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Averting Farmageddon: The role of the EU
EU countries should take drastic action to cut food waste, reduce meat consumption, and turn away from intensive farming, according to participants at a Brussels conference.
Read moreFarmageddon garners widespread acclaim
Farmageddon, a book by Compassion in World Farming's CEO Philip Lymbery with political journalist Isabel Oakeshott, has received a fantastic reception in the media.
Read moreJoanna Lumley hosts Farmageddon launch
Last night Joanna Lumley officially launched Philip Lymbery and Isabel Oakeshott's new book, Farmageddon, at Daunt Books in London.
Read moreFarmageddon warns of impending food crisis
Farmageddon, a book written by Compassion in World Farming's CEO Philip Lymbery with political journalist Isabel Oakeshott, is out today.
Read moreSix countries still flouting sow stall ban
Compassion welcomes the news that the final six countries failing to comply with the European Union (EU) partial sow stall ban are being brought to account by the European Commission.
Read moreCompassion urges MPs to save countryside
Philip Lymbery, CEO of Compassion in World Farming, has spent three years investigating the hidden cost of cheap meat and the devastating impact of factory farming on people, animals and our planet.
Read moreDead cattle wash up on beach
The carcasses of fourteen cows have been found washed up on beaches in Denmark and Sweden. Police suspect that the cows were thrown overboard from a live transport vessel in the Baltic sea.
Read moreCompassion objects to cloning farm animals
Compassion is deeply concerned by news reports that BGI (Beijing Genomics Institute) is cloning pigs on an industrial scale in China.
Read moreMeat Atlas: lessons to learn about meat and the world
A new report published by Friends of the Earth and Heinrich Böll Stiftung, presents the environmental and societal impact of global meat and dairy production.
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