June 2021

This list includes all studies we know of published in the respective month that are:

  • Empirical (original, meta-analysis, or review of empirical studies), and

  • about advocating for farmed animals (rather than, for example, the welfare of farmed animals themselves) or,

  • provide evidence from basic empirical research that may be of interest to farmed animal advocates.

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Please send any suggestions for this list to manja.gartner@animalcharityevaluators.org.

Animal-free foods

Götze, F., & Brunner, T. A. (2021). A Consumer Segmentation Study for Meat and Meat Alternatives in Switzerland. Foods, 10(6), 1273. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10061273


Hansen, J., Sparleanu, C., Liang, Y., Büchi, J., Bansal, S., Caro, M. Á., & Staedtler, F. (2021). Exploring cultural concepts of meat and future predictions on the timeline of cultured meat. Future Foods, 4, 100041. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fufo.2021.100041


Lemken, D. (2021). The price penalty for red meat substitutes in popular dishes and the diversity in substitution. PLOS ONE, 16(6), e0252675. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252675


Mendez, S. and Peacock, J. (2021). Milking It: Exploring the impact of plant-based milk in the US. THL Research Reports, Link to website

Diet change

Anderson, J. (2021). Going Vegan Or Vegetarian: Many Paths To One Goal. Faunalytics article


Biryukova, T. V., Surkova, N. V., Konopleva, Z. V., Sadykova, Z. F., & Ashmarina, T. I. (2021). Transformation of Consumption Demand for Meat and Meat Products as an Important Aspect of Agricultural Development. In The Challenge of Sustainability in Agricultural Systems (pp. 633–639). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73097-0_71


Costello, C., Cao, L., Gelcich, S. et al. The future of food from the sea. Nature 588, 95–100 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2616-y


de Visser, R. O., Barnard, S., Benham, D., & Morse, R. (2021). Beyond “Meat Free Monday”: A mixed method study of giving up eating meat. Appetite, 166, 105463. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2021.105463


Zollman Thomas, O., & Bryant, C. (2021). Don’t Have a Cow, Man: Consumer Acceptance of Animal-Free Dairy Products in Five Countries. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2021.678491

Social change

Animal Advocacy Africa (2021). Research Outcomes and Pilot Plans. EA Forum


Bagci, S. C., Rosenfeld, D. L., & Uslu, D. (2021). Intergroup attitudes between meat-eaters and meat-avoiders: The role of dietary ingroup identification. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 136843022110127. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302211012768


Einhorn, L. (2021). Meat consumption, classed?. Österreich Z Soziol (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11614-021-00452-1


Harris, J. (2021). Key Lessons From Social Movement History. Sentience Institute blog


Mansky de la Fuente, V. (2021). Public attitudes towards beef production systems and beef consumption behaviour. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile (Chile), ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 2021. 28475399.


Mutelmann, A.-C. (2021).The Role Of Moral Hypocrisy In Buying Meat. Faunalytics blog post


Thies, A. J., Weible, D., & Staudigel, M. (2021). Analysing purchasing behaviour: A consumer segmentation of fresh-meat shoppers in Germany. Proceedings in Food System Dynamics, Proceedings in System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks 2021. https://doi.org/10.18461/PFSD.2021.2106

Animal welfare campaigns

Dullaghan, N., Wildeford, P. & Moss, D. (2021). Rethink Priorities poll: US attitudes towards insects. Rethink Priorities. Link to pdf

Mercy for Animals (2021). Exploring Elements of Food Policy Interventions:Findings from Nationwide Survey Research on Municipal Stakeholders. Link to pdf

Schulze, M., Risius, A., & Spiller, A. (2021). Public perceptions of undercover investigations in livestock farming: An end that justifies the means ? Animal Welfare, (30), 39–47. https://doi.org/10.7120/09627286.30.1.039

Methods

Acknowledgments

Thanks to suggestions by the RECAP group, the Fish Advocacy Slack group, the research library of Faunalytics, the FAST list, and suggestions by ACE staff. I also did a search on Google Scholar using the search terms intext:(“meat” AND “consumer behavior”); intext:(“meat” AND “attitudes”); and intext:(“meat” AND “preferences”); after:2021-05-30. (To be improved!)