Food for Good
by Compassion in World Farming
Can changing farming systems and our diets improve our own health, and that of animals? How do we feed a growing population without impacting climate change? What are the tangible and actionable solutions? These are just some of the pressing questions we will be addressing in our new podcast based on our highly readable new book, Regenerative Farming and Sustainable Diets: Human, Animal and Planetary Health published by Routledge. In a series of monthly ‘long listens’ and ‘weekly ruminations’, Food for Good discusses the urgent need for change. You will hear from academics, change-makers and thought leaders across the world about the need for radical transformation of the food system making a strong case for an urgent move away from industrial agriculture towards regenerative farming and the promotion of more plant-based diets. You’ll hear in-depth discussions about the role of intensive agriculture along with voices from th
Episodes
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United Nations Food Systems Summit: the view from Compassion
In this episode, Laura Strangeway, Head of Food Systems Transition at Compassion in World Farming Food Business, revisits the recent UN Food Systems Summit stock take, jointly hosted by the governments of Ethiopia and Italy. Bringing together over 3500 participants in Addis Ababa, the aim of the...
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Compassion Goes To Groundswell
In this month's episode of Food For Good from Compassion in World Farming Food Business, Laura Strangeway, Head of Food Systems Transition, Food Business, reflects on messages from farmers and food companies at Groundswell. We hear thoughts from Alex Cherry, founder of Groundswell and Helen...
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Stefanos Fotiou on the UN Food Systems Summit Stocktake
In this episode of Food For Good we explore a pivotal moment in the journey toward sustainable food systems. Laura Strangeway, Head of Food Systems Transition, sits down with Stefanos Fotiou, Director of the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub, to unpack the upcoming UN Food Systems Summit…
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Protein Diversification
In this month's episode of Food For Good from Compassion in World Farming Food Business, Laura Strangeway, Head of Food Systems Transition explores our protein consumption habits with Dr Joanne Lunn, Senior Ethics and Sustainability Manager for Health at Waitrose. Compassion's latest book,...
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The Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare
Laura Strangeway Head of Food Systems Transition at Compassion in World Farming, Food Business is in conversation with Nicky Amos, Executive Director Business Benchmark for Farm Animal Welfare (BBFAW). With over 92 billion animals reared for food each year, most in intensive or factory farm...
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Gabe Brown on Regenerative Farming
Laura Strangeway Head of Food Systems Transition at Compassion in World Farming, Food Business is in conversation with Gabe Brown, one of the pioneers of the current soil health movement, and star of the film, Common Ground. Gabe, a rancher in North Dakota, tells his story of how he started in...
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The Sustainable Development Goals: A view from Compassion
Laura Strangeway, Head of Food Systems Transition at Compassion in World Farming Food Business explores the impact industrial animal agriculture has on the Sustainable Development Goals with Peter Stevenson, OBE, the charity’s Chief Policy Advisor. When they were adopted back in 2015, the 2030 UN...
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Food Systems Futures and How to Achieve Them
Laura Strangeway, Head of Food Systems Transition at Compassion in World Farming chats to Professor Tim Benton, Distinguished Fellow at Chatham House, about the challenges of the current food system, potential pathways for change, and the actions food companies can take to drive the transition....
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Ruminations: The End of the Cage Age
Compassion's Head of Research - Food Business, Amelie Legrand, talks us through a new report Food businesses paving the way for a cage-free Europe that highlights how some European food companies are driving the shift towards cage-free production. With millions of animals still confined in cages...
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Ruminations: The Spotlight Report
In the first Ruminations, the bite-sized series of thoughts from Compassion in World Farming that champions farm animal welfare in a future fit food system, Dan McAlpine, senior food business manager at the charity tells us about its Spotlight Report that compares UK retailer policies on broiler...
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The Food Business Awards 2024
In this second episode of the Compassion in World Farming podcast, we head to Paris for our Food Business Awards to hear from some of the world leading food companies paving the way for a future fit food system. Regenerative Farming and Sustainable Diets: Human, Animal and Planetary Health is...
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Compassion in World Farming: The Trailer
An introduction to the podcast that puts animal welfare at the heart of a future fit food system
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A Future Fit Food System
In this first episode of our new podcast, Philip Lymbery, Global CEO at Compassion in World Farming International introduces us to some of the world’s experts on the impact our global food system has on people, planet and animals who have contributed to our latest book Regenerative Farming and...
About this show
Can changing farming systems and our diets improve our own health, and that of animals? How do we feed a growing population without impacting climate change? What are the tangible and actionable solutions?
These are just some of the pressing questions we will be addressing in our new podcast based on our highly readable new book, Regenerative Farming and Sustainable Diets: Human, Animal and Planetary Health published by Routledge.
In a series of monthly ‘long listens’ and ‘weekly ruminations’, Food for Good discusses the urgent need for change. You will hear from academics, change-makers and thought leaders across the world about the need for radical transformation of the food system making a strong case for an urgent move away from industrial agriculture towards regenerative farming and the promotion of more plant-based diets.
You’ll hear in-depth discussions about the role of intensive agriculture along with voices from th
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