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Published 21/09/2010News
Published 21/09/2010
Beef, Bread and Water lecture
Over 400 people crowded into Savoy Place in London on Monday 20 September 2010 to hear global farming and food experts debate key issues surrounding farming, the environment, water scarcity, food security and animal welfare.
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Published 17/09/2010
Could cloned food be in our shops in two years?
In the Daily Mail article, 'Clone food in all our shops within 2 years' (Daily Mail, 16th September) the Food Standards Agency said that because of the difficulty in tracing cloned animals, it is impossible to halt the spread of cloning.
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Published 13/09/2010
"Big agriculture is the only option..."
Jay Rayner's article in the Observer, "Big agriculture is the only option to stop the world going hungry", reports that the dairy farmers the author has spoken to do not see animal welfare as an issue in the kind of "super-dairy" proposed at…
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Published 08/09/2010
Compassion praises Monbiot
George Monbiot's article in The Guardian on modern farming systems should be applauded for two key reasons.
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Published 07/09/2010
FAWC undermine own 'five freedoms' for dairy cows
Compassion in World Farming strongly disagrees with the recent assertion by the Farm Animal Welfare Council (FAWC) suggesting that dairy cows housed all year round with little or no access to grazing or kept in large herds can have satisfactory…
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Published 03/09/2010
Comment on the surge in meat prices worldwide
In response to the surge in meat prices raising fear of food inflation, reported widely in the media today- Philip Lymbery, Chief Executive of Compassion in World Farming, said:
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Published 02/09/2010
THE BEST OF BRITISH FOOD AT THE LONDON OLYMPICS?
Compassion in World Farming is committed to achieving sustainable food standards for the 2012 London Olympics that help the environment, are ethical and have the welfare of animals at their heart.
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Published 26/08/2010
Compassion opposes Powys Mega Dairy
Compassion in World Farming has waged a successful campaign against the so-called 'mega dairy' to be built in Nocton, Lincolnshire. The proposed dairy would have housed 3,700 cows indoors in cubicles with only very limited time to graze…
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Published 16/08/2010
Cape Town endorses weekly meat-free day
Cape Town has become the first city in Africa to officially endorse one meat-free day a week. In a unanimous vote taken in council chambers on 6th April 2010, the city's Health Portfolio Committee agreed to endorse the call by Compassion.
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Published 13/08/2010
Compassion files Complaint about Irish live exports
Compassion in World Farming-Ireland and Animals' Angels have sent a Formal Complaint to the European Commission detailing The Republic of Ireland's systematic failure over many years to enforce EU legislation on animal protection during…
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