Riana Topan
About Riana Topan
Riana Topan is senior campaign manager, farmed animal protection, with Humane Society International/Canada, which together with its affiliates is one of the largest animal protection organizations in the world. Riana works to protect animals on farms by advocating for higher-welfare practices, policies and regulations, and supports institutions like universities and hospitals in offering more plant-based food options.
How big agriculture stifles its competition
Plant-based products have to be able to compete on a level playing field, which means they must be allowed to use names commonly associated with their animal-based counterparts.
This law hides what goes on behind closed barn doors
A proposed federal bill is a thinly veiled trespass law that would hinder the exposure of issues related to animal welfare, workers' rights, food safety and environmental protection.