13 Mar Trees help humans in so many different ways. Yet they still need defending
It’s been a year now since my neighbourhood journey into standing up for trees began. It started as so many things do for me these days, on a dog walk....
10 Mar Food law: regulatory frameworks play catch up on cultivated meat products
Cultivated meat is, according to Philip Lymbery, Chief Executive of animal welfare charity Compassion in World Farming, ‘humanity’s version of something that nature has already given us’. Noting that it’s produced in a bioreactor ‘from stem cells harmlessly drawn from donor animals’, Lymbery says lab-grown...
27 Feb How cultivated meat made from stem cells in a lab could change the world
So, here’s a question for you: would you eat meat not from a cow, but grown in a vat? ...
13 Feb Experts urge public to pack diets with pulses for the health of people, planet and animals on World Pulses Day
Experts gathering for a ground-breaking international conference on food systems are this Friday, on World Pulses Day (10 February), encouraging people to adopt diets packed with pulses to benefit the health of people, animals and our planet – and save money....
13 Feb After bird flu spreads to Scottish otters, how worried should we be about avian influenza?
Otters have become the latest victim of highly pathogenic avian influenza, marking a new low in this ongoing catastrophe for wildlife....
30 Jan How living on a farm helped teach me about the extraordinary value of soil
I love living on a farm. I’ve always wanted to be immersed in the folds of a rural setting, a place where things look different every day....
23 Jan The sustainable food movement is now extending to our pets
The first month of the year is often rife with resolutions. This year, among the usual suspects is a rising commitment to sustainability across every aspect of our lives — from the way we travel to the we eat....
23 Jan Rise of the Megafarm
Number soars from 800 to at least 1,100 in only five years....
16 Jan Live animal exports: Will UK Government keep its promise to end this nightmare trade this year?
We have a big year in prospect on so many fronts. Battling against inflation, the war in Ukraine, and the coronation of a new King....
13 Jan Coming together for ‘Food Impact’
Among the speakers of the conference, where information was shared about the transformation of the food and agriculture sector in order to make the food and agriculture sector healthier, sustainable and reliable, Philip Lymbery, CEO of Compassion in World Farming...