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Here we post organizational updates, research, and more. You can scroll down to view our posts sorted by when they were posted, or click below on the tags that most interest you:
Pre-Slaughter Stunning Phase 2: Foundational Research Reports and Next Steps
Based on the results of our foundational research on pre-slaughter stunning, we are proceeding with exploring chill kill and manual percussive stunning.
Haven King-Nobles
Jul 3, 20259 min read
Announcing our Innovation Challenge Version 2: Remote-Sensing Water Quality with Satellites
We have relaunched our innovation challenge to develop remote sensing water quality monitoring—this time with a prize up to $100K.
Paul Monaghan
Jun 3, 20254 min read
Outcomes and Next Steps of Satellite Imagery Innovation Challenge Version 1
The results of our first satellite imagery innovation challenge are in, and unfortunately, no model has thus far met our minimum thresholds.
Paul Monaghan
Jun 3, 20254 min read
New Study: Outcome Evaluation of Our Water Quality Improvements
We are initiating an outcome evaluation for the Alliance for Responsible Aquaculture to test whether the program’s corrective actions improve water quality.
Jennifer-Justine Kirsch
May 30, 20253 min read
Building Interventions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
This post reflects on some of the lessons we have learned about working in low- and middle-income countries.
Thomas Billington
May 26, 20255 min read
On Leaving FWI and Reflections Over The Last Six Years
Our co-founder, Tom Billington, has transitioned away from full-time work at FWI.
Thomas Billington
May 26, 20255 min read
Announcing the ARA’s M&E Plan and Public Dashboard
This post introduces the ARA’s monitoring and evaluation plan and public dashboard, detailing the program’s key metrics.
Jennifer-Justine Kirsch
Mar 27, 20252 min read
Announcing the Selection of Foundational Research Pre-Slaughter Stunning Projects
This post announces the two external projects we are funding to conduct foundational research on pre-slaughter stunning in India.
Haven King-Nobles
Feb 20, 20253 min read
Our 2024 Year in Review
This post discusses the successes and challenges of FWI’s work in 2024. Specific highlights include our R&D studies and farm program growth.
Haven King-Nobles
Jan 27, 202512 min read
An Update on our Work on Satellite-Based Remote Sensing
This post gives an update on our satellite imagery project, including challenges that have arisen with prior study results.
Paul Monaghan
Jan 10, 20254 min read
Culture Review: Q4 2024 Results
In line with our value of transparency, this post discusses the result of our most recent culture survey, conducted in October of 2024.
Thomas Billington
Jan 6, 20254 min read
Fourth Study of 2024: Developing a Welfare Assessment Protocol for Indian Major Carps
This post discusses our development of a protocol to more comprehensively understand the welfare of Indian major carps.
Haven King-Nobles
Dec 23, 20243 min read
Our Estimated Impact Surpassed 1 Million Fishes in 2024
FWI’s farm program has achieved its milestone of helping an estimated one million fishes in 2024.
Jennifer-Justine Kirsch
Dec 23, 20243 min read
Project Updates From Our DVARA Partnership: Training & Handover
This post highlights the latest updates in our partnership with DVARA.
Abhishek Pandey
Dec 20, 20244 min read
Announcing FWI’s Innovation Challenge: Remote-Sensing Water Quality with Satellites
We are launching an Innovation Challenge to develop remote-sensing technology and help us with cost-effectively scaling our programming.
Paul Monaghan
Dec 13, 20243 min read
Latest Water Quality Data Update: July 2023 to October 2024
This post introduces the latest updates to the ARA dataset, now including water quality data collected from July 2023 to October 2024.
Siddharth Solanki
Dec 13, 20242 min read
ARA Program Updates: Investigating our Theory of Change
We discuss the tactical adjustments we have made to strengthen our ARA Program's theory of change.
Jennifer-Justine Kirsch
Nov 27, 20243 min read
Reflections on our Recent ACE Evaluation
This post discusses the decision by Animal Charity Evaluators (ACE) to not recommend FWI in 2024.
Haven King-Nobles
Nov 26, 20244 min read
Our Recent Support of the World Conference on Farm Animal Welfare
We recently contributed to the annual World Conference on Farm Animal Welfare in China.
Siddharth Solanki
Nov 14, 20243 min read
Recent Strategy Updates: Our 2026 Goal, and Plans for 2025
This post discusses our plans for the next two years, as well as updates to our strategic thinking.
Haven King-Nobles
Nov 14, 20248 min read
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