Compassion in World Farming UK
@ciwf.org.uk
Our vision is a world where farm animals are treated with compassion & respect.
Our mission is to end factory farming.
ciwf.org.uk
Our mission is to end factory farming.
ciwf.org.uk
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Please join @chrisgpackham.bsky.social and call on Brittany Ferries to stop live exports ➡️ bit.ly/43ZYeF0
We're at #COP30 this week, sharing the stories of farmers like Paulo Ricardo Castoldi, whose livelihood has been hit by flooding, caused, in part by the climate crisis.
Find out more: bit.ly/43SHdNO
Find out more: bit.ly/43SHdNO
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
We're at #COP30 this week, sharing the stories of farmers like Paulo Ricardo Castoldi, whose livelihood has been hit by flooding, caused, in part by the climate crisis.
Find out more: bit.ly/43SHdNO
Find out more: bit.ly/43SHdNO
“It’s no secret that I love beans. Not only are they delicious & affordable, they’re plant-based powerhouses that are packed with fibre, are a brilliant source of protein & live happily in your store cupboard for ages."
Jamie Oliver is supporting a campaign to double UK bean consumption by 2028.
Jamie Oliver is supporting a campaign to double UK bean consumption by 2028.
Celebrity chefs urge Britons to ‘bang in some beans’ to boost legume consumption
Jamie Oliver, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and major supermarkets want to double amount of beans Britons eat
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:10 AM
“It’s no secret that I love beans. Not only are they delicious & affordable, they’re plant-based powerhouses that are packed with fibre, are a brilliant source of protein & live happily in your store cupboard for ages."
Jamie Oliver is supporting a campaign to double UK bean consumption by 2028.
Jamie Oliver is supporting a campaign to double UK bean consumption by 2028.
Olá, Brasil! We've arrived at #COP30.
Industrial animal agriculture plays a major role in the climate crisis, so we're here to call for it to be given the attention it needs: bit.ly/4nLcrgQ
Industrial animal agriculture plays a major role in the climate crisis, so we're here to call for it to be given the attention it needs: bit.ly/4nLcrgQ
November 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Olá, Brasil! We've arrived at #COP30.
Industrial animal agriculture plays a major role in the climate crisis, so we're here to call for it to be given the attention it needs: bit.ly/4nLcrgQ
Industrial animal agriculture plays a major role in the climate crisis, so we're here to call for it to be given the attention it needs: bit.ly/4nLcrgQ
The cattle were loaded onto the ship in Uruguay & forced to endure a gruelling journey to Turkey.
However, they have now been stranded off the coast of Turkey for 19 days after being denied entry to the port.
#BanLiveExports
However, they have now been stranded off the coast of Turkey for 19 days after being denied entry to the port.
#BanLiveExports
November 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The cattle were loaded onto the ship in Uruguay & forced to endure a gruelling journey to Turkey.
However, they have now been stranded off the coast of Turkey for 19 days after being denied entry to the port.
#BanLiveExports
However, they have now been stranded off the coast of Turkey for 19 days after being denied entry to the port.
#BanLiveExports
CO2 slaughter causes pain, fear & respiratory distress. Pigs will panic, fight for breath & eventually suffocate.
Calls to phase out this cruel method must be followed.
Calls to phase out this cruel method must be followed.
UK Meat Industry Told To Phase Out CO2 'Stunning' For Pigs Within Five Years
A landmark report by the Animal Welfare Committee (AWC) has called for widespread CO2 “stunning” of farmed pigs to be phased out
plantbasednews.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
CO2 slaughter causes pain, fear & respiratory distress. Pigs will panic, fight for breath & eventually suffocate.
Calls to phase out this cruel method must be followed.
Calls to phase out this cruel method must be followed.
Industrial animal agriculture is a leading driver of greenhouse gas emissions, but it’s also one of the sectors most vulnerable to climate impacts.
