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Food on film – three of the best videos from TED
The innate complexity of food and farming issues pushes us to keep a constant lookout for new ways to communicate ideas. One great way can be the moving image. And one example that often catches our attention is TED.
Read moreLive export tragedies continue as 70,000 sheep suffer
A ship carrying 21,000 sheep that had been floating in the Persian Gulf for over a week, after being refused entry to Bahrain, has now docked in Pakistan.
Read moreVideo: the hidden costs of hamburgers
On average, Americans eat three times more meat than people in other countries. But what would happen if the rest of the world caught up? Could our planet cope? This short video looks at the "all-American" hamburger and highlights the hidden…
Read moreLabelling Matters campaign launched to MPs
Compassion in World farming has joined forces with the Soil Association, WSPA and the RSPCA to launch 'Labelling Matters' calling for clearer food labelling to better inform consumers about how their food was produced.
Read moreMorrisons breaks egg promise
Compassion has stripped Morrisons of its prestigious Good Egg Commendation after the supermarket decided to re-introduce eggs from caged hens across its own-brand M-Savers range.
Read moreWhen water is scarce...
A trip to Ethiopia highlights how important water is to small-scale farmers. In an area prone to drought, water harvesters have revolutionised their ability to grow crops and increased their household income tenfold.
Read moreIf Pinocchio did pork adverts…
The UK Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board recently launched the "Pork Not Porkies" campaign, claiming that all pork certified by food and farming "assurance" label Red Tractor was "high welfare". Compassion in World Farming…
Read moreThe real cost of cheap food
The 'ITV Tonight' programme The Real Cost of Cheap Food shown on ITV1 on Friday evening, explored the issue of intensification of farming in Britain.
Read moreTelling Porkies
Adverts claiming Red Tractor-labelled pork is 'high welfare' have been banned following a complaint from Compassion to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).
Read moreMinister backtracks on 'Sustainable Intensification'
The Government appears to have taken a step back from a commitment to 'intensive sustainability' in farming following comments made by the Minister of State for Agriculture and Food.
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