Nearly 800 million people are going hungry even though there is more than enough food in the world to feed everyone Inflation has made getting enough food a growing struggle. According to the Trussell Trust, which operates more than 1,300 food banks across the UK, the past year has seen…

BY PHILIP LYMBERY JULY 27, 2023 1:53 PM EDT Lymbery is chief executive of Compassion in World Farming, a former United Nations Food Systems Champion, and author of Sixty Harvests Left: How to Reach a Nature-Friendly Future. Raising animals intensively for food is the biggest source of animal cruelty on…

This month sees the launch of a very special biography that tells the little-known story of two brave pioneers who founded Compassion in World Farming. Part biography and part modern modern-day animal welfare history, the story is of a couple ahead of their time: Peter and Anna Roberts. Peter and…

Why We Should All Get Behind the UN’s Call for Food System Transformation Rome, and the weather was sweltering. Southern Europe was breaking records for the hottest temperatures whilst Britain was showered with the wettest July. The elements were showing us that the world is changing. If we want a…

Highly pathogenic bird flu continues to rage through poultry farms and wild birds alike. The virus has already proved adept at jumping the species barrier, spilling over from birds into mammals such as otters, foxes, sea lions, and even domestic dogs and cats. Like a ticking timebomb, the longer the…

United Nations holds food summit in Rome amid a heatwave so hot that it prompted labourers and factory workers to ask to be furloughed Boy, was it hot in Rome! In July, the weather was front-page news. “Rome hits record high in European heatwave” was one such headline. In sharp…

Like the Scottish uplands, England’s chalk streams have become an iconic destination for many countryside lovers Some of the best things in nature are understated — take the chalk streams of England, for example. These fragile river systems meander quietly through undulating countryside before disappearing into the sea. Beloved by…

Pesticides and the ripping up of hedgerows and flower meadows has turned much of our countryside into a wildlife desert in recent decades Amongst the many celebrations of the coronation of King Charles III, one that particularly caught my eye was about wildlife-friendly gardening. Paying tribute to the monarch’s longstanding…

A special guest blog from Joyce D’Silva All over the world animals are suffering, billions of them in factory farms, others undergoing painful experiments, some being used for sports and entertainment (ours, not theirs) and of course for clothing, luxury goods — I could go on. Yet, statistics show that…