COMPASSION TAKES NEW VISION FOR FOOD TO THE UNITED NATIONS
Amongst the swirling flags, meetings and conversations that make up the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA), I spent the last days delivering the...
15 March, 2019
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MY MESSAGE TO THE UN
Why we need a Global Agreement on Food, Farming & Nature I have been at the United Nations in Nairobi, where I had the...
14 March, 2019
On The Road To The United Nations
I’m honoured to have been invited to be keynote speaker at the United Nations in Nairobi, contributing to crucial discussions about the future...
07 March, 2019
Life at a crossroads
Whilst we all get to a point in our lives where we need to make important decisions, it feels to me that the...
02 March, 2019
The Power of One
The continued transport of live farm animals for further fattening and slaughter is one of the most inhumane activities in the agricultural industry....
23 February, 2019
If Pigs were Pets
It's St Valentine's Day today and if you believe the media, it's also the perfect excuse to treat another special companion in your...
14 February, 2019
How Birds Shaped My Life
Forty years ago, as an avid member of the RSPB’s Young Ornithologist’s Club (YOC), I took part in a project to find Britain’s...
25 January, 2019
For the love of all nature
On the day the highly respected naturalist and broadcaster, Chris Packham has been announced as the latest patron to join Compassion in World...
10 January, 2019
THEIR WORLD IN OUR HANDS
As the world grows another year older, we turn to reflect on times past, present and of course, the future. It's been a...
31 December, 2018
Leaders of the world must lead
Today is World Wildlife Conservation Day, launched just a few years ago to raise awareness of illegal wildlife trafficking. I’ve worked to protect...
04 December, 2018
Landmark event shows how eating more plants can save the planet
This blog is based on my Big Table podcast recorded at this week’s historic dinner at the Savoy Hotel in London, which you can...
30 November, 2018
Respect For Our Food
This article is based on my recent meeting with Allan Jenkins, Editor of the Observer Food Monthly, for my Big Table podcast....
16 November, 2018
Big Change Starts With Recognition
Big change starts with recognition. It was encouraging then to see animal welfare being recognised as an issue of importance in China at...
05 November, 2018
Eating the Planet
“How come that a species capable of creating a rocket that goes to the moon is destroying its only home?” Jane Goodall PhD,...
16 October, 2018
Hope and Inspiration for World Animal Day
This article is based on my recent meeting with world-renowned primatologist and foremost expert on chimpanzees Dr Jane Goodall DBE, UN Messenger for...
04 October, 2018
WALKING FOR WILDLIFE AND ALL LIFE
Last Saturday, 22nd September, thousands of people gathered in Hyde Park, London and made history by participating in the first People’s Walk for Wildlife....
29 September, 2018
STANDING UP AGAINST CAGE CRUELTY
Launching the biggest ever campaign for farm animals I am hugely excited to be in Brussels for the launch of our biggest ever...
25 September, 2018
Food, Festivals & Feelings
This blog is based on my recent meeting with Grace Dent, award-winning restaurant critic, journalist, author and broadcaster, for my Big Table podcast....
21 September, 2018
HORRIFIC FOOTAGE EXPOSES FACTORY SALMON FARMING
Damning footage of parasite-ridden salmon on a Scottish fish farm is some of the most shocking I have seen and has prompted Compassion...
14 September, 2018
FOR THE LOVE OF ALL NATURE
This article is based on my recent meeting with Chris Packham for my Big Table podcast....
07 September, 2018
FACTORY FARMING, HONEST LABELLING AND STRICTLY
This blog is based on my recent meeting with Deborah Meaden for my Big Table podcast....
04 September, 2018
FIRST ‘LUCY’S LAW’, NEXT FACTORY FARMING, MR GOVE?
What an absolute joy to hear of the success of the campaign for 'Lucy's Law' this week. Hats off to all involved in a...
28 August, 2018
Navigating the Moral Maze of Milk
Today is ‘World Plant Milk Day’, celebrating the health, environment and animal welfare credentials of plant milks like almond and soya. Now, I have...
22 August, 2018
If Pigs Were Pets
Empathy can be a powerful thing. Who would have predicted that millions of viewers connecting so deeply with the plight of a dead...
17 August, 2018
Scandal of Supermarket Gassing of Pigs
How did killing method condemned for cruelty become standard?...
10 August, 2018
Ways with Words
One of the most enjoyable but also important parts of my role working for Compassion in World Farming is meeting and speaking to...
23 July, 2018
AT THE UNITED NATIONS – Calling for a Global Agreement to End Industrial Agriculture
With a great sense of privilege and some apprehension, I stepped through the glass doors of the United Nations headquarters in New York...
16 July, 2018
PIG SLAUGHTER SCANDAL- Why Carbon Dioxide Is the Real Welfare Problem, Not the Shortage
Midsummer and the World Cup is in full swing, along with a rise in demand for food and drink. British media headlines are warning...
10 July, 2018
A Garden to Change the World
Like me, you may not associate gardening with the impacts of intensive animal agriculture, so I was intrigued to see there was a...
05 July, 2018
‘BEYOND MEAT’ HITS BRITAIN
This blog is based on my recent meeting with Seth Goldman, Chair of Beyond Meat for my Big Table podcast, which you can...
04 July, 2018