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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 […]

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, […]

In order to feed a growing global population, the United Nations has projected we will need to produce at least 50% more food by 2050 without using any more land. At the same time, we will need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture by two-thirds in order to meet the minimum climate targets to […]

Have you ever heard the claim that 86% of animal feed is inedible to humans? This statistic is often used to imply that animal farming merely uses the waste from farming human food. However, the research behind this figure shows the opposite: animal feed competes with food security. Let’s break it down: Byproducts and crop […]

The holiday season is officially upon us, and groups like Heifer International and OxFam are ramping up their “animal gifting” donation campaigns with a deluge of catalogs and emails encouraging people to “gift” farmed animals to food insecure families in developing countries. But animal agriculture is a leading contributor to climate change and food insecurity. Here’s why efforts to reduce global hunger should focus on sustainable plant-based approaches wherever possible.

Animal agriculture is a major driver of climate change and food insecurity. Efforts to reduce hunger should focus on sustainable plant-based approaches wherever possible. Here’s why and how.