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
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