For all the animal, farming, food and environment news from January and February, please use this great update

From news about nitrogen pollution to the live animal export ban, to bringing back beavers and the growth of mega-farms , plus a whole lot more…

Opinion Articles

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  Nitrogen: Diet and food waste key to tackling one of the great pollutants of our time
  Nitrogen pollution is a large contributor to the triple planetary crisis of climate, pollution, and biodiversity loss.
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  We must halt the invasion of the US mega farm to our countryside
  Old MacDonald has a lot to answer for.
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  Beaver releases: Protesting Cairngorms farmers get things out of proportion
  Beavers and landowners can sometimes come into conflict but these situations can be managed
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  10 years after ‘Farmageddon’ – signs of hope for nature-friendly agriculture
  Emergency approval for a bee-harming pesticide by the UK Government has once again sent shock waves through the countryside
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  Live animal export ban is a resolution the UK Government must keep
  Thirty years after protests against live animal exports, the UK is on the cusp of making a historic change

Blogs

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  BETWEEN TWO SLICES: THE SURPRISING STORY AND ETHICS OF THE SANDWICH
  How many of us know that dining was forever changed by a compulsive gambler?
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  FROM LIVE AID TO FOOD AID: A JOURNEY OF COMPASSION AND CHANGE
  What Ethiopia Taught Me About Food, Hope and Humanity What has been your summer highlight this year? Beach trips with the kids, a getaway somewhere exotic, or gorgeous evenings with a glass of something cool? Mine was the unexpected serendipity… Read more: FROM LIVE AID TO FOOD AID: A JOURNEY OF COMPASSION AND CHANGE
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  FROM WIMBLEDON TO WILDFIRES: HOW SPORT CAN SPARK CLIMATE ACTION FOR ANIMALS AND THE VULNERABLE
  10 Wimbledon and the green scent of cut grass hung in the humid air. There was not a breath of wind. Jugs of Pimm’s filled empty glasses. Cream spilled gently over the reddest of strawberries. Top tennis seeds dressed all… Read more: FROM WIMBLEDON TO WILDFIRES: HOW SPORT CAN SPARK CLIMATE ACTION FOR ANIMALS AND THE VULNERABLE
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  THE FUTURE OF FOOD: WHAT THE WORLD WANTS VERSUS WHAT WE TRULY NEED
  5 Three Principles to Fix Food and Save the Planet Summertime and the cows could not be looking happier. They were out roaming the fields on rich verdant pasture studded with crimson clover. Young black heifers with catlike whiskers snorted… Read more: THE FUTURE OF FOOD: WHAT THE WORLD WANTS VERSUS WHAT WE TRULY NEED
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  RECOGNISING THE BEAUTY AND FRAGILITY OF OUR NATURAL WORLD
  19 Hope in Bloom: Rediscovering Nature’s Power to Heal By day, the bright purple lavender was awash with bees.  The sound of their humming strong and constant in the heat of the sun.  White butterflies, gently floated above the fragrant… Read more: RECOGNISING THE BEAUTY AND FRAGILITY OF OUR NATURAL WORLD

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Up and Coming Speaker Events

• 7^th Feb: Residence Palace, Brussels
• 16^th Mar: Oxford Lit Festival, Animal Welfare in World Religion  
• 16^th Mar: Oxford Lit Festival, The Politics of Food
• 16^th Mar: Oxford Lit Festival, Peter Roberts Memorial Lecture
• 16^th Mar: Oxford Lit Festival: Cultivated Meat – will it help our Future? 
• 11th April: Harting Society 
• 21st May: Farm Animal Congress in Brazil (online) 
• 31st May: Hay Festival, Wales