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Published 22/11/2012News
Published 22/11/2012
New EU Commissioner appointed
The EU has appointed Tonio Borg as the new Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection, a brief which includes farm animal welfare.
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Published 15/11/2012
Making it possible to fight factory farming
It turns out that pigs can fly (and sing!), according to Make it Possible – a new campaign providing a different perspective on the fight against factory farming. We take a look.
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Published 15/11/2012
The "Sustainable" Intensification debate continues
The BBC Radio programme "Farming Today" (14th November) broadcast an interview with Professor Charles Godfray, a leading academic who chairs the UK government's Foresight project.
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Published 13/11/2012
Agroecology – what is it and why does it matter?
We talk a lot about the problems of factory farming: about how it threatens us and the planet, as well as farm animals. But it’s also important to look at the alternatives to factory farming. Here’s one possible solution.
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Published 01/11/2012
EU breaking own welfare rules
Compassion in World Farming has submitted a complaint to the European Ombudsman about the European Commission's failure to take animal welfare into account when developing a new Regulation on fish.
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Published 25/10/2012
Paris raises a glass to Award winners
Fresh from the success of the UK Good Farm Animal Welfare Awards in September, Compassion held another evening of celebrations on 25th October in Paris.
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Published 24/10/2012
Charities unite against foie gras sales
Compassion has joined a number of animal welfare charities lending their support to PETA's campaign calling on Fortnum and Mason to cease sales of foie gras.
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Published 24/10/2012
Verticality – the future of farming?
What do you do when you run out of space at home? Build some shelves is the answer for many. And the same principle is being applied to food production in the form of "vertical farming".
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Published 21/10/2012
The Great Godalming Bake Off
Local bakers braved the bad weather to have their creations judged by celebrity chef and Godalming-raised, Paul Merrett, as Compassion hosted the inaugural 'Great Godalming Bake-Off' last Friday (19th October).
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Published 19/10/2012
Live exports resume from Ramsgate
Peaceful protesters in Ramsgate were up at dawn today to meet trucks carrying the first live animal exports from the UK in over a month.
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