Sonia Faruqi
Project Animal Farm, Canada
Title: The food industry revealed from behind farm doors: How we eat and why it matters
Biography
Biography: Sonia Faruqi
Abstract
Sonia will discuss her experiences investigating animal farms around the world. Over the course of living with farmers, hitchhiking with strangers, and risking her life, she developed surprising insights and solutions—both about the food industry and herself. Sonia will offer a riveting and revealing look at what truly happens behind farm doors and will describe the impacts of factory farms on animal welfare, human health, and the environment. Sonia’s journey took her from top-secret egg warehouses in Canada to dairy feedlots in the United States, from farm offices in Mexico to lush pastures in Belize, from flocks of village chickens in Indonesia to factory farms in Malaysia. Sonia’s adventures around the world provided not only a front row seat to what the public doesn’t see and know about their food, but also gave her the opportunity to find solutions. With living and eating green becoming a hot topic in modern society, Sonia’s experiences, insights, and solutions are enthralling and riveting, and will especially be fitting at the 4th International Conference on Obesity and Weight Management.