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 …
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 …
North America's environment campaigners face a fearsome enemy in the 'Big Club', writes Alexander Reid Ross - the nexus of fossil fuel and infrastructure corporations, government, militarized police, private security contractors, PR agencies, astroturf NGOs and quasi-judicial bodies. But the activists are winning key victories in their battle to halt the industrialization of Cascadia.
Fighting the 'Big Club': blockades, strikes, and the fossil fuel blowback Alexander Reid Ross | 2nd February 2015 News Oil Gas Fossil Fuels Energy Politics War USA Canada free-cascadia-cut.jpg North …