In honor of World Hunger Day 2026… See also: Plants for Hunger Relief and PHRESH The Food Security Advantages of Plant-Based Foods The UN has urged that by 2050, the world will need to produce 50% more food without using any more land, while at the same time reducing agriculture’s greenhouse gas emissions by two-thirds. Animal […]
photos courtesy of Jo-Anne McArthur with We Animals at Farm Sanctuary see also The New Sentience book and our One Health webpage Human Impact We are currently living through a geological era that scientists have termed the Anthropocene, an age in which human activity is recognized as the most dominant and destructive influence on Earth’s […]
The foremost nutrition organizations around the world including the American Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the Dietitians of Canada, the British Dietetic Association, Australia’s National Health and Medical Research Council, and the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine all affirm that well-planned vegan diets are a safe, healthy and viable option for all age groups. Government health […]
Fish production falls into two main categories: aquaculture, also known as fish farming, and wild capture, which depends on large-scale, indiscriminate techniques such as bottom trawling and longlining. Both categories of fishing inflict tremendous suffering on animals, and monumental destruction on marine ecosystems. But so do production of meat, dairy, and eggs. Here’s the deep […]
Climate grief is a real thing, and it’s been significantly amplified the past few years. But as climate-fueled disasters wreak unprecedented devastation across the globe, at the same time that the U.S. withdraws from the Paris Climate Agreement, bans the use of terms like “climate change,” “climate crisis,” and “climate science” on government websites, and […]
We are living in an increasingly water stressed and water scarce world, with dire implications for ecosystems, economies, and communities worldwide. Scientists have recently warned of an alarming and unprecedented escalation in global drought and aridity over the past few decades. A 2022 UN report found that since 1970, weather, climate and water hazards accounted […]
The ongoing avian influenza (bird flu) outbreak has seen egg prices soar, averaging around $5 per dozen in January 2025, and running as high as $15 per dozen in some places. Since the start of the outbreak in 2022 (2020 in Europe), more than 160 million farmed birds have been killed or “culled” in the […]
In 2024, the world experienced its hottest year on record. For the first time, the global average temperature reached 1.6°C above preindustrial levels, surpassing the critical 1.5°C threshold needed to curb accelerating climate change. The impacts of climate change are now evident across every continent. Animal agriculture and food systems are responsible for up to […]
Peas On Earth: How Pulses Heal Our Bodies & Our Planet This Earth Day 2024, as part of our partnership with the United Nations Beans Is How campaign, Food and Climate Alliance, and Seed Programs International, we’re scaling up our celebration of the incredible power of pulses for both personal and planetary health. Actually, technically, we’re […]
This World Pulses Day, A Well-Fed World is thrilled to be accepted as an official partner of the Beans Is How campaign, a United Nations backed initiative to double global consumption of beans (as well as peas, lentils and other pulses) by 2028. Beans Is How is a project of the UN’s SDG2 Advocacy Hub, […]
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