I didn’t know the full extent of salmon farming problems and you, too, might be under the misconception that farmed salmon is a good idea to protect wild salmon stocks. It is and it isn’t. In Norway, the number of wild salmon has halved since …
The Queen guitarist Sir Brian May has resigned as vice-president of the RSPCA in protest at what he called the “appalling” animal welfare standards on farms certified under the organisation’s scheme. Almost 4,000 food suppliers pay to use the RSPCA Assured label. Sir Brian said …
Chris Packham is the president of the RSPCA. He has criticised the RSPCA publicly and called on the charity to suspend its “Assured” farms scheme. This is a scheme which is meant to assure customers that the produce produced by these farms is of high …
The cost of dog attacks on farm animals has doubled since 2019 in the UK. It’s been put down to the sharp rise in dog ownership during and since Covid-19. Sadly, a lot of these new dog owners have on occasions acted irresponsibly and they …
NEWS AND COMMENT: Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park, has claimed that UK farmers are irresponsibly and recklessly overusing antibiotics where this extravagant use of a precious drug remains legal because UK ministers have failed to stand up to vested interests by which he means farmers’ …
A study has found that adding cigarette-style warnings to meat products could help to put off consumers from buying the products and therefore reduce meat consumption. The research took place at Durham University. The participants were less likely to choose a meal which included meat …
The Times reports today on a study which found that eating red meat twice a week significantly increases the risk of developing type II diabetes. It’s the most recent study to identify a link between red meat and diabetes. The scientists work out of Harvard …
A research project, conducted in France, has concluded that kids who live close to dense vineyards have a higher risk of contracting leukaemia because of the chemicals in the agricultural herbicides sprayed onto the vines. French campaigners who want a 150 metre no-spray buffer zone …
This is a really neat idea for farmers to help contribute to curbing global climate change. It’s happening at the Leckford Estate, Hampshire, UK. FYI, just in case you’re not sure, farmyard slurry is the waste of farm animals combined with water and perhaps other …
