In The Press
Guardian: In 2050 there will be 9 billion people on earth. How to feed them
Have we reached ‘peak farmland’? Patrick Barkham digs into a new book about food and the future, while Chris Newell provides a graphic summary of the challenges ahead
Read moreEurActiv: Milk production in the EU: Holding on to the fantasy, or facing the truth?
Recent protests about the falling price of milk have turned the spotlight on the dairy sector. But large scale dairy farming has the potential to exacerbate existing problems, writes Olga Kikou.
Read moreReuters: Starbucks to switch to 100 percent cage-free eggs by 2020
Starbucks Corp will switch to using only eggs laid by cage-free chickens at its North American locations within five years, the company told Reuters on Thursday.
Read moreGuardian: Think dairy farming is benign? Our rivers tell a different story
Eat less meat and fish, drink less milk. No request could be simpler, or more consequential. Nothing we do has greater potential for reducing our impacts on the living planet. Yet no request is more likely to elicit a baffled, hurt or furious…
Read moreGuardian: Industrial farming is one of the worst crimes in history
Animals are the main victims of history, and the treatment of domesticated animals in industrial farms is perhaps the worst crime in history.
Read moreCattle Site: Germany Setting New Standards in Animal Welfare Initiative
GERMANY - Germany is aiming to be in the vanguard in setting new standards for animal welfare across Europe.
Read moreNew York Post: McDonald’s to offer first-ever organic burger in Germany but not US
McDonald’s will offer its first-ever 100 percent organic beef hamburger for a limited time in Germany, as a growing number of global diners demand food that is more natural and less processed.
Read moreNewtownabbey Times: Pig farm plan to be reduced in size
Plans for a proposed large-scale pig farm at Reahill Road near Mossley are due to be reduced in scale to involve fewer animals, the Times has learned.
Read moreKUTV: Restaurant report cards: antibiotics in meat supply
(CNN) -- A new report is sounding the alarm about the use of antibiotics in the meat and poultry supply chains of the 25 largest U.S. fast food and "fast casual" restaurants.
Read moreReuters: McDonald's investor wants it to cut antibiotics in all meats
A McDonald's Corp shareholder group is renewing its call for the fast-food chain to stop buying any meat from animals raised with antibiotics vital to fighting human infections
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