September 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

Fassler, J. (2021). Lab-Grown Meat is Supposed to be Inevitable: The Science Tells a Different Story. The Counter, September 22. Link


Friedrich, B. (2021). Cultivated Meat: A Growing Nomenclature Consensus. September 29. GFI article


Krings, V.C., Dhont, K., & Hodson, G. (2021). Food Technology Neophobia as a Psychological Barrier to Clean Meat Acceptance. Food Quality and Preference, 96, 1. Link


Nestle, M. (2021). Meat Alternatives: Cell-Based. September 28. Food Politics article


Wim, V., Hung, Y., Baum, C.M., & De Steur, H. (2021). The Power of Initial Perceived Barriers Versus Motives Shaping Consumers’ Willingness to Eat Cultured Meat as a Substitute for Conventional Meat. Livestock Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.livsci.2021.104705

Diet change

Ahsan, M., Uzair, M., & Ali, M. (2021). Attitudes and Perceptions Towards Cultured Meat Among General Population in Pakistan. Asean Journal of Science and Engineering Education, 2(2), 245. Link


Khara, T., Riedy, C, & Ruby, M.B. (2021). A Cross Cultural Meat Paradox: A Qualitative Study of Australia and India. Appetite, 164(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2021.105227


MacInnis, C.C. & Hodson, G., (2021). Tensions Within and Between Vegans and Vegetarians: Meat-Free Motivations Matter. Appetite, 164(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2021.105246


Munz Fernandes, A., Teixeira Costa, L., de Souza Teixeira, O., dos Santos, F.V., Palma Revillion, J.P., & Leal de Souza, Â.R. (2021). Consumption Behavior and Purchase Intention of Cultured Meat in the Capital of the ‘State of Barbecue,’ Brazil. British Food Journal, 123(9), 3032. https://doi.org/10.1108/BFJ-08-2020-0698


Ostermann, C.M., & de Barcellos, M.D. (2021). “156 Conflicts in Meat Consumption: Exploring their Effects on Social Norms and Consumer Behavior,” 20th European Round Table on Sustainable Consumption and Production, September 8-10, Graz. Link

Social change

Kaurivi, Y.B., Laven, R.A., Hickson, R., Parkinson, T.P., & Stafford, K.J. (2021). Assessing Extensive Cow-Calf Welfare in Namibia: Feasibility of Adapting a New Zealand Beef Cow Welfare Assessment Protocol. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science. https://doi.org/10.1080/10888705.2021.1937168


Nguyen, A. & Platow, M.J. (2021). “I’ll Eat Met Because That’s What We Do”: The Role of National Norms and Social Identification on Meat Eating. Appetite, 164(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2021.105287

Animal welfare campaigns

Mathur, M.B., Peacock, J., Reichling, D.B., Nadler, J., Bain, P.A., Gardner, C.D., & Robinson, T.N. (2021). Interventions to Reduce Meat Consumption by Appealing to Animal Welfare: Meta-Analysis and Evidence-Based Recommendations. Appetite, 164(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2021.105277


Mathur, M. B., Peacock, J., Robinson, T., & Gardner, C. D. (2021). Effectiveness of a Theory-Informed Documentary to Reduce Meat and Animal-Product Consumption: Three Randomized Controlled Experiments. OSF preprint. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/vgu6z

Methods

De Groeve, B., & Rosenfeld, D. L. (2022). Morally Admirable or Moralistically Deplorable? A Theoretical Framework for Understanding Character Judgments of Vegan Advocates. Appetite, 168(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2021.105693

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:2021-08-31. (To be improved!)