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Press Release Section Icon 25/06/2021

McDonald's UK hailed for regenerative beef project work

A four year regenerative beef project spearheaded by McDonald's UK has been hailed for improving the sector's sustainability credentials.

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Press Release Section Icon 24/06/2021

Shrimp stunning initiative wins animal welfare award

Hilton Seafood UK has received an award for trialling and adopting an electric stunner for farmed whiteleg shrimp, which delivers a more humane method of slaughter than immersion in ice slurry.

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Press Release Section Icon 24/06/2021

Shrimp stunner earns welfare award for UK seafood supplier Hilton

Shrimp stunner earns welfare award for UK seafood supplier Hilton

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Press Release Section Icon 26/05/2021

BBFAW prepares for a new decade of animal welfare action

The Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare (BBFAW) is gearing up for a new decade of animal welfare improvements through higher food industry standards.

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Press Release Section Icon 24/05/2021

Farmers and MPs demand answers over Australian trade deal

Farmers and MPs have demanded answers from the government over a potential Australian trade deal after it emerged Boris Johnson approved a zero tariff-zero quota deal in talks with Canberra.

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Press Release Section Icon 24/05/2021

How plant-based diets could help prevent the next COVID-19

Viruses like COVID-19, SARS, bovine spongiform, swine flu and avian flu all have something in common: They all come from animals, described by scientists as zoonotic diseases.

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Press Release Section Icon 24/05/2021

‘If we don’t change we’re f*cked’: Greta Thunberg warns humanity in new video

Climate activist shifts focus onto farming and veganism in latest campaign

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Press Release Section Icon 22/05/2021

European Citizens’ initiative to end the use of cages in animal farming continues to get support

The European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee voted on Friday with overwhelming majority to ban the caging of farmed animals in the EU.

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Press Release Section Icon 13/05/2021

Add ground insects to pasta and burgers to overcome food supply issues, scientists say

Maggots and insects should be ground up and put into pasta to tackle food supply problems,

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Press Release Section Icon 12/05/2021

Animals to be formally recognised as sentient beings in UK law

Animals are to be formally recognised as sentient beings in UK law for the first time, in a victory for animal welfare campaigners, as the government set out a suite of animal welfare measures including halting most live animal exports and…

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