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The Killing Fields – human rights abuses and environmental devastation in Paraguay’s soya fields
Andrew Wasley
13th October, 2009
Cheap meat has become a way of life in much of Europe, but the full price is being paid across Latin America as vast soya plantations and their attendant chemicals lead to poisonings and violence. Andrew Wasley reports more...
'Routine antibiotic use' linked to new MRSA strain found in UK dairy cows
Tom Levitt
3rd June, 2011
Fresh concerns over the spread of antibiotic-resistant infections from farm animals to humans have been raised after scientists find new strain of potentially deadly superbug in dairy cows more...
You don't have to be vegetarian to save the planet
Duncan Williamson
14th February, 2011
We can eat a diet including macaroni cheese, chicken curry and fish and chips that is good for people and the planet argues WWF campaigner Duncan Williamson more...
Asian factory farming boom spreading animal diseases like avian influenza
Tom Levitt
11th February, 2011
Increasing density of livestock production and poor biosecurity in Asia is encouraging epidemics, with a new disease emerging every four months, says new International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) report more...
12 shocking facts about your food
Eifion Rees
7th September, 2010
PHOTO GALLERY: A pocket-sized book highlights some of the super-sized problems associated with the way we feed ourselves more...
UK could cut Amazon soya imports with home-grown peas and beans
Ecologist
21st July, 2010
A solution to the livestock sector's reliance on soya animal feed, which is driving deforestation in Argentina and Brazil, could be found by incentivising home-grown alternatives more...
EU votes against compulsory GM food labelling
Ecologist
7th July, 2010
Campaigners angry at EU's decision to keep consumers 'in the dark' over food from animals given genetically modified (GM) feed more...
Letter: 'Have we got it right on meat and greenhouse gas emissions?'
Nicholas Beuret
15th April, 2010
Friends of the Earth food campaigner Nicholas Beuret says the negative impact of the meat and dairy sector has been underplayed rather than overestimated more...
Have we got it right on meat and greenhouse gas emissions?
Tom Levitt
8th April, 2010
Analysis showing lower greenhouse gas emissions associated with intensive livestock production could pose a challenge to our views on best farming practice more...
Vets turn to African herbs as animal drugs stop working
Ecologist
19th February, 2010
The west's veterinary drug drive is not working, say animal disease scientists who have started researching the effectiveness of plant-based treatments used in Ethiopia more...
Killing fields: the true cost of Europe's cheap meat
Andrew Wasley
13th October, 2009
Cheap meat has become a way of life in much of Europe, but the full price is being paid across Latin America as vast soya plantations and their attendant chemicals lead to poisonings and violence more...
Can cows help stop climate change?
Ed Hamer
15th September, 2009
Meat, dairy... in fact, livestock in general has in recent years joined the ranks of the 4x4 and the short-haul flight. But could a change in the way we graze animals not only reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but even remove them from the atmosphere? more...
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Change farming to cut CO2 emissions by 25 per cent
Eifion Rees
3rd July, 2009
A new report has revealed that a change in the way we manage agricultural land could help sequester a quarter of the world's carbon dioxide emissions every year more...
A meaty issue
Simon Fairlie
1st October, 2008
Our excessive appetite for meat is taking a heavy toll on the planet, but as Simon Fairlie explains, the arguments used to depict omnivores as environmental super-villains are far too simplistic. more...
The secret life of cows
Robin Maynard
1st March, 2005
In intensive farming animals are viewed as units of production to be ground relentlessly through the system. Nothing could be more different at Kite’s Nest in the Cotswolds, where the livestock is actively engaged in deciding how the farm is managed. more...Members
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