“FarmKind (a new animal fundraising platform) is live – Please DON’T DONATE” by Aidan Alexander, ThomNorman

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TL;DR

• FarmKind is a new effective giving platform dedicated to tackling factory farming
• We’ve just launched - www.farmkind.giving
• There are many ways you can help us if you’re interested - details below

FarmKind's aim

Factory farming is one of the most neglected cause areas relative to the amount of suffering it causes. Globally, Farmed Animal Funders estimates that just $200 million is channeled specifically to this issue,[1] while more than 10 billion land animals (excluding insects) are factory farmed annually in the US alone.[2]

Even when it comes to effective altruism, factory farming is a minority within a minority. We estimate that less than 10% of the funds raised by effective giving organizations go to factory farming.[3]

All this despite the fact that proven interventions in the lives of factory-farmed animals remain arguably some of the most cost-effective ways to prevent suffering that we have yet [...]

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Outline:

(00:08) TL;DR

(00:26) FarmKind's aim

(02:39) Our story so far

(03:29) DON’T donate though us (please)

(04:58) How you can help

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First published:
August 2nd, 2024

Source:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/D3Gqv9oiDkbmRgGJe/farmkind-a-new-animal-fundraising-platform-is-live-please

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