Hi there! 👋 We’re back with another edition of Hive Highlights. Sofia is still on sabbatical, and the team is holding things down.
This edition is heavy on funding news, and if you’re eyeing the Conference on Animal Rights in Europe (CARE) 2026 in Warsaw, early bird tickets close 30 June.
Lots to buzz about. Let’s get into it!
The most popular link from Hive Highlights early June 2026 was Rethink Priorities' launch of the Cross-Cause Fund, a new giving fund that uses cause-neutral research to allocate donor contributions across cause areas, including animal welfare.
To kick off today’s Hive Highlights, here are our 3 top picks from across the movement:
From Jobs & Opportunities
💰 Funding: Animal Alliance Asia opens applications for its ReRoot Asia Fund, offering $500–$5,000 grants for grassroots initiatives across six Asian countries that transform individual food choices or institutional menu offerings toward a plant-based diet. Apply by 30 June.
💰 Funding: The Good Food Institute (GFI) opens applications for Advancing Alternative Proteins Planning Grants, offering up to $25,000 per project for US and Canada-based researchers preparing alternative protein research proposals. Apply by 20 July.
🤝 Upcoming External Events: CARE opens early bird ticket sales for its 11th annual conference, taking place 17–20 September in Warsaw, Poland and online. Early bird pricing available until 30 June.
📨 P.S. Know someone who'd benefit from Hive Highlights? Forward this edition their way. We'd love to grow our community!
Warmly,
Angel, Chelsea, and the Hive team
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Movement news: Covering 🐖 Animal Welfare, 🥗 Plant-Based Food & Alternative Protein, ⚖️ Policy, Legislation, and Law, 💪🏾 Animal Advocacy Org Updates, and 🎲 Other
Jobs & Opportunities: Covering 💼 Jobs, 💡 Skilled volunteering, 🔥 Opportunities, 💰 Funding, and 🤝 Upcoming External Events
Resources: Covering 📚 Research, 🎙️ Podcasts, 📙 Books, and 🎥 Videos
Hive updates: Covering the latest from our team!
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Aurelia Adhiambo argues that Africa’s rapidly expanding animal agriculture sector makes it a critical priority for animal welfare funders and movement builders.
Jacob Ayang and Cheslyn Ceaser argue that Africa’s animal welfare movement can compress Europe’s 30-year reform timeline to 5–10 years through coordinated institutional engagement and strategic framing.
James Brobin questions the confidence placed in Rethink Priorities’ Moral Weights Project, arguing that the methodology for comparing welfare ranges across species has limitations.
Hazo argues that AI-driven disruption could make animal agriculture unusually susceptible to displacement by AI-native startups, with implications for advocacy strategy.
A neurotech company claims to have implanted brain chips in cows used for dairy to stimulate milk production, raising serious animal welfare and ethics concerns.
Sixty-five US organizations file a petition urging the Food and Drug Administration to end routine antibiotic use in livestock, citing links to antibiotic resistance and poor animal welfare.
Beyond Impact publishes a white paper calling for investment to shift from plant-based brands toward the ingredient and enabling technologies underpinning the food system transition.
GFI Europe finds that plant-based food sales grew in four of six major European markets in 2025 as the price gap with animal products narrowed.
ProVeg Portugal launches a National Plant Protein Strategy proposal, bringing together a coalition of 81 organizations including farmers, scientists, and nonprofit organizations.
Animal Policy Watch launches as a free tool for animal advocacy organizations, tracking and summarizing federal and state animal-related legislation across all 50 US states.
The European Parliament passes a ban on meat-related terms for plant-based and cultivated food products, pending Council approval.
A Lima court rules that Peru’s largest university must permanently offer vegan menu options, marking the first positive judgment on veganism in Latin America.
The African Food Ecosystem Series launches as a free virtual training program for early-stage food system advocates and founders across Africa, beginning 24 July.
Animal Charity Evaluators announces six charities selected for in-depth evaluation in 2026, with recommendations to be published 10 November.
Metaculus, Sentient Futures, and The Unjournal launch the Animal Futures Tournament, a free forecasting competition on decision-relevant animal welfare questions. Open through 1 July 2027.
Multimedia Video Editor, The Humane League. Remote, US. Apply by 26 June.
Communications and Marketing Manager, Mercy For Animals. Remote, Mexico. Apply by 3 July.
Executive Director, Food Solutions Action & Americans for the Common Good. Remote, US (DC or San Francisco Bay Area preferred). Apply by 3 July.
Media & PR Specialist (part-time contract), We Animals. Remote, global. Apply by 14 July.
Research & Outreach Officer, Social Change Lab. Remote, strong UK preference. Apply by 19 July.
Tenure-Track Animal Law Faculty, Lewis & Clark Law School Center for Animal Law Studies. Portland, Oregon. Screening interviews begin September 2026.
Chief Development Officer, Mercy For Animals. Remote, US.
Operations & Automation Associate, Kickstarting For Good. Hybrid, Berlin, Germany.
Senior International People Operations Manager, ProVeg International. Remote, global (core hours 10am–4pm CET).
