Stop factory farming today

Factory farming is broken: but with your help, we can make farming kinder to animals, our health and the planet

Recap: Why we need to end factory farming

Animals: Every day, millions of animals suffer in dirty, cramped conditions, unable to exhibit their natural behaviors.

Planet: Animal agriculture is a leading cause of greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation, and pollution.

Public health: Factory farms increase the risk of pandemics and contribute to the spread of antibiotic-resistant diseases.

How to help end factory farming

We explain how you can make the biggest difference to end cruelty on farms and put a stop to factory farming.

Factory farming is on its way out. A system that causes so much destruction and waste can't possibly compete with new technologies that allow us to produce food in a way that's far kinder to the planet and animals.

It's very likely that one day, no animals will suffer on factory farms. We’ll produce enough healthy food to feed ourselves without putting the planet or our health at risk. 

But we can help accelerate that change, reducing animal suffering and allowing our planet to recover faster.

1) One thing you can do is eat less meat.

In the US, 99% of meat comes from factory farms. By eating more plant-based foods and fewer animal products, you can help reduce the demand for factory farming.

2) But there’s something else that can help even more than going vegan.

Perhaps the most impactful thing you can do is to support highly effective charities with a proven track record of tackling factory farming and improving the lives of farmed animals. Unlike diet change, which can only help as many animals as your diet affects, there’s no limit to how many animals an individual can help through their donations.

The underrated power of donations

With the help of people like you, FarmKind’s recommended charities have delivered wins for factory-farmed animals, for example:

  • The Humane League has helped cut the proportion of laying hens confined in cages in the US from 40% to almost 5% over the past decade, convincing 300+ US companies to phase out buying eggs from caged hens

  • Sinergia Animal have persuaded companies to serve around 370k extra plant-based meals per year, at a cost-effectiveness of as little as 7c per meal and released undercover investigations seen over 8 million times

  • Dansk Vegetarisk persuaded the government to establish a fund that will allocate €168 million to plant-based initiatives

  • And many more, helping cows, pigs, chickens, fish and even shrimp!

Who are we? FarmKind is a fully independent donation guide. This ensures that 100% of your donation goes to your chosen charities and that our recommendations stay free from bias.

Peter Singer, Author and Ethics Professor

“If you want to reduce the suffering of animals, then supporting organizations working to improve the lives of factory-farmed animals is the most effective way to do it. That's why I support FarmKind’s aim, to encourage more people to donate to highly effective charities addressing this issue. For animals, for people, and for the planet, ending factory farming is essential.”

FarmKind can help you make a bigger difference

Fact: Some charities help hundreds, if not thousands of animals for the same amount of money that some of the best-known animal charities need to help just one¹ 


There are a lot of animal charities out there. It can be really difficult to figure out which ones are making a difference at all, let alone which one will make the biggest difference possible with your donation.

How can you compare charities that do completely different things? How do you separate the real facts from misleading marketing? Now, you don't have to.

We’ve done the homework for you, so that you can donate to the best charities working to fight factory farming without the hassle of spending hours doing research.

What we look for

Expert recommended

We work with leading experts, like Animal Charity Evaluators, to identify some of the best animal charities out there

Transparency

We want to make sure your donation isn’t going to be wasted and will help the most animals possible. All our charities report in detail on how they use your donations. 

Help lots of animals

We select charities that will do the most with your gift to help animals suffering in factory farms, as well as tackling the impact of factory farming on our planet and health.

How big could your impact be?

Our impact calculator shows you how many animals you could help by donating through FarmKind. Try it out!

  • Alicia Silverstone, Actress

    "If you ever have a chance to meet a cow, pig, turkey, or goat, you will see that they are just as cute and funny as your dogs and cats and that they, too, want to live and feel love. They don't like pain. Now when I see a steak, it makes me feel sad and sick because right away, I see my dog or the amazing cows I met at a sanctuary."

    Alicia Silverstone

  • “Technological advances, as well as the global desire for cheap meat, have turned this into an age of animal cruelty. But we can also see glimmers of how it might, one day, end… But that future is not assured. It must be created, and The Humane League, Good Food Institute [and others] are trying to do just that.”

    Ezra Klein, New York Times

  • “Factory farming is a really corporate system that’s pushing [real American farmers] out and creating a very inhumane way of creating our food. It’s also the number one contributor to pollution — more than cars. If you care about the environment you should care about factory farming and changing farming practices.”

    Natalie Portman, Actress

  • Jane Goodall, Zoologist

    "It's now proven that each animal, that the cow, pig, sheep, goat, rabbit, poultry or any other species used for food, is an individual, an individual capable of feeling depression, fear and pain. The conditions of animals in factory farms are unacceptable, crammed into tiny spaces, they're often treated with extreme cruelty."

    Jane Goodall

  • “By being both smart and kind we can end the suffering inflicted on billions of the most neglected individuals. I am eager and excited to see FarmKind make it even easier for people to contribute to a more hospitable world for all.”

    Stien van der Ploeg, Animal Charity Evaluators

  • Peter Singer

    “If you want to reduce the suffering of animals, then supporting organizations working to improve the lives of factory-farmed animals is the most effective way to do it. That's why I support FarmKind’s aim, to encourage more people to donate to highly effective charities addressing this issue. For animals, for people, and for the planet, ending factory farming is essential.”

    Peter Singer, Author and Ethics Professor

  • “I believe that donating to great organisations fighting against factory farming is the single most impactful thing an individual can do to reduce suffering in the world. Factory farming needs to be fixed, but for a lot of people it's not the cause that's closest to heart. FarmKind allows you to split your donation between one of its recommended super-effective charities tackling factory farming and your favorite charity, and gives you a bonus on both donations!”

    Marcus Daniell, Professional Tennis Player

    1. It is hard to be precise here. The Battersea Dogs and Cats Home — one of the UK's oldest and best known animal shelters — says it costs them £46,000 per day to look after their animals and looks after around 7,000 new cats and dogs per year. That’s ~$21.5 million USD per year, which is just over $3,000 USD per animal. Meanwhile, our recommended charities can spare a chicken from a life of confinement in a battery cage for just $0.85. You can explore how far your donations can go with our super-effective charities using the impact calculator below.