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Lewis Bollard

Farm Animal Welfare Program Director at Open Philanthropy. Leads Open Philanthropy’s strategy for Farm Animal Welfare.

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Aug 7, 2025 • 1h 8min

It May Be Impossible to Outcompete Factory Farming – Lewis Bollard

Lewis Bollard, Farm Animal Welfare Program Director at Open Philanthropy, discusses the meat industry's surprising efficiency and its vast political influence. He highlights challenges in creating competitive cultivated meat and shares advancements like Inovo Sexing to reduce animal suffering. The conversation emphasizes the need for systemic reforms and innovative funding strategies to improve animal welfare in farming. Bollard advocates for informed consumer choices and better labeling in alternative farming to combat misperceptions.
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Apr 18, 2024 • 2h 33min

#185 – Lewis Bollard on the 7 most promising ways to end factory farming, and whether AI is going to be good or bad for animals

Lewis Bollard, Director of the Farm Animal Welfare program at Open Philanthropy, dives into the urgent issues of factory farming. He discusses innovative solutions to alleviate animal suffering and the risks posed by AI in this context. Bollard outlines promising strategies to improve animal welfare, including corporate accountability and plant-based alternatives. The conversation also touches on recent legal victories and the global evolution of animal rights advocacy, igniting hope for a more humane future in food production.
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Apr 18, 2025 • 1h 48min

#40 - Lewis Bollard - How to End Factory Farming

In this engaging discussion, Lewis Bollard, a leading researcher at Open Philanthropy specializing in farm animal welfare and food policy, sheds light on the grim realities of factory farming. He reveals how corporate lobbying undermines animal welfare and public health. The conversation uncovers the risks of pandemics and environmental contamination due to intensive farming practices. On a hopeful note, Bollard discusses growing bipartisan support for reform and potential voter-driven changes that could reshape our food systems for the better.
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Jun 7, 2023 • 1h 8min

Big Ag's Meat Ethics

This episode we dive into animal suffering, big agriculture, and the laws Big Meat has on the books to restrict freedom of speech. As well as what basic animal welfare laws would look like, and how much they would cost. Guest Lewis Bollard leads Open Philanthropy’s strategy for Animal Farm Welfare.    TOP EPISODES: www.mightyheaton.com/bestof SUPPORT THE SHOW! www.patreon.com/andrewheaton
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Sep 27, 2017 • 3h 17min

#8 - Lewis Bollard on how to end factory farming in our lifetimes

Lewis Bollard, Project Officer for Farm Animal Welfare at the Open Philanthropy Project, discusses various approaches to end factory farming. Topics include: insect farming, genetic manipulation of chickens, skepticism of vegan advocacy, limitations of legal advocacy, focusing on different species of farm animals, consciousness in fish and crustaceans, and transitioning to plant-based and cellular agriculture.

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