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Published 16/04/2013News
Published 16/04/2013
The legacy of Silent Spring
In 1964, scientist Rachel Carson published Silent Spring – a damning reflection on the impact of industrial agriculture on the natural world. The book is widely credited with helping to launch the modern environmental movement in America.
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Published 12/04/2013
More Irish live export shame
Ireland's live export shame will continue this weekend as another ship is reportedly set to take more than 3,000 cattle to Libya.
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Published 08/04/2013
Hopping mad?
Visitors to London on Saturday could have been forgiven for thinking the Easter bunny was working overtime this year, as mobs of giant rabbits worked off their Easter chocolate consumption with energetic aerobic routines outside a number of…
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Published 05/04/2013
No loss of appetite for "flexitarianism"
Here's an interesting infographic/video, which explores "flexitarianism", or "flexible vegetarianism" - a diet of less meat and more veg.
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Published 03/04/2013
Producers threaten beak trimming ban
The introduction of a ban on the beak trimming of chickens could be delayed again if efforts made by industry groups to lobby parliament are successful.
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Published 28/03/2013
A first-hand look at farming in Vietnam
Compassion campaigner Jonty Whittleton has just returned from a fact-finding tour of farming in Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital city. After a 17-hour flight, he’s back in the office – jet-lagged but full of hope. This is his story.
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Published 21/03/2013
Cruel Ramsgate live exports to continue
A hugely disappointing UK court decision has ruled out a Judicial Review of live exports from Ramsgate, Kent, meaning that live animal exports from the port can continue.
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Published 19/03/2013
China's river of pigs
As the UK continues to deal with the horsemeat scandal, another food and farming crisis is developing, this time in China. Thousands of dead pigs have been found floating down Shanghai’s largest river, the Huangpu - a major source of drinking…
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Published 15/03/2013
EU parliament doffs cap to big ag
The European Parliament has rejected the opportunity to embark on the fundamental reforms to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) that are needed in the interest of food security, the environment and animal welfare.
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Published 11/03/2013
The impact of intensive farming on human health
In a new report published today: 'Antibiotic resistance - the impact of intensive farming on human health', the Alliance to Save our Antibiotics shows that the Government is still not facing up to the problems
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