Our report outlines how we can break this doom loop. ⬇️
Our report outlines how we can break this doom loop. ⬇️
Factory Farming Fuels A Climate “Doom Loop” - Faunalytics
Extreme weather is killing millions of farmed animals and destroying farms worldwide, creating a cycle of suffering and loss.
faunalytics.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Industrial animal agriculture is a leading driver of greenhouse gas emissions, but it’s also one of the sectors most vulnerable to climate impacts.
Our report outlines how we can break this doom loop. ⬇️
Our report outlines how we can break this doom loop. ⬇️
"...without substantial changes to the way food is produced, we'll continue to struggle to reduce the environmental impact."
Researchers issue warning over concerning discovery in food system: 'Will now need to focus on developing roadmaps'
A team of researchers from Cornell led the modeling section of a significant global report on the link between sustainable food practices and emissions.
www.thecooldown.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
"...without substantial changes to the way food is produced, we'll continue to struggle to reduce the environmental impact."
.@philip-ciwf.bsky.social and Ben Goldsmith have joined forces for this article exploring the urgent need to stop intensive pig farming in the US.
American Treif - Tablet Magazine
U.S. pig farming favors Big Ag over family-owned farms, federal power over states rights, China over America, and is a moral obscenity loathed by evangelicals as well as activists concerned about chro...
www.tabletmag.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
.@philip-ciwf.bsky.social and Ben Goldsmith have joined forces for this article exploring the urgent need to stop intensive pig farming in the US.
In the UK, caged hens have little more space than an A4 sheet of paper - the same size as this drawing.
A big thank you to @chrisgpackham.bsky.social for supporting our #DrawTheLine campaign. His drawing will be part of an art installation next year, calling on the UK Government to #EndTheCageAge.
A big thank you to @chrisgpackham.bsky.social for supporting our #DrawTheLine campaign. His drawing will be part of an art installation next year, calling on the UK Government to #EndTheCageAge.
November 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
In the UK, caged hens have little more space than an A4 sheet of paper - the same size as this drawing.
A big thank you to @chrisgpackham.bsky.social for supporting our #DrawTheLine campaign. His drawing will be part of an art installation next year, calling on the UK Government to #EndTheCageAge.
A big thank you to @chrisgpackham.bsky.social for supporting our #DrawTheLine campaign. His drawing will be part of an art installation next year, calling on the UK Government to #EndTheCageAge.
LAST CHANCE: Please ask your MP to attend our #EndTheCageAge Parliamentary reception next week.
If you use our online action, it takes less than two minutes. ⬇️
If you use our online action, it takes less than two minutes. ⬇️
Ask Your MP To Help End the Cage Age
Did you know that 7 million hens in the UK are confined in cruel cages? This practice must stop! I just invited my MP to attend a Parliamentary reception so that more politicians are aware of why we…
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November 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
LAST CHANCE: Please ask your MP to attend our #EndTheCageAge Parliamentary reception next week.
If you use our online action, it takes less than two minutes. ⬇️
If you use our online action, it takes less than two minutes. ⬇️
Local councils are giving the green light to large-scale pig and poultry farms with patchy or non-existent climate data.
These intensive farms are bad for animals, bad for us, and bad for the planet. Planning authorities must act accordingly.
Article by @clarecarlile.bsky.social.
These intensive farms are bad for animals, bad for us, and bad for the planet. Planning authorities must act accordingly.
Article by @clarecarlile.bsky.social.
Intensive livestock farms fail to declare climate impacts in ‘emissions scandal’
Local councils are giving the green light to large-scale pig and poultry farms with patchy or non-existent climate data
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Local councils are giving the green light to large-scale pig and poultry farms with patchy or non-existent climate data.
These intensive farms are bad for animals, bad for us, and bad for the planet. Planning authorities must act accordingly.
Article by @clarecarlile.bsky.social.
