Today is ‘World Plant Milk Day’, celebrating the health, environment and animal welfare credentials of plant milks like almond and soya. Now, I have no doubt that plant milks are better for animal welfare – after all, there are no animals involved. But what are they doing...
Empathy can be a powerful thing. Who would have predicted that millions of viewers connecting so deeply with the plight of a dead pilot whale calf on Blue Planet II would spark off an international war of outrage on plastics?...
How did killing method condemned for cruelty become standard?...
One of the most enjoyable but also important parts of my role working for Compassion in World Farming is meeting and speaking to people from all walks of life and from all parts of the world. The other weekend I had the huge pleasure of attending...
With a great sense of privilege and some apprehension, I stepped through the glass doors of the United Nations headquarters in New York for my latest speaking engagement....
Midsummer and the World Cup is in full swing, along with a rise in demand for food and drink. British media headlines are warning that supplies of beer, fizzy drinks and other summertime favourites are threatened by an industrial shortage of CO2. Maintenance closures at fertiliser...
Like me, you may not associate gardening with the impacts of intensive animal agriculture, so I was intrigued to see there was a show garden at The RHS Hampton Court Flower Show that managed to link the two. ‘Conscious Consumerism’ by garden designer Joseph Gibson, sends...
This blog is based on my recent meeting with Seth Goldman, Chair of Beyond Meat for my Big Table podcast, which you can download here. New Generation Burger Helps Redefine Protein [caption id="attachment_16285" align="alignright" width="320"] Joanna relishes a Beyond Burger in London[/caption] Downtown Decatur, Georgia, USA and the...
This blog is based on my recent meeting with Rosie Boycott, journalist, food campaigner, writer and activist, for my Big Table podcast, which you can download here. A few weeks ago, I was speaking at the Hay Literary Festival and was fortunate enough to sit down...
This week, here at Compassion in World Farming, we’ve been preparing to recognise and celebrate companies taking action to improve farm animal welfare. Yesterday, I was thrilled to introduce our 11th annual Good Farm Animal Welfare Awards at Les Salons Hoche, Paris, hosted by Alex...