We are fed up

We are fed up! () is the theme of a series of demonstrations in Germany against industrial livestock production and for more sustainable farming. The biggest demonstrations take place every year in Berlin since 2011Deutsche Welle, Protesters in Berlin call for an end to factory farming, 22 January 2011 and attract up to 30,000 people.Shefali Sharma, "Germans speaking out against industrial meat and agriculture", Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 9 January 2014. Around 120 different groups, which represent farmers, companies, and environmental rights and animal rights activists organize and sustain the demonstrations.Wir haben es satt! , website of the organizers (German) The protests take place parallel to the Berlin International Green Week.

Overview Independent from the protests in Berlin, demonstrations under a similar theme occurred in Amsterdam in 2012 and 2013. The event in the Netherlands was called we zijn het MEGA zat, which translates to "we are MEGA fed up" and is a reference to the scale of industrial livestock farming.PvDA, Kom naar actie tegen megastal, 12. March 2012

Gallery

See also Meat Atlas – Facts and figures about the animals we eat

References

External links Website of the organisations that support and organize the We are fed up!-demonstrations