Oat milk is becoming increasingly popular, as it’s more local than rice or coconut milk and has less controversy than soy. It’s a great way for farmers to transfarm (let animals live out lives in peace while helpers train them up to grow a highly profitable local crop, in a billion-dollar market (oat milks make…
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good reasons never to release fire lanterns
Alex Clark Fire lanterns are often used for Chinese celebrations, but also increasingly in England. They are basically made from metal wire (don’t be fooled by ‘biodegradable bamboo’ as they still cause fires) and are then lit to float away. Whether they land on earth or (more likely the sea like 70% of anything released…
how to improve our animal welfare laws
Recently in the UK, Rishi Sunak reversed one of the good things that Boris Johnson did as Prime Minister, and scrapped one of the most forward-thinking animal welfare package of laws ever seen. Whatever your views of him, Tory MP Zac Goldsmith resigned saying he was ‘horrified that the kept animals bill has been ditched’….
ways to help our fabulous farm sanctuaries
Chantal Kaufmann Farm sanctuaries are not the same as ‘city farms’ (where children simply visit sheeps and pigs in urban areas). Proper farm sanctuaries take neglected and abused animals from the farming industry, and give them a wonderful new life of peace, where they are safe and happy for the rest of their lives. Obviously…