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. …
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.
The oilpalm connection: is the Sumatran elephant the price of our cheap meat? Philip Lymbery CIWF | 28th March 2017 News Food Farming Extinction Forests Indonesia Elephants sumatran-elephant-cut.jpg …
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.
No more keeping consumers in the dark over animal welfare! Philip Lymbery | 10th March 2016 Comment Animal Welfare Farming Consumerism UK EU Food intensively reared animals are typically kept in …
So just how serious is the impact of industrial farming? Worse than you could ever imagine, writes organic farmer Julian Rose in this review of 'Farmageddon - the Real Price of Cheap Food', which lifts the lid on the industry's human and ecological devastation, and the systematic cruelty inflicted on the animals that feed us.
Farmageddon - the true cost of cheap meat Julian Rose | 5th February 2015 Reviews Food Farming Fishing Corporations farmageddon-cover.png So just how serious is the impact of industrial farming? …
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 …
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.
In Defence of Life: essays on a radical reworking of green wisdom Philip Lymbery | 23rd April 2015 Reviews Food Farming Books in-defence-of-life.png Julian Rose's diverse collection of essays is …
Seaweed, carrot flower and locally caught fish were all on the menu during Kate Eshelby’s gastronomic tour of the Scillies
See weed and eat it: a foraging break on the Scilly Isles Kate Eshelby | 23rd February 2012 Ethical Living Foraging Travel Green Living Society Scilly Islands Cornwall UK England Beaches Seaside Food …
Leaving the European Union and reaching a trade deal with President Trump's US would create a perfect storm for UK farmers, writes Liberal Democrat Environment Spokesperson Kate Parminter, with new EU tariffs, reduced subsidies and drastically lower standards. The changes would also pose a serious threat to our natural environment, food quality and public health.
Brexit and Trump trade deal spell doom for our 'Green and Pleasant Land' Kate Parminter | 31st January 2017 Comment Trade Food Farming Politics Brexit USA UK countryside-cut.jpg Leaving the European …
Dam builders have a new mantra, writes Tom Fawthrop: 'sustainable hydropower'. Repeated at every opportunity, it is based on the unproven idea that large dams can be made 'sustainable' by promising future 'mitigation'. And so it is at the Don Sahong dam in Laos which is about to devastate the mighty Mekong and the 60 million people who depend on it for food and livelihood.
Damming the Mekong - the myth of 'sustainable hydropower' Tom Fawthrop | 16th January 2016 News Water Ecology Food Indigenous Peoples Cetaceans Hydropower Laos dam river contrast-cut.jpg Dam builders …
Scotland's decision to maintain its GM-free status is in the best interests of the country, its people and its farmers, 30 scientists write to Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead. It is abundantly justified by the scientific evidence and will support the sustainable, agroecological farming systems of the future.
We scientists welcome Scotland's GM-free status The undersigned 30 scientists specialists | 4th September 2015 Comment Farming Food UK Scotland GMOs Science farm-scotland-cut.jpg Scotland's decision …
Greenpeace is being attacked for 'crimes against humanity' by 100 Nobel laureates for blocking GMO 'golden' rice, reports Claire Robinson. But the low-yielding crop is years away from going on sale, and there is no proof of any nutritional benefit to the malnourished children it's meant to benefit. Could the distinguished prize-winners have fallen for slick pro-GMO PR and spin?
Pro-GMO campaign exploits Nobel laureates in 'Golden Rice' Greenpeace attack Claire Robinson | 4th July 2016 Comment GMOs Campaigning Science Health Food golden_rice-cut.jpg Greenpeace is being …
Campaigners for the labeling of GMOs in food are winning their battle against corporate America, writes Ralph Nader. No wonder the corporations are fighting back with lawsuits and scare stories ... they're on the back foot, and they know it.
GMOs: the 'right to know' campaign is winning Ralph Nader | 30th June 2014 Activism USA GMOs Food Corporations Society Law gmo-right2know-cut.jpg Campaigners for the labeling of GMOs in food are …
It's a global phenomenon - we are consuming more calories, and more of those calories are the same, writes David Nally. Just ten crops produce 75% of our food, as factory-farmed meat, sugar, wheat, corn, soybeans and palm oil displace more nutritious and diverse diets. It's not good for us, or the planet - but it's great for corporate food monopolists!
More calories from fewer sources means less nutrition, more profit David Nally | 21st August 2014 Comment Corporations Food Farming Health corn-iowa-rich-griffith.jpg It's a global phenomenon - we …
A broad community of independent scientific researchers and scholars challenges claims of a 'consensus' that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are 'safe' to grow and eat. The claims - which continue to be widely and often uncritically aired - are a false and artificial construct that have been misleadingly perpetuated through diverse media.
There is no scientific consensus on GMO safety Angelika Hilbeck colleagues | 23rd February 2015 News GMOs Food Farming Health Science corn-storm-iowa-cut.jpg Are GMO crops safe? We don't know. …