13 May SILENT SKIES
Why are barn owls and other once familiar wildlife disappearing? ...
09 May Farming intensification has hit barn owls hard, but it doesn’t have to be this way
High above a hilltop woodland, shapes were dancing in the darkening sky, like giant butterflies. There were about 40 of them, a silent flurry of swirling wings and tails....
29 Apr WHAT DESTRUCTION OF LOCAL TREES TAUGHT ME ABOUT INVESTING IN OUR ROOTS
I heard it happen before I saw it. The buzzing of chainsaws and clunking of machinery filled the countryside air around me during a walk with my rescue dog, Duke, a few months ago, replacing the gentle hum of nature we were used to....
27 Apr EVOLUTION OR REVOLUTION: CAN CULTURED MEAT BE A GAME-CHANGER FOR FOOD?
In the wake of the world’s first commercial sale of cultured meat in Singapore, a pioneering symposium was hosted by animal welfare organisations, GAIA and Eurogroup for Animals to ask, should meat from stem-cells be part of a sustainable and animal-friendly food revolution? ...
25 Apr Worried about the rainforest? Woodlands much closer to home are being trashed
“You did what? And when we can’t even afford meat?!” exclaimed my mother when my dad told her he had been given too much change – 50p – after a shopping trip. ...
25 Apr WHAT HAVE PENGUINS GOT TO DO WITH FACTORY FARMING?
This World Penguin Day, we shine a light on the devastating link between factory farming and the plight of the penguin, and how we can turn around a growing crisis. ...
20 Apr Why we must scale down rather than scale up, for the well-being of animals, people and planet
As food prices escalate, Peter Stevenson OBE, Compassion in World Farming’s Chief Policy Advisor, explains why we must scale down rather than ramp up, crop production to increase food security. ...
15 Apr WHY ISN’T DECENT FOOD A BASIC RIGHT FOR EVERYONE?
“You did what? And when we can’t even afford meat?!” exclaimed my mother when my dad told her he had been given too much change – 50p – after a shopping trip....
11 Apr Why isn’t decent food a basic right for everyone?
“You did what? And when we can’t even afford meat?!” exclaimed my mother when my dad told her he had been given too much change – 50p – after a shopping trip. ...
05 Apr ‘Impassioned, erudite, amusing….just fabulous’; Dame Joanna Lumley takes to the stage for Compassion
On Saturday 2nd April, our wonderful Patron, Joanna Lumley delivered an outstanding lecture to a sell-out audience at the Oxford Literary Festival. She spoke about 'The True Meaning of Compassion' in honour of our Founder, Peter Roberts MBE, in the magnificent Christopher Wren-designed Sheldonian Theatre. ...