Press Releases and statements from the media team at Compassion in World Farming

Press Releases & Statements

Cultivated Meat to Secure Our Future: Hope for Animals, Food Security, and the Environment

10/24/2023

Cultivated Meat to Secure Our Future: Hope for Animals, Food Security, and the Environment

This new book is essential reading for those seeking solutions to how we are eating our way to extinction and taking the planet with us.

Global NGOs unite to urge Canary Islands to reject first octopus farm ahead of World Octopus Day

10/5/2023

Global NGOs unite to urge Canary Islands to reject first octopus farm ahead of World Octopus Day

Compassion in World Farming, alongside 75 other NGOs, scientific experts and public figures, has co-signed a letter to the authorities in the Canary Islands/ Spain/ the EU urging them to reject the proposed octopus farm.

Global NGOs descend on Washington Square Park to call out Big Ag’s role in the climate crisis

9/18/2023

Global NGOs descend on Washington Square Park to call out Big Ag’s role in the climate crisis

Non-profit partners team up to promote meat reduction to help solve the climate crisis

“Our campaign continues”, says Compassion in World Farming in response to Best Aquaculture Practices open letter

5/4/2023

“Our campaign continues”, says Compassion in World Farming in response to Best Aquaculture Practices open letter

This week, the Global Seafood Alliance published an open letter from Best Aquaculture Practices to Compassion in World Farming accusing the charity of running a campaign intended to discredit them.

Compassion in World Farming calls out Best Aquaculture Practices for failing to improve farmed fish welfare

4/4/2023

Compassion in World Farming calls out Best Aquaculture Practices for failing to improve farmed fish welfare

Compassion in World Farming has today called out the seafood certification scheme Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) for failing to improve the welfare of the hundreds of millions of farmed fish it certifies every year.

Number of companies making progress toward the Better Chicken Commitment has more than tripled, latest U.S. ChickenTrack Report reveals

3/30/2023

Number of companies making progress toward the Better Chicken Commitment has more than tripled, latest U.S. ChickenTrack Report reveals

The number of companies reporting against their commitment to improve chicken welfare has more than tripled and includes four chicken producers in the U.S., according to the fourth annual U.S. ChickenTrack report released today.

Animal welfare campaigners call for octopus farm to be scrapped as source reveals cruelty and environmental consequences of proposed plans

3/16/2023

Animal welfare campaigners call for octopus farm to be scrapped as source reveals cruelty and environmental consequences of proposed plans

Compassion in World Farming and Eurogroup for Animals are calling for the world’s first commercial octopus farm to be scrapped.

Americans expected to consume more than 160 million plant-based chicken wings during Super Bowl for second year in a row

1/31/2023

Americans expected to consume more than 160 million plant-based chicken wings during Super Bowl for second year in a row

More than ten million Americans are expected to consume approximately 160 million plant-based chicken wings, as the pace of pace of growth in the sector relents.