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NOCTON DAIRIES 'NEW' APPLICATION-READ THE FINE PRINT
A 'secret' press conference has launched new plans for the Nocton 'mega-dairy' in Lincolnshire yesterday. New plans for the UK's biggest factory dairy farm were kept under strict embargo.
Read moreNocton 'Mega-Dairy' resubmission
This week, Nocton Dairies Ltd is expected to re-submit its planning application to North Kesteven District Council, for what would be the biggest dairy in the UK with thousands of cows housed indoors, with limited access to grass outside.
Read moreLack of MP support for Sustainable Livestock Bill
Compassion worked closely with leading environmental and sustainability organisations Friends of the Earth and Sustain to encourage MPs to support the Sustainable Livestock and Public Bodies (Sustainable Food) Bills at their Second Reading.
Read moreFrom our friends at River Cottage
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, our partner in the Chicken Out! campaign, has launched a new iPhone App. Buy the App here to help you source and enjoy the best seasonal, local food - using both Hugh's expertise and River Cottage's community of…
Read moreBan on beak trimming postponed until 2016
Following Defra's decision to postpone the ban on beak trimming of egg laying hens to at least 2016, Compassion in World Farming will be stepping up its campaign to urge the Government to end this practice for good
Read moreUrgent need for unwanted male chick research
Vegetarian organisation Viva! have released an undercover investigation on 'unwanted' male chicks from 2 UK egg hatcheries.
Read more'Cows Belong in Fields' - bus ads go out on the road
Compassion in World Farming would like to thank all of its supporters for helping us to raise much more than our hoped for; £3,000 to place adverts on buses in Lincolnshire encouraging communities to oppose 'mega-dairy' proposals
Read moreMPS BRIEFED ON PERILS OF 'MEGA-DAIRIES'
Over 50 UK MPs joined Compassion in World Farming on 26th October 2010 to learn more about the threat of 'mega-dairies' entering the UK.
Read moreItalian Website Launched
Compassion's Italian website (www.ciwf.it) gives Italian supporters and organisations a place to go to find out how they can help end factory farming.
Read moreOver 13.7 million chickens benefit from EU Awards
Compassion proudly awarded over 40 European organisations on 20th October 2010 at the European Good Farm Animal Welfare Awards held at the Eiffel Tower, Paris.
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