All Animal welfare articles
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NewsStudy alleging millions of chickens missing condemned by egg and poultry sectors
In its Counting Chickens – An Analysis of UK Poultry Numbers report, the charity alleged that inaccurate data was being used to inform policies on land, manure and pollution management in England
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Comment & OpinionYour Voice: animal welfare, salt reduction and HFSS ads
While recent campaigning by Viva calling for an end to cages and male chick culling is to be expected, their position oversimplifies a complex issue
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News2 Sisters to inject £50m into British farming after strong 2025
The poultry sector giant has redeveloped its chicken feed to replace 23% of imported soyameal with British-grown oilseed rape and beans – purchasing 150k tonnes annually from British farmers
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NewsMPs call for mandatory animal welfare labelling in open letter
The letter, led by Liberal Democrat MP Sarah Dyke and signed by 22 MPs, also calls for the strengthening of enforcement against misleading claims in food marketing
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NewsMost farmed prawns mislabelled on origin, study finds
Research by non-profit World Forest ID found just 16% of farmed prawns at western supermarkets were from the country labelled on packs
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NewsVeganuary founder kicks off star-studded anti-factory farming campaign
Fronted by celebrities including Diane Morgan, Jen Brister, Shabaz Ali, Dr Amir Khan and Mathew Pritchard, the campaign with the tagline ‘I don’t buy it’ has rolled out across more than 200 London Underground stations and 2,200 Tube carriages
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News‘Serious concerns’ raised about factory farming as ammonia hotspots revealed
Compassion in World Farming and Sustain’s Ammonia Map revealed that the areas of the country experiencing the highest emissions of the nitrogen-based gas corresponded to those with the greatest concentration of large-scale intensive farms
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Comment & OpinionOpposition to animal welfare reforms reveals farming’s true colours
The farming sector’s resistance to even modest welfare improvements exposes how it really views animals, says Juliet Gellatley, founder and director of Viva
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InterviewsHow to keep recipe box customers: lessons from Mindful Chef’s CEO
The Covid-era ‘hyper-growth’ for recipe boxes is over. But Mindful Chef CEO Fabien Desiage believes there’s plenty of room for his health-driven brand
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Analysis & FeaturesHow big is the future for regenerative farming?
It has no agreed definition, yet brands and retailers are getting on board. Can the regenerative movement outpace organic?
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NewsAldi sets prawn welfare commitments across global markets
The German discounter has pledged to implement electrical stunning (or similarly effective methods) for all warm water prawns by 2035 and to phase out eyestalk ablation by the end of 2030 for king prawns, and the end of 2031 for tiger prawns.
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NewsThe Jolly Hog launches premium sausage roll to snack aisle
The Jolly Hog Proper Sausage Roll (rsp: £2.50) combines RSPCA Assured outdoor bred pork with all-butter pastry, topped with fennel and poppy seeds
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NewsLower stocking densities benefiting chickens, says Avara Foods
The poultry giant said a year on from moving to a 30kg per sq m stocking density across its broiler supply base – well below UK and Red Tractor standards – it had seen several improvements
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NewsAbel & Cole accused of greenwashing over land-farmed salmon switch
Sustainable food charity Foodrise has called on the organic food delivery service to ‘tell the truth to its customers’
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Category ReportBorn to grill: Jolly Hog pitches Proper Porkers at posher BBQs
When people feel strapped for cash, staying in often becomes the new going out
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NewsScottish salmon farming’s future at risk, MSPs warn
In a public letter to cabinet secretary for Rural Affairs Mairi Gougeon, a Scottish Parliament committee said it was ‘disappointed’ with the ‘progress in future-proofing the salmon farming industry’
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Comment & OpinionPrawn welfare is moving fast, and Aldi is falling behind
In just over two years, 10 major UK supermarkets have set public timelines to ban the worst practices in prawn farming. Aldi is the only one that hasn’t, says Jonas Becker of the International Council for Animal Welfare
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NewsSofina Foods Europe unveils programme to support British and Irish pig industry
Dubbed ‘Sofina Connect’, the protein giant said the programme would see it support improvements in areas such as animal welfare, business resilience and the environment
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News‘Torture in a tin’: Most Brits support foie gras import ban
The survey of 2,137 found 63% of respondents would support legislation to ban the import of foie gras made by force-feeding
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News‘No new regulation needed on salmon mortalities’ says Scottish Marine Directorate report
The government organisation said persistent high levels of fish deaths on marine salmon farms was ‘not a widespread issue’, with industry ‘already taking prompt steps to reduce mortality to the lowest possible levels’