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News Section Icon Published 16/07/2015

New toy exposes hidden truth about factory farming

Each year, 50 billion farm animals are processed in “animal sweatshops” known as factory farms. But it’s not a well-known fact. So we've created YOUR FARM – The Honest Farm Toy to show what life is really like down on the farm. Here’s the…

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News Section Icon Published 14/07/2015

Bird Flu Confirmed in the UK

An outbreak of the H7N7 strain of bird flu has been confirmed at a poultry farm in Lancashire.

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News Section Icon Published 07/07/2015

300 million hens are still in cages

The EU battery cage ban has not protected hens as we had hoped

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News Section Icon Published 03/07/2015

The rise of "Ag TV"

Former JLS superstar JB Gill is set to launch a new farming show for CBeebies, which got us thinking about other farming shows on TV. It seems there's one for every audience. Here, we look at the rise of Ag TV – and what it so often fails to…

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News Section Icon Published 19/06/2015

Pope is calling for compassion towards animals

18th June, the Pope’s encyclical calls for compassion towards animals.

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News Section Icon Published 18/06/2015

MEPs don’t want animal cloning

MEP’s voted for a draft law banning cloned animals and their offspring in the EU

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News Section Icon Published 18/06/2015

MRSA found in British pig meat

New research has found that British-produced supermarket pork and sausages are contaminated by MRSA

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News Section Icon Published 15/06/2015

Philip Lymbery wins an international peace award

Our Chief Executive, Philip is awarded the Golden Dove for Peace Award

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News Section Icon Published 15/06/2015

It is World Meat Free Day

The 15th June marks the first ever World Meat Free Day

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News Section Icon Published 12/06/2015

Talking language and livestock

From "black sheep" and "cash cow" to "pig's ear" and "chicken feed", references to farm animals are everywhere in the English language. But what do these expressions reveal about how we relate to the animals we've relied upon for centuries?

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