Just last week, we learnt about monstrous rains in China and Mumbai with hundreds dead. The week before we witnessed the worst floods for decades in Germany and Belgium with heavy loss of life....
Why the UN and global conversations could help save the Lapwing and other species...
The European Commission has unveiled plans to ban all cages for farmed animals within six years, in decision hailed as historic. The UK government, which claims Britain’s animal welfare standards are the highest in the world, is now being urged to follow suit....
'Pandemic on a Plate': Whilst the origin of #Covid has been linked to #wildlife in wet markets, the next one could come from pigs or chickens incarcerated in factory farms. Protecting human health means protecting animal health too....
The European Commission is under pressure to end caged animal farming in the next six years after policymakers in the European Union overwhelmingly voted to stop the practice to protect animal welfare as well as human and planetary health, responding to widespread public demand for...
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed the spotlight on meat supply and food security. We get three different perspectives on the future of global food production....
Our own future and the health of all life on Earth depends on us making peace with nature. Which is why it is crucial to seize the opportunity of this year’s UN Food Systems Summit not only to raise these concerns but explore solutions to...
According to the local tourist board, the small town of Dalby in Queensland, Australia, offers a taste of life as it used to be. Visitors are encouraged to explore by horse and cart, following a heritage trail to a museum displaying ancient farm machinery....
For millennia, farming has worked in harmony with nature. However, one human lifetime ago, things changed dramatically: farming became dominated by industrial agriculture....
If I could, I would force big meat eaters to visit a factory farm. Starting with the smell that burns the nostrils and makes you want to vomit....
