A tempestuous political debate has zeroed-in on the rights of farmers to produce livestock for human food consumption, without suffering endangerment due to escalating threats and illegal intimidation driven by “vegan terrorists”…Read More
With the ink barely dry on new Federal laws passed last week to strengthen protections against illegal trespass and farm invasion, Colin Bettles looks at how moves by each State to ramp up legislative and enforcement activities are progressing. ..Read More
They might be plant-based, gluten-free, organic and vegan, but many meat-free alternative products are highly processed and packed with salt, recent research has shown, making them more ‘stealthy’ than ‘healthy’…Read More
New legislation which would introduce jail sentences for people who incite farm invasion and harassment was put under the microscrope by Senators in a public hearing in Canberra this week. ..Read More
Australia’s livestock carriers want proposed federal agricultural protection trespass laws extended to protect them against animal activist attacks…Read More
Australia urgently needs a contemporary definition of sustainable agriculture, including agreed on-farm metrics, according to UNE senior research fellow and lecturer, Jacqueline Williams…Read More
The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) supports the strong action the Federal Government is taking on anti-farming activists and is urging the Government to extend the laws to cover mining-related businesses and infrastructure…Read More
Looking at the underlying reports for Beyond Burger and Impossible Burger it becomes clear that statements such as “less water” and “less land” mean different things in practice…Read More
Meat substitutes and alternatives might play a positive role but they aren’t going to save the planet, writes Monash University’s Paul Wood…Read More
One fast food chain in the United States has refused to join the rush of burger selling rivals to add fake meat to their menus, staking a claim it is and will remain proudly 100 percent about real meat…Read More
