Pangolins and Pandemics
It would be hard to find another mammal more persecuted, or more bewitching, than the pangolin. This day, 20th February, is World Pangolin Day. ...
20 February, 2021
“If animal welfare is close to your heart, this blog from Compassion in World Farming CEO and animal advocate Philip Lymbery is shining a light on animal reform. aiming to inform, educate and debate the future of food, taking a 360-view of all aspects of the meat industry – humanity, animals (farmed and wild) and the planet. A difficult, but important, subject, Philip himself warns that the content of the blog ‘won’t always be pretty, but it’ll give you the facts and make you think – it is for all those who want to hear about the here, the now and the future’.
For those who want to see a future still filled with animals free and out in the wild… a must read” – Vuelio June 2020
Philip’s blog has been rated a Top 10 Green Blog by Vuelio for three consecutive years: 2018, 2019 and 2020
Factory farming has to end
New Report Shows Intensification Drives Loss of Wildlife - In a world struggling to get to grips with Covid, you could be forgiven...
04 February, 2021
First ever sale of cultured meat heralds protein’s new era
Food lies at the heart of many a celebration, but one particular meal recently stood out as historic: the world’s first commercial sale...
06 January, 2021
Health, Hope and the Road Ahead
There is something refreshing about a new year. Many of us start with new resolutions or new ideas. It’s a time when people...
31 December, 2020
One Health, One Welfare, One Planet
As I sit down to write this end of year message, I reflect on the most challenging and tragic of years. Yet I...
18 December, 2020
How to Love Food and Save Nature
As a lifelong naturalist who lives on a farm, I am acutely aware of how food, nature and the countryside are interlinked. Only...
11 December, 2020
Looking back on Life and Lockdown
2020 has been a tough year. It’s hard to put it into words. What started on an optimistic note, welcoming in the New...
11 December, 2020
Why world’s first approval for cultured meat is good for us all
In the world of food and sustainability, news doesn’t come much bigger than the first ever regulatory approval for the sale of cultured...
07 December, 2020
For the love of jaguars
Today, as the world celebrates ‘International Jaguar Day’, marvelling at these magnificent and increasingly rare creatures, what few will draw is the connection...
29 November, 2020
Covid-Infected Exports to China: Why Meat Should Be Tested for Virus
News has broken over the past few days that China has detected the presence of the Covid-19 virus on packaging of frozen Argentine...
18 November, 2020
My Love of Animals
For us at Compassion, the 15th November is always a day to reflect on the legacy of our founder, Peter Roberts MBE, who...
15 November, 2020
Eating for Pleasure, People & Planet
Today, Tom Hunt, award-winning eco-chef, writer and climate change campaigner, is my guest blogger. His Bristol restaurant Poco, has won numerous awards including...
16 October, 2020
Opening the Cages of the World
Today, 2nd October, 2020 is World Farm Animals Day, and today is also the day the European Commission (EU) receives the successful European...
02 October, 2020
Victory for British calves!
I am so pleased to announce that, having spent months defending the inhumane transport of unweaned calves from Scotland to Europe in the...
24 September, 2020
Should meat be tested for Coronavirus?
Over the past few months there has been much in the news about serious outbreaks of Covid-19 affecting workers in meat plants and...
10 September, 2020
Justice for animals – not just kindness
To celebrate International Day of Charity, I’m privileged to share information on the wonderful work of South Africa’s Humane Education Trust of...
05 September, 2020
How to Bring Birds Back!
The annual British Birdwatching Fair or ‘Birdfair’, described as ‘the birder's Glastonbury’, has gone virtual this year due to Covid-19, running from 18th-21st August. ...
21 August, 2020
How Cheap Meat Threatens Elephants Too
August 12th this year marks World Elephant Day, when many will celebrate these wonderful creatures but also express concern at how these magnificent creatures...
11 August, 2020
Sense, Science and Sustainability
Can Genome Editing and Agroecology co-exist in the sustainable food and farming mix? Industrial agriculture increases the “risk of future pandemics and needs...
29 July, 2020
Council of the EU: Pandemic risk of industrial agriculture needs global action
“Industrial agriculture increases the ‘risk of future pandemics and needs to be tackled”, according to the EU’s ruling Council in Brussels, which calls...
20 July, 2020
Time to stand up for fish
Shoppers looking to well-known fish certification labels for higher standards of animal welfare are likely to be disappointed, according to the findings of...
14 July, 2020
Why the Time is Right for Transformational Change
As the world braces itself at the news that a new virus with ‘pandemic potential’ has been discovered in pigs, the role of...
08 July, 2020
The Wisdom of Fathers
My father-in-law, the late Peter Roberts, Founder of Compassion in World Farming, was a deeply spiritual man. When Peter was once asked to...
17 June, 2020
Another shocking live shipment story, but hope for an end to exports
Last Sunday (14th June), was the fifth annual Ban Live Exports: International Awareness Day, initiated by Compassion in World Farming to signal global...
16 June, 2020
Enhancing Nature’s Food Basket for All
Earlier this week I was delighted to accept an invitation to participate in the Act #ForNature Global Online Forum. This was an International Consultation...
08 June, 2020
Covid-19: How factory farming fuels pandemics
As the world waged war with the Coronavirus, our invisible enemy, billions of lives were turned upside down. It forced us to hunker...
05 June, 2020
‘Our disrespect for wild animals and our disrespect for farmed animals, has created this situation’
This week, I had the huge privilege of introducing wildlife legend Jane Goodall, PHD, DBE, Founder – The Jane Goodall Institute and UN...
03 June, 2020
Why Ending Factory Farming is Key to Post-Covid Sustainability
This week, I had the great honour to share the stage with wildlife legend, leading conservationist and UN Messenger of Peace, Dr Jane...
02 June, 2020
Rebuilding the great plains
Wanuskewin heritage park in Saskatchewan, Canada and officials are toasting a new arrival: the first wild bison calf here for more than a...
18 May, 2020
Coronavirus: Seizing the moment to save the future
Protecting the health service by staying at home has been a key message throughout this crisis. And a key point of grateful celebration...
16 May, 2020