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Factory Farmer Exposes Ugly Truth About Your Food

Published 17/12/2014

Factory Farmer Exposes Ugly Truth About Your Food

Factory farming and animal cruelty go hand in hand. But the cruelty doesn’t stop there. Chicken farmer Craig Watts’s story shows how workers in factory farms can be almost as trapped by the system as the animals inside them.

Published 12/12/2014

Rabbits: I Can't Fix This With a Wave of a Wand...

"We are not trying to reinvent the wheel...just asking for some basic compassion." Evanna Lynch - actor and star of the Harry Potter films - on supporting Compassion in World Farming's campaign to End the Cage Age.

Published 12/12/2014

From Gluttony to Gratitude: A Festive Food Fix

Christmas feasting isn’t exactly new, but today’s festive season is often defined by extreme indulgence and waste (New Year gym membership, anyone?). We take a look at 1,000 years of changing Christmas food and explore a fairer festive future.

Published 10/12/2014

Making a difference for ducks

Our Director of Food Business has been awarded for her contribution to duck welfare

Published 08/12/2014

The EU’s cruellest trade exposed

We are hosting an exhibition exposing the EU’s cruel live export trade

Published 05/12/2014

Bird flu: The wild goose chase

Scapegoating wild birds risks ignoring intensive farming’s role in the latest outbreak of avian influenza

Livestock farming worse than transport in the climate change stakes

Published 04/12/2014

Livestock worse than transport for climate change

Livestock farming worse than transport in the climate change stakes A new report and survey look into: ‘Livestock – Climate Change’s Forgotten Sector’