Food for thought: how we are farming our way to disaster
In his new book Sixty Harvests Left, Scotsman columnist and CEO of Compassion in World Farming Philip Lymbery argues that industrial farming methods are endangering the planet
WHAT HAVE ELEPHANTS AND PALM OIL GOT TO DO WITH CHEAP MEAT?
At the crime scene, there was much finger-pointing and chatter about the assailant’s entry and exit. The side of a wooden house had been ripped off. And after a smash-and-grab raid, no doubt prompted by the delicious smell of cooking
UK Home To Over 1,000 ‘Mega’ Factory Farms, New Investigation Reveals
Mega-farms, which hold hundreds of thousands of animals (and in some cases more than one million), are rife across the UK, according to new research.
HOW WE REACH A NATURE-FRIENDLY FUTURE HAS NEVER MATTERED MORE
This is a rather personal blog for me, because yesterday saw the launch of my third book, Sixty Harvests Left: How to Reach a Nature-Friendly Future. It’s been the culmination of three years of painstaking work, through Covid and beyond.
UK has more than 1,000 livestock mega-farms, investigation reveals
By 2040, the world’s population is predicted to rise to nine billion—and we all need to eat. Enter a new generation of bright ideas, novel protein sources and radical farmers.
Palm oil: How elephants, orang-utans and other wild animals are dying because of factory farming
What we eat has always been evolving, but the pace of change could be set to get a whole lot quicker.
A message of hope: In Conversation with Dr Jane Goodall, DBE
Recently, I had the extraordinary privilege of interviewing Compassion in World Farming patron Dr Jane Goodall DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute (which has Institutes in 25 countries around the world, including the UK) & UN Messenger of Peace, about her new
TOMORROW’S MENU: A RARE GLIMPSE AT WHAT WE’LL BE EATING COME 2040
What we eat has always been evolving, but the pace of change could be set to get a whole lot quicker. War in Ukraine has highlighted the fragility of our food system, which currently relies on just a few globally
Tomorrow’s menu: Here’s what we could be eating by 2040
What we eat has always been evolving, but the pace of change could be set to get a whole lot quicker.
The True Value Of Friendship
Today, on the occasion of the United Nations International Day of Friendship, we welcome a very personal guest blog from a dear friend and Patron of Compassion in World Farming, Peter Egan.