The INRAE Farm Animal Cognition and Welfare network consists of the researchers, engineers, technicians and students of the Departments PHASE and GA who are interested in animal cognition, welfare and their interrelationship. Members of the network come from about 14 different research laboratories from all over France. They conduct research on a variety of farm animals including sheep, goats, cattle, horses, pigs, trout, poultry, rabbits and insects. The main expectations of the network’s members are: 1) to think about the link between cognition and welfare; 2) to discuss the concepts and methods of both cognition and welfare research and; 3) to get to know better their colleagues conducting research in these areas.