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From up to date news on the horror of Octopus farming to the urgency of tackling antibiotic resistance plus a whole lot more…

Opinion Articles

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  WL Op-Ed: Extinction or Regeneration
  It was early morning, and a tractor was pulling a plough. Back and forth it went, ploughing its lonely furrow. 
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  How supermarkets help the spread of deadly antibiotic-resistant diseases
  Some supermarkets are failing to check whether imported food they sell has been produced with routine antibiotic use – a major factor in the growing global crisis of antibiotic-resistant superbugs
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  From William Wallace to Cairngorm farmers: How one word can change the world
  ‘Enough is enough’ is a powerful phrase used by many to protest against situations they find intolerable
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  How biggest animal welfare reform in history will free 300 million from cages
  Extraordinary coming together of farmers, campaigners, food industry figures and experts in the EU should result in around 300 million pigs, laying hens, calves, geese, ducks and quail no longer being kept in cages every year
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  Why climate change is an ‘existential threat to sport’
  Rising temperatures are reducing the number of places where the Winter Olympics can be held, while making the summer games dangerously hot for athletes

Blogs

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  THE HIDDEN CRUELTY ON OUR PLATES
  24 Like on Social: Peter Stevenson OBE, Compassion in World Farming’s Chief Policy Advisor, makes a heartfelt plea to end the cruel factory farming of animals. Peter is a qualified solicitor and received an OBE in October 2020’ for “services to… Read more: THE HIDDEN CRUELTY ON OUR PLATES
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  THE SILENT POLLUTION HANGING OVER OUR COUNTRYSIDE
  Like on Social: What’s in the air above our fields – and why it matters When Michele Franks opened her window one morning, she was met by a smell so overpowering she knew immediately what it meant. The nearby industrial… Read more: THE SILENT POLLUTION HANGING OVER OUR COUNTRYSIDE
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  FOR THE LOVE OF BEES
  Why Learning to Look More Closely Matters
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  A CENTURY OF SEEING CLEARLY: SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH AT 100
  A tribute to the man who helped us understand the natural world – and why its fate is inseparable from our own
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  FROM THE MOON TO MUD: WHY EARTH’S FINAL FRONTIER LIES BENEATH OUR FEET
  Like on Social: Of all the world records ever broken, perhaps the most striking has just happened beyond our planet. With Artemis II, humans travelled further from Earth than ever before, circling the Moon before splashing down safely back home.… Read more: FROM THE MOON TO MUD: WHY EARTH’S FINAL FRONTIER LIES BENEATH OUR FEET
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  ENDING FACTORY FARMING: THE NEW NATIONAL SECURITY IMPERATIVE
  1 Like on Social: Why our food system has become a hidden threat to global stability What’s the one thing the war in Iran has shown us? – it’s that things happening in faraway places can have a big effect… Read more: ENDING FACTORY FARMING: THE NEW NATIONAL SECURITY IMPERATIVE
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  Why We Should Care About Nature:  A Distinguished Panel at Oxford
  Last weekend, BBC wildlife presenter and animal activist Chris Packham CBE, children’s author and Farms for City Children charity founder Sir Michael Morpurgo, author

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Upcoming Speaker Events

• 29th Oct: World Conference on Animal Welfare in the Sustainable Agri-food Systems (ICCAW) China
• 1st Nov: 8th Good Food Summit, China
• 22nd-23rd Nov: Sustainable Food Conference in Somerset 
• 26th Nov: Green Business Form in Istanbul
• 31st Jan, 2025: Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford, with Dame Joanna Lumley

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