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What kinds of agriculture will help us reach the sustainable development goals?
Solutions for humane and sustainable agriculture
What kinds of agriculture will help us reach the sustainable development goals?
Compassion’s new article in the UN Environment Perspective Series explores the kinds of agricultural practices that will help us reach the Sustainable Development Goals. The…
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Why we need to reduce consumption of livestock products by 50% by 2050
Compassion’s new briefing stresses the need to reduce global meat consumption by 50% by 2050.
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Towards a healthy, sustainable, humane food and farming system
The harmful impacts of intensive animal agriculture on the environment, biodiversity, human health and food security are now well-known. Added to that is the suffering caused to…
Download (PDF 0.49MB)Paying the true costs of our meat, eggs and dairy
The bleak lives imposed on industrially farmed animals are justified by the assertion that this gives us cheap food. And indeed, industrially produced meat and milk are cheap at…
Download (PDF 0.55MB)Animal welfare and sustainable agriculture: Information
Resources on animal welfare and sustainable agriculture
Read moreFair Food and Farming: The Way Forward
Our policy briefing paper, Fair Food and Farming: The Way Forward, lays out our vision for sustainable agriculture.
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From factory farmer to free-range rancher
When pointing out the problems with industrial livestock production, Compassion in World Farming is often asked how farmers can improve their systems. One bold Georgian has led…
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Putting "culture" back into agriculture
Just 30 miles south of London lies a secret gem: Tablehurst Farm. Peter and Brigitte Brown founded the East Sussex biodynamic enterprise in 1994 after it had been used as a…
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Silvopastoralism
Producing livestock in tropical areas can be challenging. This is because of the weather constraints that reduce plant (and so animal) growth. Here, plants tend to have a lower…
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Agroecology: Ecologically-smart farming
Agroecology is the study of ecological processes that affect agriculture and may refer to a science, movement or practice. It looks at the interaction between flora and fauna…
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