It seems as if the 'world of difference' slogan of a popular retailer increases sales, but does not stand up to scrutiny. The consumer action group, Grass, has Woolworths in its sights again for ‘misleading marketing claims and labeling’ on organic, free-range and GMO-free food products. Woolworths esd criticised before for sale of GMO ‘Frankenfoods’. Grass says … [Read more...]
The kind farmer gets his due
Angus McIntosh, biodynamic farmer at Spier Wine Estate, Stellenbosch, received a Good Earth Keeper Award for his humane treatment of farmed animals at a glittering Green Tie fund-raising dinner/dance/auction last month at the Coleyn Estate in Klein Constantia, Cape Town. The function was organised by Soil for Life in co-operation with Compassion in World Farming, with … [Read more...]
Happy hens help create a happy future
One of the serious fall-outs of the war on nature that crept into our society like a thief in the night - gradually and veiled as ‘progress’ – is the battery chicken industry. This is one of the first atrocities that I became aware of some 20 years ago, which made me realise that things had gone horribly wrong in our western model. Compassion in World Farming, driven by the … [Read more...]
