Learning Hub

Learn more about animal issues and how it connects with your faith. Check out our blogs, recipes, litanies and denominational resources!

Filter & Sort

Tag: public policy

VIEW
 

Not All Certifications are Created Equal

Editor’s note: this article was originally posted by Farm Forward and is reprinted here with permission. Today third-party certifications are the most reliable way for consumers to know where their food comes from and how it was treated. Animal welfare certifications empower consumers who eat meat with trusted information so that

Read More →

Throwing Rocks at Giants

by Michael Gilmour My daily commute takes me south of Winnipeg into an area with several intensive hog operations. Manitoba produces somewhere around 8 million pigs a year, more than any other Canadian province, and each day, whether minus 30 C (-22 F) or plus 30 C (86 F), I pass

Read More →

Friends House in London Signs Up to CreatureKind

We were delighted to be at Friends House in London, the centre for Quakers in Britain, to celebrate their signing up to be a CreatureKind institution. Friends House have been leaders in the ethical sourcing of food products, and were the first religious organization to be awarded Compassion in World Farming’s

Read More →

Changing the Menu at Christian Conferences

by Sarah Withrow King Which vegan has two thumbs, travels a lot, and has been eating pretty well at Christian gatherings of late? This gal! Earlier this year, my team at ESA let me know that they wanted to show solidarity with my CreatureKind work by making all of our events vegetarian

Read More →

A Big Step for CreatureKind (and animals at Winchester)

We have recruited the University of Winchester as the first CreatureKind institution. That means that the University is committed to an annual cycle of setting targets to reduce its consumption of animal products and moving to sourcing them from higher welfare sources, and to engage the University community in the changes it is making.

Read More →

CreatureKind Partners with University of Winchester in Groundbreaking New Program

How do you stop factory farming? Reduce the demand. Today, the University of Winchester became the first institution internationally to sign the CreatureKind Commitment, meaning that they have pledged to: 1)  reduce their purchase of animal products; 2) source meat, dairy, and eggs from higher welfare farms for its catering operations on campus; and 3) educate the campus community about why they decided to make these important changes.

Read More →

Are Farmers to Blame for Factory Farming?

The problem with these systems is not malicious farmers, but production and retail systems that produce animal products for sale at a price that is wholly incompatible with a good life for the animals unfortunate enough to be caught up in them. 

Read More →
Skip to content