Vets have an essential role to play in safeguarding the health and wellbeing of farm animals at the hardest times in their lives, writes Philip Lymbery. But confronted with the ugly reality of the slaughterhouse, many vets are reduced to becoming passive servants of the industrial farming machine.
It shouldn’t happen to a factory farm vet Philip Lymbery Sustainable Food Trust | 1st December 2014 Comment Food Farming Health philip-lymbery-cut.jpg Philip Lymbery at work among happy young pigs. …
Julian Rose's diverse collection of essays is engaging, enlightening and life affirming, writes Philip Lymbery - conveying an organic farmer's revulsion at the increasing horrors of industrial agriculture, while setting out his vision of the green and sustainable future he is working to bring about.
… industrial agriculture?" Rose is critical of Europe's subsidy system and the way it pays … to the heart of what it means for farmers on Europe's new industrial frontier - Poland - … and render it GM-free. Whilst no fan of Europe, he is equally critical of the UK which …
Labels on meat, egg and dairy products are often the only clue we have into the lives of the animals they came from, writes Philip Lymbery. But they are often confusing or even misleading about the truth of cruel farming practices. Labelling needs to be clearer to allow ethical consumers to make the right choices.
… Comment Animal Welfare Farming Consumerism UK EU Food intensively reared animals are … for farm animals. Unfortunately, current EU legislation means that labelling on meat … More than 80% of the animals raised in the EU each year are factory farmed. These …
Abusive farming of animals in factory farms is one of the great cruelties of the modern age, writes Philip Lymbery. While some may justify it as necessary to 'feed the world', it is no such thing. The answer lies in supporting small scale traditional farmers, and respecting the livestock that are intrinsic to sustainable agriculture across the planet.
The future of our food depends on small farmers and well cared-for livestock Philip Lymbery CIWF | 19th October 2016 Comment Food Farming Animal Welfare Un farmyard-cut.jpg Abusive farming of animals …
We may know that palm oil is wiping out rainforests worldwide, writes Philip Lymbery. But few realise that our factory farmed meat and dairy are contributing to the problem. As revealed in Philip's new book, 'Dead Zone: Where the Wild Things Were', palm kernels, left after pressing the fruit for oil, is a protein-rich livestock feed of growing importance. And nowhere is the impact greater than Sumatra, home (for now) to its own unique species of elephant.
… animals all over the world, but especially in Europe. It can be used to feed all manner of … by multinational networks based in Asia, Europe and North America, the global palm … tonnes a year in the decade to 2011. The European Union (EU) is the biggest importer, …