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News Section Icon Published 15/07/2012

Factory farming by numbers – 2012 update

An increasing global appetite for meat and dairy is pushing up the number of animals farmed for food each year. And the latest calculations from Compassion in World Farming suggest that this figure is now a whopping 70 billion.

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News Section Icon Published 11/07/2012

EU to Turkey - Nightmare journeys continue

Shocking new evidence has emerged of the serious welfare problems in the export of farm animals from the EU to Turkey, a trade which broke the million-animal mark last year.

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News Section Icon Published 11/07/2012

SOS Dairy

Dairy farmers from across the country are converging on Westminster this afternoon to protest at cuts to the price they get for their milk, which they say are putting their livelihoods in jeopardy.

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News Section Icon Published 09/07/2012

Young people in the dark about where food comes from

It’s often said that we’re increasingly disconnected from the realities of farming and the journey our food takes from field to fork. A recent study by ethical-food charity LEAF reinforces this belief.

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News Section Icon Published 06/07/2012

Are mega-dairies the way forward?

The issue of milk prices is being hotly debated throughout the dairy industry and the media. Reports tell us that UK farmers are suffering as retailers threaten to cut the amount they pay processors and farmers for their milk.

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News Section Icon Published 05/07/2012

Intensive chicken farming in Georgia, USA

Painful muscle and joint conditions, increased risk of lung disease and shocking examples of mistreatment in the workplace. If you think the factory-farming production system is only bad for the animals involved, think again.

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News Section Icon Published 05/07/2012

Confusion over EU live transport promise

At a press conference on 7 June, European Commissioner John Dalli declared hat by 2014 the Commission would introduce a "legislative proposal" that would take a "holistic" approach to animal welfare, including animal transport.

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News Section Icon Published 02/07/2012

Netherlands reducing antibiotic use in livestock

The Netherlands has achieved its policy objective for 2011 of reducing antibiotics use in livestock by 20% compared with 2009 figures.

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News Section Icon Published 30/06/2012

Our favourite sustainability videos

Off the back of Chipotle’s sustainable-farming ad winning a top prize at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, we take a look at some of the other issues-based films in our "favourites" archive.

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News Section Icon Published 29/06/2012

CAP moves towards animal welfare as a priority

The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is a system of European Union agricultural subsidies and programmes. It is funded by EU taxpayers.

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