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Could a tax on meat help us save the planet?
One of the best ways of tackling climate change and feeding the growing world population is also one of the simplest. Written by Simon Fairlie for the Guardian. Aday would come, Percy Shelley predicted in 1813, when “the monopolising eater of animal flesh would no longer destroy his constitution by eating an acre at a meal”. […]
Is Kosher Meat Always Moral? Asks Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz
My grandfather was a butcher. And though he has long since passed, I recall his passion for service and his love of animals, even though he thought that his obligation to the world was to use their flesh as food. The juxtaposition of a benign, kindly man flaying the flesh of an animal, their blood […]
Is any meat today kosher? asks Rabbi David Rosen, Times of Israel
When I served on the Cape Beth Din in South Africa, I had to join my colleagues in visiting the slaughterhouses and checking up on the shochtim. The kosher slaughterhouse in Cape Town was part of a general slaughterhouse complex enabling me to view the process of killing animals in both places. What I saw […]
‘Fake’ fur being sold on British high street is actually from cats, rabbits, and raccoon dogs, investigation reveals
“Fake” fur being sold on the high street is actually from cats, raccoon dogs and rabbits, an investigation has found. Items bought from popular stores Missguided and House of Fraser, which were labelled as faux fur, were found to be real after tests by a fibres expert. Sky News found that a pair of gloves […]
Guardian feature: Dairy is scary. The public are waking up to the darkest part of farming
The photo of calves in cramped pens will shock many, and with so many non-dairy alternatives now, consumers have a choice, writes Chas Newkey Burden for the Guardian. Photographs of industrial rows of cramped pens, each imprisoning a solitary calf, will shock those who still believe in the fairytale of the pastoral dairy farm, where […]
TV Special: Jewish vegan Simon Amstell’s comedy drama Carnage is out now
It’s 2067, the UK is vegan, but older generations are suffering the guilt of their carnivorous past. Simon Amstell asks us to forgive them for the horrors of what they swallowed in his new comedy drama Carnage. Click here to watch it on BBC iPlayer.
Non-vegan London cafe goes fully vegan on Mother’s Day
The owner of ‘The Fields Beneath‘, one of London’s best coffee shops, located next to the Kentish town west station has decided to ditch all meat and dairy from the menu by Sunday, March 26th, on Mother’s day and he explains what made him become vegan. Gavin also talks about the vegan campaign planned for […]
British families ‘buying less meat and turning to fruit and veg’
Households in the UK are spending less and less on meat products and buying more fresh fruit and vegetables, a national food survey has revealed. Figures released on Thursday show a long-term decline in the amount of raw beef, lamb and pork bought by UK households. The report, published by the Department for Environment, Food […]
Veganuary 2017 – the results are in!
Veganuary 2017: the results are in! Veganuary 2017 saw almost 60,000 people from around the world eschew animal products throughout the month of January. Participants have been polled, the numbers — and the carrot sticks — have been crunched and the results are in … 88% of those who took part were female 44% […]
Revealed: exported EU animals subject to abuse and illegal conditions
Written by Luke Dale Harris for the Guardian Undercover videos show EU cattle and sheep being beaten, given electric shocks, and inhumanely slaughtered at destinations in Turkey and Middle East. Animals exported live from EU countries are routinely being subjected to abuse, illegal transportation conditions and inhumane slaughter, an investigation has found. Dozens of undercover […]