In spring 2016 in Washington, D.C., the Global Alliance for the Future of Food met with experts, advocates and other funders in philanthropy working on sustainable animal agriculture systems* to determine a shared narrative and position, and identify opportunities to take collective action.

Emerging high-level messages:

• Animal agriculture and meat consumption sit at the nexus of climate change, health, environment, and well-being for communities around the globe.
• The current conventional and industrialized systems of meat production and consumption are not sustainable.
• There are viable pathways forward towards more sustainable animal agriculture systems. These alternatives have the potential to restore natural resources, climate resilience, and human health.
• Transitioning to sustainable animal agriculture systems is multifaceted, urgent and requires a systems approach at different scales, from local to global, addressing both production and consumption.
• Sustainable animal agriculture, particularly when integrated into diversified, ecologically sound farming systems, can contribute to resolving pressing global issues; the evidence for this can be leveraged to raise awareness and act as a call-to-action.