RSPCA Australia's Humane Food Podcast
Find out all things farm animal welfare, food and farming in Australia with our host Brian Daly. Brian Daly is a writer, producer, director who has been raising awareness of animal welfare issues for the past two decades.
Episodes
16 episodes
What is the most humane way to handle animals prior to slaughter? With Leisha Hewitt
Brian Daly interviews animal welfare researcher, consultant, and slaughter specialist Dr Leisha Hewitt. Leisha’s passion for animal welfare started at young age and was born from the empathy for animals her mother taugh...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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37:24
How are farm animals transported in Australia and what can be improved? With Sarah and Melina from the RSPCA
Brian Daly interviews RSPCA Australia’s Scientific Officer Dr Sarah Babington and Senior Scientific Officer (Farm Animals) Melina Tensen, to find out more about farm animal transportation in Australia. Farm animals are transported ...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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23:37
How are antibiotics used in animal agriculture and should we be concerned? With Lauren Mackenzie from Coles
Brian Daly interviews Lauren Mackenzie, Responsible Sourcing Manager for Agriculture at Coles. Lauren’s interest in agriculture started from a young age when she reared her own cattle and became involved in all aspects of their care...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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21:19
Why are male chicks culled in the egg industry and how can this be changed? With Mark Tizard from CSIRO
Brian Daly interviews Dr Mark Tizard, senior scientist and project leader at CSIRO. Mark started his career in the early days of gene cloning as part of the team that was first to identify and produce a candidate vaccine for malari...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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23:18
What’s the problem with cage eggs and why are hens still in cages today? With Jed and Sarah from the RSPCA
Brian Daly interviews RSPCA Australia’s Farm Animal Scientific Officer Dr Sarah Babington and Senior Policy Officer Dr Jed Goodfellow. In recent years there has been a decline in grocery sales of cage eggs, indicating that more Aust...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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20:10
How can a chef put humane food on the menu? With Simon Bryant
Brian Daly interviews Simon Bryant, former Executive Chef at Hilton Adelaide, and Festival Director of Tasting Australia. Simon Bryant is probably most well known in Australia from his long running ABC TV series with Maggie Beer ‘t...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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29:21
Live export: why is it still happening? With Bidda and Jed from the RSPCA
Brian Daly interviews RSPCA Australia’s Chief Science and Strategy Officer Dr Bidda Jones and Senior Policy Officer Dr Jed Goodfellow. In this episode, we delve into the RSPCA’s well-known and long-held opposition to live animal exp...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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32:12
Season 2 launch. How is the RSPCA working to improve farm animal welfare in Australia? With Talulah from the RSPCA
Brian Daly interviews RSPCA Australia’s Humane Food Marketing Officer, Talulah Gaunt to find out more of what is to come on season 2 of the Humane Food podcast. Some of our listeners may only know the RSPCA for the work we do to pr...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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24:48
How are farm animals slaughtered in Australia, and should we be concerned? With Bidda from the RSPCA
Brian Daly interviews RSPCA Australia’s Chief Science and Strategy Officer, Dr Bidda Jones, to find out more about how farm animals are killed for food in Australia. In Australia, the killing of animals for food, fibre and o...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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24:56
How a supermarket can lead the way in improving pig welfare. With James Whittaker from Coles
Brian Daly interviews Coles’ Head of Quality and Responsible Sourcing, James Whittaker, to find out more about what Coles is doing to improve animal welfare, particularly with their free-range pork suppliers. Coles Free Rang...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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24:24
The deal with veal, and how we can improve bobby calf welfare. With Melina from the RSPCA
Brian Daly interviews RSPCA Australia’s Senior Scientific Officer, Melina Tensen, to find out more about bobby calves in the Australian dairy industry, and how we can improve their welfare. Many Australians value dairy in th...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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25:31
Better chicken welfare - where has the industry come from? With Louise Cordina from Cordina Farms
Brian Daly interviews Cordina Farms CEO, Louise Cordina, to find out more about the meat chicken industry in Australia and what’s been done to improve chicken welfare. Chickens that are grown for meat production (also called...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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25:47
What is RSPCA Approved? With Hope from the RSPCA
Brian Daly interviews RSPCA Australia’s Humane Food Manager, Hope Bertram, to find out more about the RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme. The RSPCA has developed animal welfare standards for layer hens, pigs, meat chickens, turke...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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29:51
Why cage free will help end the battery cage. With Matt Howe from Three Beans
Brian Daly interviews Three Bean’s Director, Matt Howe, to find out more about Three Beans Cafes early adoption of higher welfare eggs and his perceptions of the egg industry in Australia. The RSPCA is strongly opposed to ba...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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25:41
What is humane food? With Hope from the RSPCA
Brian Daly interviews RSPCA Australia’s Humane Food Manager, Hope Bertram, to find out more about humane food. The RSPCA believes you can eat meat, dairy or eggs and still care about the welfare of the animals that provide i...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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