Compassionate World

Caged laying hens | Credit: Compassion in World Farming The debate sparked by Chris Packham's recent TV remarks has shone a light on a distinction that often gets lost: the difference between industrial factory farming and the many farmers working with

Dairy cows in intensive system | Credit: Martin Kunz The food system that fed the past is now threatening the future National leaders, whether they be Presidents or Prime Ministers, tend to have their work cut out focusing on defence, the economy,

We trust what we see on supermarket shelves. But when it comes to how our food is produced, that trust may be misplaced. New evidence from a UK Government consultation shows that consumers overwhelmingly want honest, transparent labelling — yet

What this Conflict Reveals About Our Dangerous Dependence on Fertiliser

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 farm animal welfare”. He has

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 chicken unit was being

Why Learning to Look More Closely Matters

A tribute to the man who helped us understand the natural world - and why its fate is inseparable from our own

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. But amid the

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 on all of us wherever