabilize the existing factory farming system. (And I think destabilizing it on a more local basis would have little global impact.) I think the primary drivers of factory farming—especially the demand for cheap meat—are so deep-rooted and widespread that they would take immense resources to change.
Instead our focus has mostly been on reducing the suffering caused by factory farming, by trying to both reduce the suffering of each animal and reduce the number of animals factory farmed. I think some of the interventions to do so, like developing alt proteins, probably overlap with some of the things you’re thinking of.
Thanks Rachel. I think there are people trying the kind of holistic systems-change approach you’re describing.
I’m personally skeptical that we have anywhere near the resources to globally destabilize the existing factory farming system. (And I think destabilizing it on a more local basis would have little global impact.) I think the primary drivers of factory farming—especially the demand for cheap meat—are so deep-rooted and widespread that they would take immense resources to change.
Instead our focus has mostly been on reducing the suffering caused by factory farming, by trying to both reduce the suffering of each animal and reduce the number of animals factory farmed. I think some of the interventions to do so, like developing alt proteins, probably overlap with some of the things you’re thinking of.