“Every day there is a new confirmation of how destructive, inefficient, wasteful, cruel and unhealthy the industrial agricultural machine is. We need a total rethink of our food and farming systems before it’s too late.”
For 25 years Philip has worked extensively on animal welfare issues, wildlife and the environment. He is a recognised thought leader, his lectures taking him across the globe to meet and exchange ideas with like minded specialists, experts and individuals.
He regularly commentates in the media and on speaker platforms about the global effects of industrial farming and has been listed by The Grocer as one of the food industry’s most influential people.
A Global Biodiversity Crisis
“Factory farming to provide ‘cheap’ meat is not only the biggest cause of animal cruelty on the planet, it is also a major driver of wildlife declines. It causes deforestation, soil erosion, marine pollution dead zones and drives species as diverse as jaguars, elephants and penguins to the brink of extinction.”
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Philip was appointed as a United Nations Food Systems Champion for the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit
Building on the aspirations of the UN Food Systems Summit Compassion convened a dialogue on 18th October, 2021 to explore how to scale regenerative agroecological production for better human, animal and planetary health.
Please view the recording of this special event here
If you missed the recent Chatham House, UNEP and Compassion in World Farming Webinar, please use this link to find out more and listen to the recording
Chris Packham CBE, delivered the Peter Roberts Memorial Lecture at The Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford on Sunday 7th November 2021. If you missed the lecture, please do watch it here
Dame Joanna Lumley will be sharing the stage with Philip on Saturday 2nd April, to deliver the 2022 Peter Roberts Memorial Lecture.
Joanna will be speaking about ‘The True Meaning of Compassion’ and the event will be held at 12 noon at the prestigious Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford.
With grateful thanks to the Oxford Literary Festival who will be kindly hosting the event.
If you wish to attend please use this link