MISSION
Stray Dog Institute is a private operating foundation that seeks to reduce, reform, and replace the use of animals in the food system. Through trust-based philanthropy, thought partnership, and collaborative projects, we cultivate a powerful and inclusive movement for a just and sustainable food system based on plants and alternative proteins. Our allies encourage plant-forward eating, oppose industrial animal agriculture, and advance alternatives to animal-based food systems.
MISSION
Stray Dog Institute is a private operating foundation that seeks to reduce, reform, and replace the use of animals in the food system. Through trust-based philanthropy, thought partnership, and collaborative projects, we cultivate a powerful and inclusive movement for a just and sustainable food system based on plants and alternative proteins. Our allies encourage plant-forward eating, oppose industrial animal agriculture, and advance alternatives to animal-based food systems.
Take our State of the Movement survey, open to all nonprofit organizations worldwide whose work directly or indirectly benefits animals farmed or caught for food. Seeking one response per organization. Open now through the end of September!
Drafting an AI Use Policy is a good step for any organization wishing to explore how AI use can reflect its values and support its mission.
Our newest research report, Alt Protein for Good: Plant-Based Alternative Protein in the United States outlines ways to build momentum for inclusive food system change and ensure the broadest and deepest benefits from alternative proteins.
Non-scientists in leading meat producing and consuming nations watered down IPCC’s calls for diet change away from animal consumption, showing the harm of letting power shape public narrative.
European colonization of North America normalized intensive animal farming and transformed Indigenous diets as a tool of cultural erasure. Decolonizing the US food system offers pathways to restorative justice for Indigenous people, while supporting the well-being of animals and the environment.
While seaweed can reduce methane production by farmed cattle, it cannot offer a feasible climate alternative to reducing animal farming.
Political ecology, with its interdisciplinary roots and emphasis on power dynamics, offers valuable insights and perspectives for advocates fighting industrial animal agriculture.
Shifting the legal paradigm to recognize nature's rights can support food system reform for the common good.
Industrial animal agriculture relies heavily on pesticide-intensive field crops, making animal exploitation a surprising cause of much US pesticide consumption.
Faunalytics' content director karol orzechowski discusses the importance of basing farmed animal advocacy on sound data.
International climate change gatherings have begun to acknowledge the climate impact of animal farming. Will recent recognition translate to action?
In this guest post, Farm Action examines a great contradiction at the heart of US food and agriculture policy.
To cultivate dignity, justice, and sustainability in the food system, Stray Dog Institute provides nonprofit allies with funding, strategic research, and opportunities for collaboration. Together, we hope to build a more compassionate world for people, animals, and the environment.
