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February 3, 2016
Global interest in Australian pain & woundcare innovation
GLOBAL INTEREST IN AUSTRALIAN PAIN RELIEF SPRAY FOR LIVESTOCK An Australian-made pain relief spray for livestock could soon be exported globally. http://www.beefcentral.com/uncategorized/global-interest-in-australian-pain-relief-spray-for-livestock/
February 3, 2016
Call for institutional investors to get behind farm animal welfare
There’s been a call for institutional investors to get behind farm animal welfare as a material investment issue. It came from Neville White, Head of SRI Policy and Research at EdenTree Investment Management, at the presentation of the latest Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare (BBFAW). Noting how billions of animals enter the food chain annually, he …
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December 22, 2015
Animal welfare tops list of consumers’ ethical concerns
Concerns over animal welfare top the list for consumers when it comes to assessing how ethical they regard food and drink companies to be. The research by Mintel, which involved 1,500 UK consumers, suggests maintaining high welfare standards could be one of the most important factors in how consumers perceive the farming industry. The study …
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December 22, 2015
Farm animal welfare: Past, Present and Future Report
Farmers are responsible for the welfare of the one billion land animals that are farmed for food here every year. The Food Ethics Council’s new report, ‘Farm animal welfare: Past, present and future’, looks back at how farm animal welfare assurance schemes have developed over the past 20 years, and assesses potential future development of …
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