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News Section Icon Published 18/11/2010

NOCTON DAIRIES 'NEW' APPLICATION-READ THE FINE PRINT

A 'secret' press conference has launched new plans for the Nocton 'mega-dairy' in Lincolnshire yesterday. New plans for the UK's biggest factory dairy farm were kept under strict embargo.

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News Section Icon Published 17/11/2010

Nocton 'Mega-Dairy' resubmission

This week, Nocton Dairies Ltd is expected to re-submit its planning application to North Kesteven District Council, for what would be the biggest dairy in the UK with thousands of cows housed indoors, with limited access to grass outside.

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News Section Icon Published 12/11/2010

Lack of MP support for Sustainable Livestock Bill

Compassion worked closely with leading environmental and sustainability organisations Friends of the Earth and Sustain to encourage MPs to support the Sustainable Livestock and Public Bodies (Sustainable Food) Bills at their Second Reading.

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News Section Icon Published 11/11/2010

From our friends at River Cottage

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, our partner in the Chicken Out! campaign, has launched a new iPhone App. Buy the App here to help you source and enjoy the best seasonal, local food - using both Hugh's expertise and River Cottage's community of…

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News Section Icon Published 08/11/2010

Ban on beak trimming postponed until 2016

Following Defra's decision to postpone the ban on beak trimming of egg laying hens to at least 2016, Compassion in World Farming will be stepping up its campaign to urge the Government to end this practice for good

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News Section Icon Published 04/11/2010

Urgent need for unwanted male chick research

Vegetarian organisation Viva! have released an undercover investigation on 'unwanted' male chicks from 2 UK egg hatcheries.

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News Section Icon Published 01/11/2010

'Cows Belong in Fields' - bus ads go out on the road

Compassion in World Farming would like to thank all of its supporters for helping us to raise much more than our hoped for; £3,000 to place adverts on buses in Lincolnshire encouraging communities to oppose 'mega-dairy' proposals

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News Section Icon Published 27/10/2010

MPS BRIEFED ON PERILS OF 'MEGA-DAIRIES'

Over 50 UK MPs joined Compassion in World Farming on 26th October 2010 to learn more about the threat of 'mega-dairies' entering the UK.

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News Section Icon Published 26/10/2010

Italian Website Launched

Compassion's Italian website (www.ciwf.it) gives Italian supporters and organisations a place to go to find out how they can help end factory farming.

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News Section Icon Published 21/10/2010

Over 13.7 million chickens benefit from EU Awards

Compassion proudly awarded over 40 European organisations on 20th October 2010 at the European Good Farm Animal Welfare Awards held at the Eiffel Tower, Paris.

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