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....
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....
Rise of the Megafarm
Number soars from 800 to at least 1,100 in only five years....
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....
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...
PLANT POWER – EMBRACING VEGANUARY WITH INSIDEKENT
Once dismissed as a passing trend and undermined as a diet exclusive to ‘hippies’, in a society that is slowly becoming more planet and health conscious, today the rise of veganism has established itself firmly as a popular and sustainable lifestyle choice. ...
Doze livros de ciência para o Natal
O autor, professor da Universidade de Winchester e sobretudo dirigente da ONG Compassion in World Farming explica como a «agricultura intensiva é uma ameaça tão grande como as alterações climáticas.»...
Cost of living crisis: A new year’s resolution to be kinder to animals can help cut bills and save the planet
“May you live in interesting times” is an English expression believed to be a translation of a traditional Chinese curse. At first the words seem like a blessing, but with a little thought, the irony soon becomes clear....
Extreme weather of 2022 destroyed habitats, disrupted breeding – but it’s just the start, experts warn
Ferocious wildfires, record-breaking temperatures and a devastating drought destroyed habitats and disrupted the breeding of rare animals this year – a pattern set to be repeated, the National Trust has warned....
Here’s How Factory Farming Threatens Our Food Security
Climate change is threatening agricultural supply chains nearly everywhere in the world, disrupting harvests and slowing production, and causing food to disappear from grocery shelves....
Voici comment l’agriculture industrielle menace notre sécurité alimentaire
Le changement climatique menace les chaînes d’approvisionnement agricoles presque partout dans le monde, perturbant les récoltes et ralentissant la production, et faisant disparaître les aliments des rayons des épiceries....
Sixty Harvests Left: Existential Threat Of The Food System Laid Bare In New Book
Compassion in World Farming chief executive Philip Lymbery has released a new book that highlights the impending doom facing humanity as a result of unsustainable Big Agriculture....
The food industry is threatening our very survival
All life on our planet is interconnected and our future depends on treating it with compassion and respect. By recognising this, we can protect the world’s wildlife and soils as if our life depends on it – because it does. As things stand, we only have sixty harvests left. ...
As billionaires fantasise about moving to Mars, it’s time to embrace nature-friendly farming to save Earth from ‘Age of Loneliness’
With the festive season soon upon us during a winter of financial crisis, the world outside our window can feel distant. Especially where the cost of taking action to save the planet is concerned...
Foodback brought together the pioneers of change in agriculture and food at the Food Impact Conference
The Food Impact Conference (GEK), organized by EIT Food Turkey Hub Foodback, took place online on December 6th. Important names in the field took part as speakers at the conference, which aims to create a long-term impact by addressing social and environmental problems in the field of food and agriculture in the dimensions of food, agriculture, innovation and entrepreneurship....
World Soil Day: Destruction of healthy soils in UK could happen within 30 years
By any measure, octopuses are remarkable: they have eight legs, three hearts and blue-green blood....
World Soil Day: Industrial farming is threatening humanity’s ability to feed itself
Carlos Fiolhais chose a dozen of the most recent works released in Portugal...
How to Love Food and Save Nature
Carlos Fiolhais chose a dozen of the most recent works released in Portugal...
Twelve Science Books for Christmas
Carlos Fiolhais chose a dozen of the most recent works released in Portugal...
Octopus farming? This extraordinary and intelligent animal should stay in the ocean
By any measure, octopuses are remarkable: they have eight legs, three hearts and blue-green blood....
Stop the billionaire fossil fuel moguls leading us to destruction
With COP27 under way in Egypt, we have to ask: is South Africa — and the world — going to recognise the perilous position we are in and take action? ...
The King’s clear thinking on climate change will be missed at COP27
It seems a fitting descriptor for a period that has seen a global pandemic followed by a brutal new war in Europe, a cost-of-living crisis and political turmoil with three UK prime ministers in three months....
Live More Sustainably – Top 10 Books On Sustainability
How to be sustainable in our everyday choices is one of the biggest questions of the 21st Century. From our travel to our food, it can be a lot to consider in terms of changing the way we live. ...
LBC Radio – Meat, factory farming and saving the planet – Interview Part 2
Have you changed or would you change your diet to do your bit to help the planet?...
LBC Radio – Meat, factory farming and saving the planet – Interview Part 1
Have you changed or would you change your diet to do your bit to help the planet?...
Pumpkins rotting in fields like zombies are a reminder of the terrifying cost of food waste
Children dart excitedly through a field strewn with bright orange pumpkins. Parents, gamely face-painted as ghouls, sip coffee as they await the return of their offspring....
BBC Scotland – The Nine
The UK is facing the biggest ever outbreak of bird flu. It has already laid waste to many populations of wild birds - particularly those along the coast....
This is what is happening at fantastic Raworths Harrogate Literature Festival
The return of Raworths Harrogate Literature Festival this week promises – as always – a stellar line-up of literary names in the intimate setting of Harrogate’s Crown Hotel....
The business of staying in business
I’m often asked what the role of business should be in creating a sustainable future? I see business as a critical change maker, whether it be on climate, nature, health, or animal welfare....
LATEST NEWS
Latest #Media – World Soil Day: Destruction of healthy soils in UK could happen within 30 years
Latest #BigTable podcast – Philip talks to Peter Egan about Veganism
Latest Guest podcast with Philip – New Books in Economics: Sixty Harvests Left
Latest #BigTable blog – COP – a missed opportunity to fix our broken food systems
Deborah Meaden and Philip took to the stage of the Sheldonian in Oxford in September to mark the launch of ‘Sixty Harvests Left’.
It was a great evening, please use this link if you’d like to watch it: Sixty Harvest Left event at the Oxford Literary Festival – YouTube
Dame Joanna Lumley shared the stage with Philip on Saturday 2nd April, to deliver the 2022 Peter Roberts Memorial Lecture. She delivered an outstanding lecture on ‘The True Meaning of Compassion’. If you missed it, please use this link to view a film recording
Chris Packham CBE, delivered the Peter Roberts Memorial Lecture at The Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford on Sunday 7th November 2021. If you missed the lecture, please do watch it here.