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Factory farming makes Baltic Sea one of the world’s most polluted
Just how bad is intensive farming for the rivers, seas and oceans of the world? Marek Kryda investigates. […]
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Soya – a problematic animal feed
With the increasing rise on the global scale of the industrial animal farming system, production of soy is increasing, with cause for concern. […]
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Polish farmer blockades against land grabbing
“In the times of Communism, 70% of land was State owned. Just 20 years later and Polish farmers cannot buy land anymore” […]
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80 per cent of all antibiotics in the US given to healthy animals
This alarming message is coming from the only microbiologist in Congress in response to a newly released FDA regulation. […]
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Russia bans pigmeat from all 28 EU member states
Following an outbreak of the African swine fever virus in Lithuania, Russia has stopped all imports of pork from EU countries on January 31. […]
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Polish anti-fracking protesters joined “We are fed up!” demo
For the past seven months these farmers have been occupying a piece of land to prevent Chevron from drilling in Zurawlow, Poland. […]
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Pig Industry “blatantly flouting European law”
44 out of 45 inspected intensive pig units are breaking EU Directives, according to Europe’s leading animal welfare organisations. […]
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Sharp Allergy increase in rural Poland following EU membership
New research adds to the body of work on the hygiene.hypothesis… […]
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Lithuanian Presidency secures agreement on food and animal feed
What’s involved in the ‘Healthier Animals and Plants for a Safer Food Chain Package’? […]
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Polish Agriculture Minister questions benefits of TTIP
Polish Agriculture Minister Stanislaw Kalemba raises concerns over TTIP on agricultural model grounds […]
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Growing export of Polish poultry causing fears in the UK
Combined with a new EU regulation, growing Polish export of poultry is causing fear in the UK. […]
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Controversial changes to Polish Rural Development Plan
Polish government’s controversial decision to shift 25% from Pillar 2 (including RDP) to Pillar 1 of the CAP, forgetting about rural development priorities. […]
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Climate conference ends with UN admission of failure
Many NGOs walked out of the conference, accusing governments “giving in, to the interests of the dirty energy lobby”. […]
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Growing fears of land grabbing among Polish farmers
Agricultural land in Poland is among the cheapest in Europe, making it very attractive to foreign buyers […]
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Smithfield Foods taken over by Chinese meat processor
Largest takeover of a US firm in history consolidates global pork: so what are the details? […]