2020 Sustainable Food and Farming Award now open for nominations
Compassion in World Farming invites entries to its 2020 Sustainable Food and Farming Award which recognises producers and businesses taking steps to farm in ways that protect, improve and restore wildlife and the environment.
BBC One Documentary Shows The Catastrophic Effects Of Eating Meat
Last night’s BBC’s hard-hitting documentary ‘Meat: A threat to our Planet’ showed poignantly how our hunger for meat is killing our planet.
Fear the Fever: what can be done to tackle the African swine fever pandemic?
African swine fever has already claimed half the pigs in China. Now the ‘biggest animal disease outbreak ever’ has arrived in Europe
5 ways veganism could save the planet
The #vegan has reached 85.8 million posts on Instagram, perhaps the most millennial marker of a lifestyle choice gone mainstream. Here, Vogue guides you through five ways veganism can make a positive impact on the environment
Pigs ‘burn from the inside out’ in gas chambers
Every bacon butty or ham sandwich comes at a price: the horrific and hidden suffering of the pigs – animals said to be more intelligent and sociable than dogs
#EndTheCageAge – NGOs, MEPs and EU citizens unite
Compassion in World Farming and representatives of other Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) were joined by Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and EU Citizens to celebrate the closing of the End the Cage Age
100 Extra Cities the Size of London
Imagine opening your morning newspaper to read the headline, “Government agrees to building a hundred new cities the size of London.”
It’s time for honest labelling…
The bucolic scenes and reassuring phrases on meat and dairy packaging are often a world away from the reality.
Thousands of chickens die in heatwave at farm supplying major UK supermarkets
Thousands of chickens died in last week’s heatwave at a Red Tractor-endorsed farm that supplies major supermarkets including Tesco and Sainsbury’s.