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Posts by Roi Mandel Briefer

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About Roi Mandel Briefer

The author has been working in the field of Animal Welfare Science for 10 years. He is currently working as an assistant professor at the Section for Animal Welfare and Disease Control, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Which is more harmful to animals – dairy or beef production? An animal welfare scientist explains the answer, and it might surprise you.

Which is more harmful to animals – dairy or beef production? An animal welfare scientist explains the answer, and it might surprise you.

Feb 22, 2023

In this guest blog, animal welfare scientist Dr. Roi Mandel Briefer explains how a recent study debunks the common misconception that raising cattle for meat is more harmful than raising them for dairy

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Copying others can help young orangutans build a broad diet | New Scientist

Orangutans spend more than eight years learning how to cope on their own, and now we have a clearer idea of how they work out which foods to incorporate into their diet

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“Dietary guidelines have enormous potential to shape healthier and more sustainable food systems, but they need to work in the real world. Our findings show

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And moving to vegan diets would do far better than even this! "The team modeled what would happen if the world actually switched to sustainable

What happens to the world's farms if everyone eats less beef?

Researchers ran the numbers on a worldwide sustainable-diet transition—and found a food system that looks nothing like today’s.

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