How I Learned to Love Shrimp Dawn Neo on the 4+ billion hens in cages in Asia and how we can help them
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Dec 16, 2025 Dawn Neo, Director of Corporate Engagement at Global Food Partners, has a decade of experience advocating for animal welfare in Asia. She discusses the critical state of farm animal welfare, the stark reality of cage confinement, and the progress toward cage-free commitments by 2025. Dawn shares insights into cultural differences in advocacy, the challenges of informal markets, and the need for localized strategies. She highlights surprising advancements in countries like Thailand and the role of corporate commitments in driving change for a more humane food system.
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Commitment Timelines Differ Regionally
- Asian corporate commitments started later than Western ones, so many regional firms have later deadlines (2027–2035).
- Deadlines vary by company history, market expectations and when they entered the movement.
Use Credits To Unlock Supply
- Use a verified credit system so buyers can fund cage-free production even when physical supply can't reach them.
- Set credit price as the farm-level cost gap so producers recover the true cost of switching.
Credits Create Expansion Signals
- Credits create demand signals that incentivize producers to expand, resolving scale and logistics issues over time.
- As producers scale, per-egg transport and processing costs fall and physical supply becomes viable.
