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Food System Research Fund

HUMANE AMERICA ANIMAL FOUNDATION

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Overview

Food System Research Fund

Focus Area: Academic research supporting farm animal welfare and food system transformation

Program Goals:

  • Fund projects whose learnings will inform actions designed to speed a transition of the food system to one that does not rely on animals

  • Support research on Balanced Proteins (BPs) - meat products that preserve/enhance taste while diversifying nutritional profile and reducing environmental impact by replacing at least 30% of animal ingredients with alternative proteins or whole plant-based foods

  • Address knowledge gaps in food system transformation

    • Key Information:

  • Part of Humane America Animal Foundation's Food System Innovations program

  • Focuses on reducing/eliminating animals in the human food system

  • Supports research on alternative proteins and plant-based food solutions

  • Managed by 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization

    • Background on Need:

  • Animal consumption in human food system has risen dramatically over last 100 years

  • Factory farming has led to inhumane animal conditions and negative health/environmental consequences

  • Antibiotic resistance from farm animal use poses human health risks

  • Animal agriculture contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions

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    Fields of Work

    science-researchagricultureenvironment

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