We must make our peace with nature for a sustainable, happier future
Just last week, we learnt about monstrous rains in China and Mumbai with hundreds dead. The week before we witnessed the worst floods for decades in Germany and Belgium with heavy loss of life.
Reasons For Hope
One of my greatest pleasures each year is presenting the Good Farm Animal Welfare Awards. I’m humbled to share that, since our Food Business programme and awards began in 2007, the total number of animals benefitting (including awards, projects and
Landmark EU Commission Commitment To End The Cage Age
Yesterday, 30th June 2021, the EU Commission committed to phase out cages in animal farming across the EU by 2027, making it a historic day for farmed animals
Protecting People Means Protecting Animals Too
One Health, One Welfare: Why we need healthy food systems for people, planet and prosperity. Out of these difficult Covid times, one thing we have learned is that the well-being of people, animals and the planet are interconnected.
Ending the Evil that is Live Export
Today (14th June) campaigners all over the world will unite for the sixth annual International Awareness Day to Ban Live Exports, spearheaded by Compassion in Word Farming.
Historic Vote to End the Cage Age
EU Parliament lends overwhelming support to ending cages, now all eyes on Commission - An historic milestone in the campaign to end the cage age was reached this week when the European Parliament voted resoundingly in favour of a ban
Only A Number, Never A Name
Monday 14th June will be Ban Live Export International Awareness Day. A day to remember why transporting live animals is cruel and unnecessary and has to end.
We Are Nothing Without Nature
“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.” Frank Lloyd Wright. As a keen naturalist and birdwatcher, I spend a lot of my spare time exploring the British countryside, enjoying the abundance and variety that mother
Build Back Better for Bees
Today is World Bee Day – a time to focus on the incredible and unique contribution these tiny insects make to keep our world healthy.
Factory farming must end if the world is to tackle climate change and meet United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals
For millennia, farming has worked in harmony with nature. However, one human lifetime ago, things changed dramatically: farming became dominated by industrial agriculture.