May Big Table Round Up Blog
This Roundup blog includes all the news and animal welfare activity from April and May.
From penguins to Dame Joanna Lumley, from the Ukraine war to the resulting food crisis, and from the loss of our iconic birds to cultivated meat and the importance of good food for all.
Please do catch up on the articles, blogs and extensive social media support for all these stories, plus so much more.
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Opinion Articles
23rd May: Scotsman Op-ed – ‘Apocalyptic’ global food crisis is being exacerbated by factory farming of grain-fed animals
9th May: Scotsman Op-ed – Farming intensification has hit barn owls hard, but it doesn’t have to be this way
25th April: Scotsman Op-ed – Worried about the rainforest? Woodlands much closer to home are being trashed
11th April: Scotsman Op-ed – Why isn’t decent food a basic right for everyone?
1st April: The Daily Mail – ‘I’m a Dame by name but I’m still the same!’
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Blogs
27th May: War, Want and Waste https://philiplymbery.com/war-want-and-waste/
13th May: Silent Skies https://philiplymbery.com/silent-skies/
3rd May: Eating Better https://www.eating-better.org/news-and-reports/news/serving-better-compassion-in-catering-at-university-of-winchester-1/
29th April: What Devastation of Local Trees Taught Me https://philiplymbery.com/what-destruction-of-local-trees-taught-me-about-investing-in-our-roots/
27th April: Blog based on Europe’s first Cultured Meat Symposium https://philiplymbery.com/evolution-or-revolution-can-cultured-meat-be-a-game-changer-for-food/
25th April: World Penguin Day https://philiplymbery.com/what-have-penguins-got-to-do-with-factory-farming/
20th April: Peter Stevenson’s guest https://philiplymbery.com/we-must-scale-down-rather-than-ramp-up-crop-production-to-increase-food-security/
15th April: Health food blog https://philiplymbery.com/why-isnt-decent-food-a-basic-right-for-everyone-2/
5th April: The Peter Roberts Lecture https://philiplymbery.com/impassioned-erudite-amusing-just-fabulous-dame-joanna-lumley-takes-to-the-stage-for-compassion/
1st April: Pet Food https://philiplymbery.com/we-love-our-pets-but-do-we-know-what-goes-into-their-food/
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Social Media – Top Stories
Wishing #SirDavidAttenborough a wonderful 96th birthday today
An incredible human who has spent a lifetime bringing the wonders #nature into our homes and standing up for our incredible planet ????????????????????#LivingLegend pic.twitter.com/iZ8Ndh9V9j— Philip Lymbery (@philip_ciwf) May 8, 2022
Celebrating the gorgeous donkey on#WorldDonkeyDay ❤️ pic.twitter.com/g8TsCOxoq7
— Philip Lymbery (@philip_ciwf) May 8, 2022
So emotional @JaneGoodallInst #NatureBeauty https://t.co/fUmp8BofAO
— Philip Lymbery (@philip_ciwf) May 14, 2022
Dame Joanna Lumley calls for creation of new minister to stop animal testing
Well done #JoannaLumley
Such a wonderful voice for all animalshttps://t.co/ZkPhyLfTml via @MetroUK— Philip Lymbery (@philip_ciwf) May 23, 2022
All life is connected and all life deserves #respect and #compassion, however small ???????????? ???? pic.twitter.com/6rbuMQ41NT
— Philip Lymbery (@philip_ciwf) May 28, 2022
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Speaker Event
On Thursday 23rd June at 4.30pm Philip will be speaking at Groundswell, the hugely successful The Regenerative Agriculture Show and Conference at Lannock Manor Farm, Hertfordshire.
The Groundswell event provides a forum for farmers and anyone interested in food production or the environment to learn about the theory and practical applications of Conservation Agriculture or regenerative systems.
Philip’s seminar is titled ‘How To Avoid Farmageddon & Reach A Nature-Friendly Future’ and he will be introduced and interviewed by journalist, author, presenter and photographer, Matt Stadlen.
