Gene editing and sustainable farming
Can genome editing and agroecology co-exist in the sustainable food and farming mix?...
Green Blogger Spotlight: Philip Lymbery, Pow Wow Blog
Passionate about animals and nature since joining the RSPB’s Young Ornithologists Club 40 years ago, Philip Lymbery shares eye-opening updates from across the world on the treatment of animals and the environment on the Pow Wow Blog....
Call for vets to back factory farming campaign – Vet Times
As the world wakes up to the news that a new virus with “pandemic potential” has been discovered in pigs, the role of factory farming as a breeding ground for disease comes into sharp focus....
Jane Goodall Warns Humanity Will Be ‘Finished’ After Covid-19 Without Ending ‘Absolute Disrespect for Animals and the Environment’
“Our disrespect for wild animals and our disrespect for farmed animals has created this situation where disease can spill over to infect human beings.”...
COVID19: Pandemic is nature’s wake up call
Humans are responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic due to their disregard for nature, said world-famous English primatologist Jane Goodall....
Tale of two farms that says it all
US megafarm locals call 'Cowschwitz' has 120,000 wretched cattle pumped with hormones to boost growth... while a fully organic farm in Wiltshire won its owner an OBE for animal welfare...
To protect humans from coronavirus, then we need to act quick on animal rights too
Whilst the emergence of Covid-19 has been linked to eating wildlife, it shows strong parallels with other viruses which have emerged from a different route – industrial farming...
Covid-19 in the slaughterhouses: an opportunity to reflect
From La Repubblica in Italian – please use Google translate or similiar if required...
‘Ban on bushmeat’ after Covid-19 but what if alternative is factory farming?
Governments and WHO face pressure to ban commercial trade in wild animals, but experts say this would criminalise a way of life for millions of people...
US farms are using more antibiotics despite warnings
The use of antibiotics in animals on US factory farms is increasing despite warnings that the practice risks spreading deadly superbugs....
Will COVID-19 Kill The Meat Industry?
A recession is already looming in the face of the pandemic: how badly will this affect animal agriculture?...
Podcast – Animals Have Feelings Too
You probably already know that industrialised farming is chemically intensive and a big greenhouse gas polluter – but how much do you really know about animal agriculture?...
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...
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. ...
Food for Thought
One man's mission to transform the way we see the meat on our plate....
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....
Boris Johnson: Environment Charities & Eco Activists React
Euronews: BoJo has been a polarising character for years. From Mayor of London, to leader of the Conservatives, to prime minister of the UK, many eco activists have derided his voting record on matters concerning climate change....
Please stop trucking farm animals to Europe for slaughter, urge Hyde park protestors
Live transport protesters gathered in Hyde Park on Friday to call for an end to trucking farm animals across the UK into Europe for slaughter....
LATEST NEWS
- Latest #Media – If leaders want to protect humans from coronavirus, then we need to act quick on animal rights too
- ‘Ban on bushmeat’ after Covid-19 but what if alternative is factory farming?
Latest #BigTable podcast – Philip talks to Peter Egan about Veganism
Latest #PowWow blog – Sense, science & sustainability
Listen out for Philip’s interview with actor and animal adovocate, Dan Richardson on 21st August for Virtual Birdfair. On ‘How to Bring Birds Back’, not to be missed
Skylark | Credit: Philip J Lymbery
Next Key Speaker Date – Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford – 29th November 2020 at 6pm
Philip’s first rearranged 2020 speaker date will be the special Peter Roberts Memorial Lecture which he will be hosting.
We are delighted to announce that Compassion in World Farming’s Patron, Chris Packham CBE will be speaking.
Details of this unique event and how to buy tickets, will be published shortly