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Time magazine's great exposé on American food

Published 21/08/2009

Time magazine's great exposé on American food

On 21 August, we read a fantastic article in Time magazine headed 'America's Food Crisis and How to Fix It.' It shows how the current American farm and food system is contributing to human ill-health, devastating resources & causing animal…

Published 05/08/2009

Chicken Out! launches 39 day campaign

Chicken Out! is taking its campaign to the next level. Led by River Cottage Chef, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, the Chicken Out! campaign will tell the 39 day life story of an intensively reared meat chicken.

Organic is better for the animals - and for you, too

Published 03/08/2009

Organic is better for the animals - and for you, too

A Food Standard Authority's study claims organic is not healthier than conventionally produced food, failing to take into account the huge benefits organic standards have for farm animals, the environment and people.

Compassion in World Farming slams decision to delay sheep mulesing ban

Published 28/07/2009

Compassion slams decision to delay sheep mulesing ban

Compassion in World Farming is deeply disappointed by the decision of Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) to abandon its commitment to phase out mulesing by 2010.

Compassion in world farming supports campaign against import of live piglets

Published 22/07/2009

CIWF supports campaign against live piglet import

Compassion in World Farming welcomes the National Pig Association's campaign to prevent a trade in imported piglets which threatens to bring diseases such as MRSA from Belgium into the country.

Published 17/07/2009

Pig Business on More4 WEBSITE

Tracy Worcester's documentary on intensive pig farming can still be seen here on the More4 website.

Published 15/07/2009

An animal welfare law for China?

Thanks to a project sponsored by the RSPCA and IFAW, an animal welfare law is being drafted by a legal team within China, headed by Professor Chang Jiwen of the Law Institute of The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

Published 14/07/2009

COMPASSION & BBC TELL THE VEAL STORY

Four days after Sarah Brown wrote on Twitter about not eating veal at the G8 summit, Phil Brooke, Welfare Development Manager of Compassion in World Farming, joined BBC Breakfast at a veal farm in South East Cornwall.

Published 10/07/2009

EU: COWS ARE MILKED BEYOND ENDURANCE

A new report and set of scientific opinions on dairy farming by the EFSA conclude that cows in the EU suffer from a range of health problems including lameness and infertility as a result of being bred to produce large amounts of milk.