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Published 14/08/2013News
Published 14/08/2013
Eat Me Please! Charting the rise of "suicide food"
We're fascinated by blogger Ben Grossblatt’s thoughts on "suicide food" – cartoon images of farm animals that look delighted at the prospect of being eaten. Here, we explore how this bizarre trend may be undermining our relationship with food.
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Published 12/08/2013
Supporters marched against live exports
Compassion in World Farming held a peaceful march in London, protesting against the live export of farm animals. The march called on the UK government to take action to allow UK ports to refuse to accept live exports.
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Published 12/08/2013
Compassion's co-founder dies
Compassion is sad to announce the death of inspirational co-founder Anna Roberts, who passed away on Friday 9th August.
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Published 07/08/2013
Cultured beef: "Frankenburger" or food saviour?
The world’s first lab-grown burger was unveiled in London this week. Hailed by experts as an exciting step towards food security, but slammed by many as something straight out of science fiction, "lab meat" is the subject of hot debate.
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Published 07/08/2013
Compassion to march against live exports
Compassion in World Farming is holding a peaceful march against the live export of farm animals, in London on the 10th of August, to highlight this largely hidden trade. Join us in calling on the government to take action to allow UK ports to…
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Published 05/08/2013
Burger of the future
Today, the world's first test tube burger will be cooked and served to a live audience in London. Costing in the region of €250,000 to produce, it has been grown in a lab from the stem cells of a cow.
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Published 30/07/2013
Jeremy Irons talks trash
This week we saw Trashed – a hard-hitting film exposé of the global waste crisis and its impact on our world. Our "cheap" meat culture is contributing to the problem, devaluing our food to such an extent that it's routinely thrown away.
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Published 29/07/2013
Pigs Burned Alive? Authorities Respond
On 26th July Compassion reported on shocking footage that appeared to show pigs in Russia being burned alive.
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Published 26/07/2013
Russian Pigs burned alive?
Compassion is seeking urgent action from the World Organisation for Animal Health (also known as the OIE) in response to horrifying footage appearing to show pigs in Russia being burned alive.
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Published 23/07/2013
Three fitness fanatics who swear by veg
Eat less but better meat. It’s the resounding dietary message of the moment, and we love to shout about it. So you can imagine how excited we are to come across fellow fans of the low-meat/no-meat lifestyle – especially when they’re top…
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