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Published 26/06/2012

Agrosuper disaster update

Following the devastating news that 500,000 pigs were in danger in Chile, and that Agrosuper, the mega-farm involved, was harming the health of local residents and causing environmental damage, Compassion has continued to investigate the…

Feeding the world sustainably in the 'future we want'

Published 22/06/2012

Feeding the world sustainably in the "future we want"

As Rio+20 comes to an end, we look at how we could revolutionise our food system to become better at feeding the world's expanding population.

Published 22/06/2012

Chilean pigs disaster update

Following the devastating news that 500,000 pigs were in danger in Chile and that the mega farm involved was causing human health issues and environmental damage; Compassion has continued to investigate the current situation.

Published 22/06/2012

Last chance for non-compliant countries

Despite a 12 year changeover period and an outright ban on barren battery cages across the EU in January 2012, many countries remain non-compliant.

Published 20/06/2012

New campaign 'Supporting Better Dairy'

'Supporting Better Dairy', a collaboration between Compassion in World Farming and the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA), along with ice-cream company Ben & Jerry's, has today launched a campaign to improve standards for

Published 13/06/2012

Sustainable chicken kievs

Farmer Jimmy Doherty has been taking on three of Tesco's best-selling own brand products: chicken kievs, meatballs and 'standard' sausages, and looking at how to make higher-welfare versions for the same affordable price.

Published 13/06/2012

It is Pastured Poultry Week in Georgia!

Georgians for Pastured Poultry (GPP), an alliance that is promoting the use of high-welfare, pasture raised poultry in Georgia, has created Pastured Poultry Week that is currently taking place, until Sunday, June 17, 2012.