Co-founder Healthier Hens 2021, Tech founder ecorbio 2020
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Introducing Healthier Hens
Healthier Hens Y1.5 Update and scaledown assessment
A subjective account of what it’s like to join an EA-aligned org without previous EA knowledge
Healthier Hens Y1 update including challenges so far and a call for funding
Healthier Hens Y2.5 update and new avenues
Healthier Hens Y2 update including impact estimates and possible next steps
Lessons learned from country visits and pilot country selection – Healthier Hens 6M Update
Hey all, thanks for all that you do!
Fish and, potentially, invertebrates will probably be the most intensively farmed animals for quite some time. What fundamental research, do you reckon, is most needed to spearhead their protection and welfare? Thanks.
Thanks for sharing this—interesting! Would your opinion on the mandatory use of CCTV change significantly if you considered on-farm CCTV instead?
Thanks for sharing and all of your great work! I still find estimating and comparing cost-effectiveness difficult to grasp, but, roughly, how would you say the potential cost-effectiveness of such an intervention (i.e. 12 welfare points per dollar) compare to that of cage-free campaigns (as defined in https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/L5EZjjXKdNgcm253H/corporate-campaigns-affect-9-to-120-years-of-chicken-life )? Thanks!
[Question] What would you like to ask a senior staff member who joined a new EA-aligned org without previous EA experience?
It seems that at least some European countries are seriously considering a meat/climate impact tax. What impact, do you expect, this could have? Do any unexpected potential flow-through effects come to mind?
Nice one Robert! All the best. <3
Thanks for providing these external benchmarks and making it easier to compare! Do you mind if I updated the text to include a reference to your comments?
Indeed, since these were initial estimates, we excluded reporting the other pain intensities to keep it brief. However, once we go through the follow-up data and have the second set of estimates, we’ll make sure to include all of the ranges, so that more comprehensive comparisons could be made. But my understanding is that for water and feed, it could be ~1:5:7 (disabling:hurtful:annoying) and ~1:1:0.1 for heat stress.
But your caveat is very important—we’ve only just identified this as an interesting intervention for the Global South, the feasibility of cost effectively mitigating such welfare issues remains untested.
Done, thanks so much for sharing—alex--!
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Definitely… We expected no effect at worst, so at least it was trialled small and in a well-controlled manner! Do share if you have opportunities, so that it’s not repeated or rolled out somewhere. Thanks!
We’ll see what the data show and post an update once we make a decision.
Which issues/cause areas, do you think, could benefit the most from undercover investigation footage?
Thanks for doing this AMA, Lewis!
What’s your take on when a promising intervention seems cost-effective enough to be tried? Do you think we should be using something akin to GiveWell’s approach, piloting stuff that’s estimated to be, e.g., ~10x more cost-effective than further cage-free campaigns, or...? I realise your opinion on this might not correspond to OP’s overall stance, but I’d love to hear your thoughts about such existent and upcoming benchmarks and thresholds within EAA. Thank you!
Interesting! It sounds like you’ll have more rounds of this program later. E.g. in a year? How likely is that, would you now say?