For The Love Of Animals
'The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man' - Charles Darwin. Today, 4th October 2021, is World Animal Day. A day to celebrate animals across the world, be they farmed, wild or companion animals. This day has
Food Systems Transformation a ‘Must’ For A Liveable Future
United Nations Summit Calls for End to ‘War On Nature’ - I’ll never forget seeing empty supermarket shelves during the early days of Covid, with people panic buying and scrabbling for essential supplies. Months on and my local superstore still
Protecting Gorillas – One Health, One Welfare, One Chance
Today, 24th September, is World Gorilla Day and I welcome a personal guest blog from dear friend Dr Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka.
Raising the Forgotten Issue of Food
Why The United Nations Food Summit is already a Success - “It is our moral imperative to keep our promise to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030,” says UN Secretary-General António Guterres ahead of the historical UN Food Systems
Why We Need More Honesty And More Action To Save The Planet
“Pretty much all the honest truth telling there is in the world, is done by children”, is how author and poet, Oliver Wendell Holmes put it. His quote came to mind when I interviewed a young girl about her ambition
Food, Health, Elephants: Everything is Connected
August 12th is World Elephant Day. As we celebrate these incredible animals, we reflect on the devastating link between industrial animal farming, the risk of new viruses and the dramatic decline of this iconic species.
How To Transform The Way The World Produces, Consumes & Thinks About Food
Why the UN Food Systems Summit is Already a Success. Transformation – denoting a complete change to make things better – is the ambition of the UN Food Systems Summit scheduled for New York in September.
The True Value Of Friendship
Today, on the occasion of the United Nations International Day of Friendship, we welcome a very personal guest blog from a dear friend and Patron of Compassion in World Farming, Peter Egan.
Reasons For Hope
One of my greatest pleasures each year is presenting the Good Farm Animal Welfare Awards. I’m humbled to share that, since our Food Business programme and awards began in 2007, the total number of animals benefitting (including awards, projects and
Landmark EU Commission Commitment To End The Cage Age
Yesterday, 30th June 2021, the EU Commission committed to phase out cages in animal farming across the EU by 2027, making it a historic day for farmed animals