These intensive farms are bad for animals, bad for us, and bad for the planet. Planning authorities must act accordingly.
Article by @clarecarlile.bsky.social.
What if we told you 'cheap' meat isn't really cheap?
We pay for it three times. At the supermarket checkout, through our taxes that help drive agricultural industrialisation & the clean-up cost to our health & the environment.
Read the latest blog post from @philip-ciwf.bsky.social: bit.ly/4oXnbtO
We pay for it three times. At the supermarket checkout, through our taxes that help drive agricultural industrialisation & the clean-up cost to our health & the environment.
Read the latest blog post from @philip-ciwf.bsky.social: bit.ly/4oXnbtO
November 5, 2025 at 12:47 PM
What if we told you 'cheap' meat isn't really cheap?
We pay for it three times. At the supermarket checkout, through our taxes that help drive agricultural industrialisation & the clean-up cost to our health & the environment.
Read the latest blog post from @philip-ciwf.bsky.social: bit.ly/4oXnbtO
We pay for it three times. At the supermarket checkout, through our taxes that help drive agricultural industrialisation & the clean-up cost to our health & the environment.
Read the latest blog post from @philip-ciwf.bsky.social: bit.ly/4oXnbtO
"The global meat and dairy sector is “heading towards a cliff-edge” due to an “endemic” avoidance of any meaningful strategic focus on animal welfare, farmer livelihoods & environmental sustainability"
Meat and dairy giants promoting cheap, unsustainable supply, warn food industry whistleblowers - edie
The global meat and dairy sector is “heading towards a cliff-edge” due to an “endemic” avoidance of any meaningful strategic focus on animal welfare, farmer livelihoods and environmental…
www.edie.net
November 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
"The global meat and dairy sector is “heading towards a cliff-edge” due to an “endemic” avoidance of any meaningful strategic focus on animal welfare, farmer livelihoods & environmental sustainability"
It is tragic that birds must be culled as a measure to prevent the spread of bird flu. Industrial farming reforms are essential to end the spread of this virus and reduce the risk of a global pandemic.
Bird flu: Farmers should be 'very concerned' as 12,000 chickens to be culled
A government veterinary officer says "we are now in the higher risk period of avian influenza".
www.bbc.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 12:09 PM
It is tragic that birds must be culled as a measure to prevent the spread of bird flu. Industrial farming reforms are essential to end the spread of this virus and reduce the risk of a global pandemic.
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📢 40+ NGOs have written to the PM urging him to uphold the Aarhus Convention – the cornerstone of environmental justice
The Convention protects your right to:
✅ Access environmental information
✅ Have a say in decisions that affect nature
✅ Seek environmental justice affordably
The Convention protects your right to:
✅ Access environmental information
✅ Have a say in decisions that affect nature
✅ Seek environmental justice affordably
November 4, 2025 at 10:17 AM
📢 40+ NGOs have written to the PM urging him to uphold the Aarhus Convention – the cornerstone of environmental justice
The Convention protects your right to:
✅ Access environmental information
✅ Have a say in decisions that affect nature
✅ Seek environmental justice affordably
The Convention protects your right to:
✅ Access environmental information
✅ Have a say in decisions that affect nature
✅ Seek environmental justice affordably
Reposted by Compassion in World Farming UK
Locking cattle indoors and calling it ‘progress’? 🚫
In his blog post for @wclnews.bsky.social, Anthony Field, Head of our UK Team, warns that the Government’s methane plan risks worsening animal welfare while doing little for the planet.
Read the full blog: bit.ly/43LuBrE
In his blog post for @wclnews.bsky.social, Anthony Field, Head of our UK Team, warns that the Government’s methane plan risks worsening animal welfare while doing little for the planet.
Read the full blog: bit.ly/43LuBrE
November 1, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Locking cattle indoors and calling it ‘progress’? 🚫
In his blog post for @wclnews.bsky.social, Anthony Field, Head of our UK Team, warns that the Government’s methane plan risks worsening animal welfare while doing little for the planet.