Job search tip: Browse Hive’s Jobs and Careers Resources and follow our Slack’s job feed in the #job-posting channel for new positions daily! You can also view the Animal Advocacy Careers, AltProtein.Jobs, Food Impact Careers, and Probably Good job boards.
Volunteering helps you build skills, connections, context, and credentials, all while creating change for farmed animals. For many people, volunteering is a key step towards working professionally in the movement. For others, volunteering is one of several impactful ways to contribute.
Three places to find volunteering opportunities helping farmed animals:
The Hive Slack Community (that’s us!)
The Animal Defender Project hosts a free webinar, Funding Across Borders: Key Legal Concepts for Foreign Grants, on 24 June (that’s today!).
Just Be Cause Consulting hosts a free webinar, The WHY of Stewardship, for animal advocacy nonprofits, on 25 June.
Animal Advocacy Conference Asia hosts a free online session, Sentient Horizons: Just Futures for the Non-Human World, on 26 June.
Stop Financing Factory Farming and World Animal Justice host a free webinar, Livestock’s Lengthening Shadow: 20 Years After Livestock’s Long Shadow, on 26 June.
International Centre for Animal Rights and Ethics hosts a free online seminar, The EU’s Overdue Animal Welfare Reform: Where Next?, on 1 July.
Welfare Matters extends the application deadline for its Farmed Animal Welfare Incubator, supporting individuals in Southeast Asia, to 1 July.
Rethink Priorities hosts a free webinar, Alleviating Animal Suffering Through the Eradication of the New World Screwworm, on 2 July.
Sentient Futures seeks mentors with expertise in AI, animals, or the long-term future of sentient beings for its 10-week Project Incubator, running 15 August to 30 October. Apply by 8 July.
Coach Amy hosts a free online workshop, From Burnout to Brilliance: 3 Keys for Vegan and Plant-Based Changemakers, for animal advocates, on 13 July.
Stray Dog Institute offers 100 complimentary AI Impact Hub memberships to animal advocates for the remainder of 2026, covering courses, tools, and live sessions.
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals opens its 2026 Farm Animal Welfare Research Grant, offering up to $75,000 for US-based research on chickens bred for meat. Apply by 10 July.
The Agricultural and Applied Economics Association opens applications for the Sylvia Lane Mentor Fellowship, offering up to $2,500 for women scholars in food and agricultural economics. Apply by 12 October.
Fundraising tip: Hive’s Fundraising Guide includes a database of current opportunities and key resources on how to fundraise.
EA Summit: Vietnam, 11 July. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
AVA Ghana, 16–19 July. Accra, Ghana.
EA Summit: Nigeria, 25 July. Abuja, Nigeria.
EA Summit: Taiwan, 1 August. Taipei, Taiwan.
EAGxBerkeley, 21–23 August. Berkeley, US.
New Food Conference, 25 August. Berlin, Germany.
EAGxSingapore, 29–30 August. Singapore, Singapore.
CARE Conference, 17–20 September. Warsaw, Poland.
Events tip: View more on the Connect for Animals (CFA) event list, the Effective Altruism Global event page, and our Conference Database.
A meta-analysis finds that livestock industry-funded studies are 16 times more likely to report favorable conclusions about meat consumption than independent research.
The Aquatic Welfare for African Sustainability and Health selects egg disinfection as its priority pilot intervention for improving farmed fish welfare in Ghana, following research across eight commercial cage farms.
Researchers find that AI video models can assess pain in cattle as accurately as trained veterinarians, offering a scalable tool for farmed animal welfare monitoring.
Rethink Priorities publishes a report mapping AI use cases against the cultivated meat sector’s established bottlenecks, with recommendations for funders.
Thomas Manandhar-Richardson compiles a practical guide to finding animal advocacy research beyond academic search engines.
Better Life for Animals
Why Grassroots Political Action May Be the Future of Animal Advocacy with Amit Dhuleshia
The Disclosure Podcast
Veganism, Bad Arguments, and Moral Philosophy with Dr. Jack Symes
Fork the System
Investment Climate Podcast
Our Hen House
The Vegan Report
Animals in EU Economic Law: A New Approach to Protecting Sentient Beings by Aude-Solveig Epstein and Alice Di Concetto
Animal Justice releases its Big Ag Front Groups, Disinformation, & Activist Repression webinar, examining how Canada’s animal agriculture industry works to suppress advocacy.
Animal Activism Collective releases two videos from the Grassroots Animal Rights Summit: How Animal Welfare Campaigns are Ending Factory Farming and How Grassroots Activists Can Change the Laws for Animals.
Got a roadblock in your farmed animal work? The help-requests channel in the Hive Slack Community is the place to get unstuck. Whether you need a collaborator, a recommendation, some advice, or a quick sense-check, post it there. With 5,000+ advocates across 100+ countries, someone in this community has what you need. Ask or respond to a help request by 30 June and you'll be entered to win a prize. Share your help request today!
Come for a relaxed, welcoming session of 1:1s and small-group chats. A low-lift way to connect with farmed animal advocates from around the world! Thursday 25 June, register here.
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