Exposing the animals within our food systems
Dairy is a seemingly benign product. Cheese is coveted. And food with a “Made in Italy” stamp instantly gets classified as something grander and more romantic than anything we can get elsewhere. An in-depth investigation into the ‘Mozzarella di Bufala Campana DOP’ industry in Italy reveals a stark contrast between the idyllic image often portrayed […]
Little Red Barns: Hiding the Truth, from Farm to Fable
Behind the little red barns dotting the landscape and decorating so many of the products we consume is a dangerous threat. This groundbreaking investigation exposes the powerful forces at work to hide the harms of industrial agriculture, its outsize role in the climate crisis, and its links to the global rise of fascism.
Extreme heat has animals trapped in a climate doom loop
Nearly all farm animals in the U.S. are confined in industrial operations that lack adequate space, ventilation or cooling systems. Animals raised in factory farms are among the most vulnerable to the impacts of the climate crisis.
Remembering John Robbins
John was an American author, who popularized the links among nutrition, environmentalism, and animal rights. He was the author of the 1987 ‘Diet for a New America,’ an exposé on connections between diet, physical health, animal cruelty, and environmentalism. Robbins founded the organization EarthSave in 1988 and co-founded the Food Revolution Network with his son, […]
Exposing the animals within our food systems
Dairy is a seemingly benign product. Cheese is coveted. And food with a “Made in Italy” stamp instantly gets classified as something grander and more romantic than anything we can get elsewhere. An in-depth investigation into the ‘Mozzarella di Bufala Campana DOP’ industry in Italy reveals a stark contrast between the idyllic image often portrayed […]
Michoacán (Mexico) bans bullfighting
On April 2, the Congress of the state of Michoacán (Mexico) voted to ban bullfighting, making Michoacán the sixth Mexican state to do so. In March, Mexico City also banned traditional bullfighting.
Investigation exposes truth behind egg industry’s deceptive marketing claims
Photographic evidence obtained by We Animals in partnership with Animal Outlook helps prove misleading “free-roaming” claims and deceptive marketing by Alderfer Egg Farms in a federal class-action lawsuit. Powerful animal agricultural companies are deceiving well-intentioned consumers, and there is a name for this specific kind of deception: humane-washing.
The Vegan Transformation
Mexico City overhauls bullfights in win for animal activists
Mexico City’s local congress passed a measure aiming to make bullfights much less harmful to bulls and matadors, a move applauded by animal rights activists, but sharply criticized by fans of the centuries-old tradition.
Shut down slaughterhouses
Over the past 10 years, Farm Transparency Project has entered over one hundred Australian slaughterhouses, factory farms and knackeries, revealing the horror within to an often stunned public. Yet, Australian slaughter industries, including meat, dairy and eggs, continue to lie to consumers, claiming that what happens behind the closed doors of farms and slaughterhouses can […]
Great Plains Foundation
Great Plains currently manages approximately 1,000,000 acres across a variety of fragile ecosystems and implements innovative conservation and community projects within those landscapes and in partnerships with the communities living alongside them in Botswana, Kenya and Zimbabwe.
Happy Meat