Read the full blog: bit.ly/43LuBrE
In his blog post for @wclnews.bsky.social, Anthony Field, Head of our UK Team, warns that the Government’s methane plan risks worsening animal welfare while doing little for the planet.
Read the full blog: bit.ly/43LuBrE
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I was delighted to take part in a further podcast on #animalwelfare in Christianity and Islam with David Thomas and Martyn Ford. linktr.ee/animalrights...
@philip-ciwf.bsky.social @ciwf.org.uk
@philip-ciwf.bsky.social @ciwf.org.uk
October 31, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I was delighted to take part in a further podcast on #animalwelfare in Christianity and Islam with David Thomas and Martyn Ford. linktr.ee/animalrights...
@philip-ciwf.bsky.social @ciwf.org.uk
@philip-ciwf.bsky.social @ciwf.org.uk
If we stopped feeding grain to farmed animals, the global food system could feed an extra two billion people.
Thank you to @plantbasednews.bsky.social for covering our #FoodNotFeed report.
Thank you to @plantbasednews.bsky.social for covering our #FoodNotFeed report.
Animal Farming Is 'World's Biggest Cause Of Food Waste,' Says Report
Animal farming is the “world’s biggest cause of food waste," according to a new report published by Compassion in World Farming (CIWF)
plantbasednews.org
November 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM
If we stopped feeding grain to farmed animals, the global food system could feed an extra two billion people.
Thank you to @plantbasednews.bsky.social for covering our #FoodNotFeed report.
Thank you to @plantbasednews.bsky.social for covering our #FoodNotFeed report.
Reposted by Compassion in World Farming UK
“We cannot keep with this business-as-usual approach. It’s simply not working.”
In his latest blog, Anthony Field @ciwf warns that Government’s methane plan risks worsening animal welfare without tackling the challenge of carbon emissions from cattle
🔗Read more: www.wcl.org.uk/a-more-robus...
In his latest blog, Anthony Field @ciwf warns that Government’s methane plan risks worsening animal welfare without tackling the challenge of carbon emissions from cattle
🔗Read more: www.wcl.org.uk/a-more-robus...
November 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM
“We cannot keep with this business-as-usual approach. It’s simply not working.”
In his latest blog, Anthony Field @ciwf warns that Government’s methane plan risks worsening animal welfare without tackling the challenge of carbon emissions from cattle
🔗Read more: www.wcl.org.uk/a-more-robus...
In his latest blog, Anthony Field @ciwf warns that Government’s methane plan risks worsening animal welfare without tackling the challenge of carbon emissions from cattle
🔗Read more: www.wcl.org.uk/a-more-robus...
Locking cattle indoors and calling it ‘progress’? 🚫
In his blog post for @wclnews.bsky.social, Anthony Field, Head of our UK Team, warns that the Government’s methane plan risks worsening animal welfare while doing little for the planet.
Read the full blog: bit.ly/43LuBrE
In his blog post for @wclnews.bsky.social, Anthony Field, Head of our UK Team, warns that the Government’s methane plan risks worsening animal welfare while doing little for the planet.
Read the full blog: bit.ly/43LuBrE
November 1, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Locking cattle indoors and calling it ‘progress’? 🚫
In his blog post for @wclnews.bsky.social, Anthony Field, Head of our UK Team, warns that the Government’s methane plan risks worsening animal welfare while doing little for the planet.
Read the full blog: bit.ly/43LuBrE
In his blog post for @wclnews.bsky.social, Anthony Field, Head of our UK Team, warns that the Government’s methane plan risks worsening animal welfare while doing little for the planet.
Read the full blog: bit.ly/43LuBrE
Every year, millions of tonnes of food crops are wasted on factory farms.
Instead of feeding people, they’re fed to animals trapped in cruel industrial systems. Animals that should be fed on products humans cannot eat.
