Pangolins and Pandemics
It would be hard to find another mammal more persecuted, or more bewitching, than the pangolin. This day, 20th February, is World Pangolin Day. An opportunity for us all to focus the world's attention on the tragic circumstances surrounding this unique,
Factory farming has to end
New Report Shows Intensification Drives Loss of Wildlife - In a world struggling to get to grips with Covid, you could be forgiven for perhaps thinking that changing the way we farm and eat would be the last thing on
First ever sale of cultured meat heralds protein’s new era
Food lies at the heart of many a celebration, but one particular meal recently stood out as historic: the world’s first commercial sale of cultured meat. Just weeks after the nation’s regulatory authority gave cultured meat the go-ahead, Singapore’s 1880
Health, Hope and the Road Ahead
There is something refreshing about a new year. Many of us start with new resolutions or new ideas. It’s a time when people plan fresh starts. We look to make changes in our lives, to be inspired.
One Health, One Welfare, One Planet
As I sit down to write this end of year message, I reflect on the most challenging and tragic of years. Yet I also reflect on the essence of what makes us human and connects us all around the world
How to Love Food and Save Nature
As a lifelong naturalist who lives on a farm, I am acutely aware of how food, nature and the countryside are interlinked. Only this spring, I watched a field being ploughed, only to discover that the soil had no worms.
Looking back on Life and Lockdown
2020 has been a tough year. It’s hard to put it into words. What started on an optimistic note, welcoming in the New Year, soon changed with the advent of Covid-19, as it spread around the globe with devastating effects.
Why world’s first approval for cultured meat is good for us all
In the world of food and sustainability, news doesn’t come much bigger than the first ever regulatory approval for the sale of cultured meat. In early December, San Francisco-based Food tech company, Eat Just, Inc., announced that it had been
For the love of jaguars
Today, as the world celebrates ‘International Jaguar Day’, marvelling at these magnificent and increasingly rare creatures, what few will draw is the connection between their decline and the global growth of factory farming.
Covid-Infected Exports to China: Why Meat Should Be Tested for Virus
News has broken over the past few days that China has detected the presence of the Covid-19 virus on packaging of frozen Argentine beef, German pork and Indian cuttlefish.