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Published 07/09/2012News
Published 07/09/2012
Live export tragedies continue as 70,000 sheep suffer
A ship carrying 21,000 sheep that had been floating in the Persian Gulf for over a week, after being refused entry to Bahrain, has now docked in Pakistan.
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Published 07/09/2012
Video: the hidden costs of hamburgers
On average, Americans eat three times more meat than people in other countries. But what would happen if the rest of the world caught up? Could our planet cope? This short video looks at the "all-American" hamburger and highlights the hidden…
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Published 06/09/2012
Labelling Matters campaign launched to MPs
Compassion in World farming has joined forces with the Soil Association, WSPA and the RSPCA to launch 'Labelling Matters' calling for clearer food labelling to better inform consumers about how their food was produced.
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Published 05/09/2012
Morrisons breaks egg promise
Compassion has stripped Morrisons of its prestigious Good Egg Commendation after the supermarket decided to re-introduce eggs from caged hens across its own-brand M-Savers range.
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Published 31/08/2012
When water is scarce...
A trip to Ethiopia highlights how important water is to small-scale farmers. In an area prone to drought, water harvesters have revolutionised their ability to grow crops and increased their household income tenfold.
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Published 29/08/2012
If Pinocchio did pork adverts…
The UK Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board recently launched the "Pork Not Porkies" campaign, claiming that all pork certified by food and farming "assurance" label Red Tractor was "high welfare". Compassion in World Farming…
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Published 29/08/2012
The real cost of cheap food
The 'ITV Tonight' programme The Real Cost of Cheap Food shown on ITV1 on Friday evening, explored the issue of intensification of farming in Britain.
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Published 29/08/2012
Telling Porkies
Adverts claiming Red Tractor-labelled pork is 'high welfare' have been banned following a complaint from Compassion to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).
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Published 28/08/2012
Minister backtracks on 'Sustainable Intensification'
The Government appears to have taken a step back from a commitment to 'intensive sustainability' in farming following comments made by the Minister of State for Agriculture and Food.
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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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