✍️ Sign the open letter to global leaders: bit.ly/4hc5yDO
#FoodNotFeed
Instead of feeding people, they’re fed to animals trapped in cruel industrial systems. Animals that should be fed on products humans cannot eat.
✍️ Sign the open letter to global leaders: bit.ly/4hc5yDO
#FoodNotFeed
October 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Every year, millions of tonnes of food crops are wasted on factory farms.
Instead of feeding people, they’re fed to animals trapped in cruel industrial systems. Animals that should be fed on products humans cannot eat.
✍️ Sign the open letter to global leaders: bit.ly/4hc5yDO
#FoodNotFeed
Instead of feeding people, they’re fed to animals trapped in cruel industrial systems. Animals that should be fed on products humans cannot eat.
✍️ Sign the open letter to global leaders: bit.ly/4hc5yDO
#FoodNotFeed
Insect farming may be less sustainable than initially thought.
A review highlights biodiversity risks, genetic contamination, circular economy flaws and the high carbon footprint of insect petfood as some of the core challenges.
Article by @thegrocer.bsky.social.
A review highlights biodiversity risks, genetic contamination, circular economy flaws and the high carbon footprint of insect petfood as some of the core challenges.
Article by @thegrocer.bsky.social.
New insect farming study warns of environmental risks
The study examined 352 papers and found insect farming is not as environmentally friendly as many have touted it to be
www.thegrocer.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Insect farming may be less sustainable than initially thought.
A review highlights biodiversity risks, genetic contamination, circular economy flaws and the high carbon footprint of insect petfood as some of the core challenges.
Article by @thegrocer.bsky.social.
A review highlights biodiversity risks, genetic contamination, circular economy flaws and the high carbon footprint of insect petfood as some of the core challenges.
Article by @thegrocer.bsky.social.
Industrial animal agriculture squanders more edible grain than any other form of food waste.
#FoodNotFeed
#FoodNotFeed
New Report Reveals Factory Farms Waste Enough Food to Feed 2 Billion People
Factory farms aren’t just cruel — they’re the world’s biggest food-wasters. According to a new report from Compassion in World Farming, industrial animal agriculture squanders more edible grain than a...
ladyfreethinker.org
October 29, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Industrial animal agriculture squanders more edible grain than any other form of food waste.
#FoodNotFeed
#FoodNotFeed
Misleading food labels are "unfair to consumers who simply don't have the information they need to avoid factory-farmed products"
Anthony Field, Head of our UK Team, speaks to @thegrocer.bsky.social. ⬇️
Anthony Field, Head of our UK Team, speaks to @thegrocer.bsky.social. ⬇️
Calls for higher-welfare labelling legislation increase with new study
A new study led by Professor Amitav Chakravarti, a leading marketing academic at the LSE, found 71% of customers would pay more if higher-rated meat was available in UK supermarkets
www.thegrocer.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Misleading food labels are "unfair to consumers who simply don't have the information they need to avoid factory-farmed products"
Anthony Field, Head of our UK Team, speaks to @thegrocer.bsky.social. ⬇️
Anthony Field, Head of our UK Team, speaks to @thegrocer.bsky.social. ⬇️
"The industry shows extreme disregard for animal welfare... China’s development is in direct conflict with global values.”
Jeff Zhou, our China Representative, speaking to Bloomberg on the rise of foie gras exports from China.
Jeff Zhou, our China Representative, speaking to Bloomberg on the rise of foie gras exports from China.
Chinese Caviar and Foie Gras Shake Up Global Gourmet Dining
www.msn.com
October 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
"The industry shows extreme disregard for animal welfare... China’s development is in direct conflict with global values.”
Jeff Zhou, our China Representative, speaking to Bloomberg on the rise of foie gras exports from China.
Jeff Zhou, our China Representative, speaking to Bloomberg on the rise of foie gras exports from China.