Research

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   Fair Food and Farming: The Way Forward | 02/10/2017

   Our policy briefing paper, Fair Food and Farming: The Way Forward, lays out our vision for sustainable agriculture.

   Download: CIWF_UNCharter_English_Web.pdf | Size (0.81MB)
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   Paying the true costs of our meat, eggs and dairy | 02/10/2017

   The bleak lives imposed on industrially farmed animals are justified by the assertion that this gives us cheap food. And indeed, industrially produced meat and milk are cheap at the supermarket checkout. But the low price of these products is…

   Download: Paying for the true costs of our meat, eggs and dairy.pdf | Size (0.55MB) Read more
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   Towards a healthy, sustainable, humane food and farming system | 02/10/2017

   The harmful impacts of intensive animal agriculture on the environment, biodiversity, human health and food security are now well-known. Added to that is the suffering caused to animals in industrial systems. This new report by Peter Stevenson…

   Download: Towards a healthy, sustainable, humane food and farming system September....pdf | Size (0.49MB) Read more
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   From factory farmer to free-range rancher | 06/04/2017

   When pointing out the problems with industrial livestock production, Compassion in World Farming is often asked how farmers can improve their systems. One bold Georgian has led the way in his decision to walk away from factory farming in his…

   Download: Case study 1 Will Harris White Oaks Pasture pdf_87227.pdf | Size (1.05MB) Read more
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   Putting "culture" back into agriculture | 06/04/2017

   Just 30 miles south of London lies a secret gem: Tablehurst Farm. Peter and Brigitte Brown founded the East Sussex biodynamic enterprise in 1994 after it had been used as a training farm as part of an adult learning centre.

   Download: Case study 5. Tablehurst Biodynamic Farm.pdf | Size (0.88MB) Read more
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   Silvopastoralism | 06/04/2017

   Producing livestock in tropical areas can be challenging. This is because of the weather constraints that reduce plant (and so animal) growth. Here, plants tend to have a lower nutritional value and are harder to digest, which means cows…

   Download: Case study 6 Silvopastoral systemspdf_87238.pdf | Size (1.22MB) Read more
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   Agroecology: Ecologically-smart farming | 06/04/2017

   Agroecology is the study of ecological processes that affect agriculture and may refer to a science, movement or practice. It looks at the interaction between flora and fauna (including humans) in the environment. It aims to create stable…

   Download: Agroecology - Ecologically-smart farming.pdf | Size (0.67MB) Read more
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   The Cape’s Free-Range Crusader | 06/04/2017

   Angus McIntosh is not like your typical South African farmer. He grew up in a cattle farm to the north of the country, but after a brief stint in London as a stockbroker, moved back to his native country where he started farming at Spier Estate…

   Download: The Cape's Free-Range Crusader.pdf | Size (0.78MB) Read more
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   Emotionally, economically & environmentally enhancing agriculture | 06/04/2017

   TIME Magazine calls him “the world’s most innovative farmer” and The Atlantic newspaper refers to him as “the high priest of grassfarming"; clearly Joel Salatin is someone who has piqued quite a bit of interest. Hidden amongst northern…

   Download: Emotionally economically environmentally enhancing agriculture.pdf | Size (0.68MB) Read more
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    The Welfare of Farmed Rabbits in Commercial Production Systems - A Scientific Review | 07/03/2017

    A new scientific report has found that “current legislation does not adequately address the welfare needs of rabbits within existing farmed systems”.

    Download: The Welfare of Farmed Rabbits in Commercial Production Systems - A Scientific Review February 2017.pdf | Size (4.33MB) Read more

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