We need a food transformation and your voice counts

Why we need to END.IT

From environmental pollution and climate change to wildlife extinctions and animal and human suffering, food is at the core of many global challenges.

In factory farms, billions of animals are cruelly confined or bred for unnaturally fast growth or high yields. 40% of global arable land is used to feed animals instead of people – driving deforestation and massive loss of wildlife habitats. The livestock sector is a major source of global greenhouse gas emissions and a significant cause of air, soil and water pollution. Yet, the over-reliance on animal protein continues to grow globally, helping to fuel the climate crisis.

Through compelling global investigations, We Animals' team of photojournalists has exposed the impacts of factory farming on animals, people, and the planet. Explore their work and see what they've witnessed firsthand.

If world leaders continue to ignore the impacts of animal agriculture, the climate targets in the Paris Agreement will be out of reach. Without urgent action, intensive animal agriculture threatens our very survival. We have the power to end factory farming and create a sustainable future.

A food transformation

A brighter future is possible. One where nature-positive, higher welfare agriculture supports the regeneration of the environment, fair livelihoods for farmers and nutritious food for all. And we can each play our part in making this vision a reality.

We’re building a global movement of citizens, organizations and forward-thinking businesses, calling on world leaders to urgently transform our food system and end factory farming.

Petition to world leaders

There is an urgent need to transform the food system. If the global community is to meet the Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris Climate Agreement targets and the goals of the Convention on Biological Diversity, action must be taken to end factory farming.

We, the undersigned, call on world leaders to develop a Global Agreement on food and farming for adoption by the United Nations General Assembly, with the objective being to move away from industrial animal agriculture and:

• Shift to nature-positive farming systems that help restore biodiversity and soils and keep the global increase in average temperatures below 1.5˚C.
• Reverse over-reliance on animal protein in high-consuming populations and support equitable, secure access to nutritious food.
• Ensure a just transition to a global food system that provides fair livelihoods for farmers and protects the rights of indigenous peoples, women, and vulnerable communities.
• Achieve a financial and regulatory environment which helps to secure the above transition.
• Deliver high standards of farmed animal welfare.