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Published 23/08/2012News
Published 23/08/2012
The link between our food and our water footprint
World Water Week kicks off on 26th August with a theme of water and its relationship to food security. It’s perfect Compassion material, so we thought we’d look at the relationship between food and water in a bit more detail.
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Published 21/08/2012
How a tainted burger tore a family apart
Kevin Kowalcyk was just two years old when he died; killed by an E. coli infection that he contracted after eating a burger. This story highlights one of the possible health threats of factory farming.
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Published 21/08/2012
Sow stall ban: nine not ready
Figures obtained by Compassion show several EU member states, including Spain, have joined the list of nations that will be ready for the introduction of the new legislation in the new year.
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Published 17/08/2012
Factory farming - anything but innovative
A story has emerged on leading tech/ethics blog Fast Company, talking about technological innovations in factory farming. We don't believe that it tells the full story, and decided to air our views.
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Published 15/08/2012
Reducing meat consumption – how?
Here at Compassion in World Farming, we’re in the behavioural-change business. Part of that behavioural change involves eating smaller amounts of higher-quality meat – from a health, financial and environmental perspective, it’s a no-brainer.
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Published 13/08/2012
Analysing Cameron's hunger summit
David Cameron held his widely anticipated "Hunger Summit" before the 2012 Olympics closing ceremony on Sunday. We take a look at the outcomes.
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Published 10/08/2012
Pregnant cattle die on ship
In yet another example of the problems inherent in the live export trade, 400 pregnant cattle have died aboard a ship taking them from the USA to Russia.
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Published 10/08/2012
Feed people, not livestock to alleviate world hunger
With drought, failing crops and rising grain prices causing severe food crises around the world, Compassion is calling on world leaders at Sunday's Hunger Summit to feed cereals to people, not to livestock and cars.
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Published 09/08/2012
The global hunger crisis – a moral ‘maize’
If you want to feed the world, you need to produce as much food as you can, quickly. Factory farming’s the answer, right? Wrong! As world leaders prepare to attend the UK "Hunger Summit" this Sunday, we look at a better solution.
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Published 07/08/2012
Factory farming – more farm animals, fewer jobs
Recent campaigns have looked at the effects of factory-farming pollution on local environments and communities. But pollution is just a part of the problem. We look at how the consolidation of smaller farms is breaking up rural communities.
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