Industry News
Momentous win sees animal welfare & environmental links recognized at UNEA 5
Vital links between animal welfare and the environmental crises will be formally recognized for the first time at a global level after the adoption of a historic resolution today (Wednesday, March 2) at the United Nations Environment Assembly…
Read moreEntries open for Sustainable Food and Farming Awards
ANIMAL WELFARE lobby group Compassion in World Farming is now inviting entries to its 2022 Sustainable Food and Farming Awards.
Read moreCompassion in World Farming invites entries to its 2022 Sustainable Food and Farming Awards
Compassion in World Farming is inviting entries to its 2022 Sustainable Food and Farming Awards established to recognise producers and businesses that are taking steps to produce higher welfare meat, dairy and eggs in ways that protect…
Read moreMany European farmers still give their animals too many antibiotics
Despite the bloc’s strict rules, drugs often compensate for poor welfare
Read morePig sector calls for urgent government summit as backlog tops 170,000
As many as 170,000 pigs are still backlogged on farms as a result of the ongoing labour crisis crippling the sector, while the government’s support package is “not working”, the National Pig Association and NFU have warned.
Read moreWe're eating the planet to death' - Can 'lab-grown' cultivated meat help save the world?
Around a third of consumers are willing to try cultivated meat, according to research by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
Read moreForget being vegan, go planet-friendly 'regen' (and you can still eat meat)
Keen to eat food that’s kind to the planet, but don’t want to forgo steak? Regenerative eating prioritises nurturing the soil
Read moreThe big idea: should animals have the same rights as humans?
The government has finally caught up with what most animal behavioural scientists have been saying for years by formally recognising animals as sentient beings in its animal welfare (sentience) bill.
Read moreHow will Defra’s alternative to CAP subsidies work?
George Eustice says three new initiatives will help boost biodiversity. But how will it affect food production and farmers’ bottom lines?
Read moreGreens v ‘beefatarians’: Europeans go to war over their dinner
With meat consumption twice the global average, citizens of EU27 have to reconcile environmental concerns and culinary traditions
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