Increased Consumer Demand for Higher Welfare Chickens
Sainsbury’s reports higher welfare chicken sales in UK stores are up 60% compared to 2007 notwithstanding increased food costs.
Tag Archives: Animals in Agriculture
Critical Look at Heffer International
It almost sounds like a joke. Set up dairy enterprises in rural African villages with no refrigeration, electricity, veterinary care or passable roads for a population that can’t drink milk because it’s 90% lactose intolerant. But the Bill & Melinda … Continue reading
Thought for the Day
More than one million people in Taiwan have pledged to help cut carbon emissions by being a vegetarian. Taiwan’s population is about 23 million, and the one million vegetarians would reduce at least 1.5 million tons of carbon emissions in … Continue reading
Thought for the Day
Mothers who eat a junk-food diet in pregnancy may seriously damage the long-term health of their child, according to research published today. The study, funded by the Wellcome Trust, was carried out on rats, but scientists say they have every … Continue reading
Thought for the Day–Don’t Waste Your Food!
There’s been much in the British press lately framing Prime Minister Gordon Brown hectoring the country to not waste its food. Sadly, an important message is being clouded by the hostility of the press and its tendency to trivialise and … Continue reading
No Badger Cull
The BBC is reporting that the British Government has decided against badgers culls as part of its policy to address the increasing numbers of cattle with TB. There’s no official statement on DEFRA Web site but, if true, it’s surely … Continue reading
