The meat industry

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• We must stop this cavalier slaughtering of animals

  13 Oct 2014: We need to cut our meat consumption by 50% over the next 40 years or we’re stuffed. As it’s Vegetarian Awareness Month, let’s all make a start, by Michele Hanson

• Egypt’s vegetarians dread the arrival of Eid el-Adha – the festival of sacrifice

  3 Oct 2014: While much of the country relishes a feast of meat, the millions of animals that must be slaughtered cause many of the country’s growing number of vegetarians and vegans to want to escape the capital

• Earth has lost half of its wildlife in the past 40 years, says WWF

  30 Sep 2014: Species across land, rivers and seas decimated as humans kill for food in unsustainable numbers and destroy habitats
  

• Radio-tagging sheep will spell the death of the old ways, say French farmers

  22 Sep 2014: Farmers question effectiveness of scheme against outbreaks of disease and fear it risks industrialising traditional methods

• Sir Paul McCartney raps for Meat Free Monday campaign

  21 Sep 2014: Musician makes plea for people to go vegetarian once a week, in video posted on YouTube featuring short rap

• Sir Paul McCartney raps for Meat Free Monday - video

  Video (51 sec), 21 Sep 2014:

  Musician calls on politicians and the British public to commit to a weekly meat-free day to raise awareness on the environmental impacts of eating meat, ahead of the UN climate summit on Tuesday

• We still don’t know what we are eating – here’s how to tackle food fraud

  7 Sep 2014: Lisa Jack for the Conversation: As the review into the horsemeat scandal shows, food networks are too prone to abuse. But there are ways to fix this mess

• Food safety powers must have teeth

  5 Sep 2014: Letters: The government’s plans for a food crime unit and new laboratories to combat future food scares is merely papering over the cracks of a broken system

• The Pig Society? Life in South Pork

  5 Sep 2014: Taking turns to feed and water, a small group are collectively raising nine pigs to make sausages, and saving money at the same time

• How to raise animals collectively

  5 Sep 2014: Rearing animals together means sharing the work (although it also means sharing the sausages) - here are useful tips from the Pig Society

• Horsemeat scandal: food safety expert warns issues have not been addressed

  4 Sep 2014:

  Chris Elliott led an inquiry into last year's saga and says problems remain with proper control of UK food supply chain

• Food chain report leaves no doubt about huge scale of UK's problem

  4 Sep 2014: Report summary is couched in positive language but its detailed analysis reveals catalogue of inadequacies and inaction

• Horsemeat scandal report calls for urgent and comprehensive reforms

  4 Sep 2014: Report highlights failings of government response to largest food fraud of recent times and calls for new food crime unit

• Shepherding Britain’s wool industry towards more ethical pastures

  Guardian Professional, 4 Sep 2014: Eco-fashion designer Isobel Davis calls for more stringent animal welfare standards, but the British Wool Marketing board say they’re too extreme

• Would you reduce meat consumption to help fight climate change?

  Poll, 1 Sep 2014:

  Greenhouse gases caused by meat production will go up 80% if meat and dairy consumption continues to rise, according to a new report. Would you ration your consumption to help meet global emissions targets?

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