‘Ban on bushmeat’ after Covid-19 but what if alternative is factory farming?
Governments and WHO face pressure to ban commercial trade in wild animals, but experts say this would criminalise a way of life for millions of people
US farms are using more antibiotics despite warnings
The use of antibiotics in animals on US factory farms is increasing despite warnings that the practice risks spreading deadly superbugs.
Will COVID-19 Kill The Meat Industry?
A recession is already looming in the face of the pandemic: how badly will this affect animal agriculture?
Podcast – Animals Have Feelings Too
You probably already know that industrialised farming is chemically intensive and a big greenhouse gas polluter - but how much do you really know about animal agriculture?
Concerns grow over US involvement in UK poultry industry
Research showing that half of the UK’s chickens are now being produced either fully or partly by companies controlled by US agribusinesses has prompted concerns about American influence in the British food sector.
Half of UK chickens produced by US agriculture giants
Half of the UK’s chickens are being produced by companies fully or partly controlled by US agribusinesses, according to an analysis of industry data
Industrial pig and chicken farming continuing to rise – The Guardian
“We’re at a crossroads and have an opportunity to reinvent British food and farming. We can move towards a thriving countryside where farm animals are restored to the land.”
“FARMAGEDDON”, di Philip Lymbery, il vero prezzo della carne economica.
Italian book review of Farmageddon - please use Google Translate or similiar to read.
Industrial Livestock Farms and the Environmental Impacts
Philip Lymbery, the chief executive officer of Compassion in World Farming, calls industrial livestock “the cascade of cruelty of intensive animal farming.”
France and Germany to ban controversial practice of slaughtering male chicks in 2021
France and Germany are to ban the notoriously cruel culling of male chickens, which animal rights activists hope will be also be adopted in Britain