BEAUTIFUL, LIFE-AFFIRMING, COMPASSIONATE SOLUTIONS
Looked at through the lens of the four seasons, our society is currently living through summer, an endless party, a time of limitless...
24 May, 2023
“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.
Please Note: Vuelio will not be doing a Top 10 Green Blog ranking in 2021 and 2022 but will resume this ranking in 2023
EXTINCTION OR REGENERATION: SOWING THE SEEDS OF HOPE AND ACTION
Three years in the planning, the Extinction or Regeneration Conference 2023 hosted by Compassion in World Farming and our key partner, IPES-Food, will...
19 May, 2023
Bleak? – How To Brighten Up Your World By Seeing Things Differently
Celebrating Living Landscapes as the Countryside’s Crowning Glory...
13 May, 2023
Ravenous: An Interview with Henry Dimbleby on his Appetite for Change
I recently had the opportunity to interview Henry Dimbleby on-stage at the Oxford Literary Festival. Henry is co-founder of Leon, a chain of restaurants...
10 May, 2023
Extinction or Regeneration – the countdown is on!
We live in days of growing anxiety around climate change, the collapse of nature, and how we treat animals both farmed and wild....
02 May, 2023
Animals Are Critical For All Life On Earth
Why urgently reshaping our relationship with sentient animals is not just a moral and ethical question, it is imperative for the sake of...
29 April, 2023
Cows, Cheese and Italy’s Land Without Animals
Why Saying ‘Arrivederci’ to ‘Careless’ Meat and Cheese is Key to Restoring Italy’s Relationship with Food...
28 April, 2023
PERFECT STORM: WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM SUPERMARKET FOOD SHORTAGES?
Shopping these days can feel like a bit of a lottery. Wandering into the local supermarket can have me wondering which of my...
14 April, 2023
Sir Michael Morpurgo’s ‘Wish for You’
It was a real honour to welcome Sir Michael Morpurgo to the stage of the magnificent Sheldonian Theatre, to deliver our Peter Roberts...
06 April, 2023
MAKING A PROMISE TO OUR WORLD
The other day, a close friend told me a story from her childhood. It concerned an old worn cigar box of a hundred...
31 March, 2023
Living a Loving Life
On 11th and 12th May, we will be hosting a very special ‘Extinction and Regeneration’ conference in London www.extinctionconference.com. As the conference approaches,...
18 March, 2023
CUTTING DEATHS AND REDUCING ANXIETY: WHY TREES SHOULD BE CAUSE CÉLÈBRE FOR OUR HEALTH AND WELLBEING
It’s been a year now since my neighbourhood journey into standing up for trees began. It started as so many things do for...
17 March, 2023
COULD MEAT WITHOUT THE ANIMAL SOON BE ON YOUR PLATE?
How ‘Cultivated’ Meat from Stem Cells Might Change Our Tastes Forever...
03 March, 2023
FIRST SEABIRDS, NOW OTTERS: HOW WORRIED SHOULD WE BE THAT BIRD FLU COULD SPARK THE NEXT PANDEMIC?
Otters have become the latest victim of highly pathogenic Avian Influenza, marking a new low in this ongoing catastrophe for wildlife....
17 February, 2023
What I feel about Animals, I hold in my heart
Someone wiser than me once said ‘One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter." ...
14 February, 2023
WHAT COUNTRYSIDE LIVING HAS TAUGHT ME ABOUT LOVE AND LIFE
I love living on a farm. I’ve always wanted to be immersed in the folds of a rural setting, a place where things...
03 February, 2023
WILL THE GOVERNMENT KEEP ITS PROMISE THIS YEAR BY ENDING THE NIGHTMARE OF LIVE ANIMAL EXPORTS?
In an Age of Refrigerated Lorries, Why Do We Still Condemn Animals to Suffering?...
20 January, 2023
Remembering Irene Williams – one in a million!
Philip writes an Obituary for Irene Williams, a passionate animal advocate and supporter....
13 January, 2023
IN CONVERSATION WITH VEGANUARY CEO, RIA REHBERG ABOUT WHAT MOTIVATES PEOPLE TO TAKE THE PLEDGE
As we enter a new year, one of the resolutions that increasing numbers of people are making is to try vegan for 31...
09 January, 2023
KINDNESS CAN BE A GUIDING LIGHT DURING HARSH TIMES
“May you live in interesting times,” is an English expression believed to be a translation of a traditional Chinese curse. At first the...
07 January, 2023
With The Festive Season Soon Upon Us During A Winter Of Financial Crisis, The World Outside Our Window Can Feel Distant
This is especially true where the cost of taking action to save the planet is concerned. But rather like getting treatment for a...
23 December, 2022
The Importance of Compassion
A few weeks ago, I delivered a speech in Ely, Cambridgeshire to a large audience which was primarily comprised of farmers....
21 December, 2022
REWILDING’S NEW FRONTIER: BRINGING BACK THE ‘ELEPHANT’
Regular readers of my blogs will know that I’m very much in favour of restoring farmed animals to our fields and bringing landscapes...
09 December, 2022
COP – a missed opportunity to fix our broken food systems
This year’s UN climate change conference – COP27 – took place in Sharm-el-Sheikh in Egypt and ran into overtime as negotiators struggled to...
28 November, 2022
The Extraordinary and Intelligent Octopus
…and why they should stay in the Ocean...
24 November, 2022
PERMACRISIS: WHY COP27 NEEDS MORE THAN A KING’S RANSOM TO AVOID CLIMATE CHAOS
Permacrisis, an extended period of instability and insecurity, especially one resulting from a series of catastrophic events, has been crowned ‘Word of the...
12 November, 2022
Kindness For All Kinds
The other day whilst visiting a supermarket I paused at the trolley queue, patting my pockets, I soon realised I didn’t have the...
11 November, 2022
OF GHOSTS, GHOULS AND FOOD LEFT TO ROT
Children dart excitedly through a field strewn with bright orange pumpkins. Parents gamely face-painted as ghouls, sip coffee as they await the return...
28 October, 2022
WHY ‘EXTREMELY CONCERNING’ WILD BIRD DEATHS ARE THE TRUE COST OF ‘CHEAP’ CHICKEN
Covered head to toe in hazmat suits, gloves and facemasks, somber figures comb clifftops and tidelines searching for corpses. It’s an all too...
14 October, 2022
IF ANIMALS COULD TALK
‘What a lovely place the world would be…’ - the immortal words of Doctor Dolittle when he sang ‘If I could talk to...
03 October, 2022