New livestock research coming up, funded by Tiny Beam

We’re delighted to share that we’ve been working on a new innovative research project in collaboration with researchers at Leiden University and funded by Tiny Beam. Tiny Beam’s grant has enabled Foodrise to commission vital research working with Christina Drotenko, PhD student at Leiden University, under supervision of Prof Paul Behrens (British Academy Global Professor at Oxford Martin School), Prof Oliver Taherzadeh (Assistant Professor at Leiden University) and Prof Laura Scherer (Associate professor at Leiden University). 

Foodrise applied for the grant to examine the land use of animal agriculture, to shed light on the  environmental impacts of the overproduction and overconsumption of meat and dairy. We can’t give away further details of the research just yet – but watch this space! 

Collaboration with academics has always been important to Foodrise’s work, forming the basis for many of our previous reports on subjects ranging from sugar to biomethane, animal feed to aquaculture. We’re really pleased to continue this tradition, collaborating with the excellent Leiden University team and enabled by Tiny Beam. 

The grant has allowed us to deepen our understanding of the land use impacts of livestock production, and its implications for international justice. We look forward to sharing more later this year.