A future without factory farming
A Future Without Factory Farming is a downloadable booklet of scientific evidence showing why we need to scrap factory farming and increase plant-based farming - for animals, people and the planet.
In it we explore how getting rid of factory farming will help to:
- Improve food security
- Lower emissions and achieve net zero
- Free up land for rewilding, and help nature and biodiversity
- Stop water pollution from manure
- Reduce air pollution
- Promote healthy eating
- Reduce pandemic risk
- Save vital antibiotics for people
- Prevent the suffering of millions of animals
We also look at the costs of factory farming and make recommendations for policy makers.
Library
Our referenced and searchable library of published research looking at pandemics, antibiotic resistance, the climate and ecological crises, air and water pollution, subsidies and our legal challenge
Flipbook Report summarising the harm to people
Factory Farms harm people
Our downloadable 200 page flipbook report summarising the problems factory farms cause people.
Peer Reviewed paper on pig and poultry farms
Influenza risks arising from mixed intensive pig and poultry farms, with a spotlight on the UK
Published and peer reviewed paper, authored by Jenny Mace and Professor Andrew Knight. The initial work for this paper was commissioned by Humane Being.
The health risks to people FROM pig and poultry farms
EVIDENCE BASED RESEARCH AGAINST A PLANNING APPLICATION
Over 100 pages of fully referenced science showing the influenza disease risks and antibiotic resistance connections to factory farms and highlighting the additional health risks to those living in close proximity.
Evidence based research shows that pig and poultry farms pose health risks to people, and the report shows why proposals for pig and poultry facilities, at Feltwell Farm and Methwold Farm, Norfolk should be rejected
This report was submitted to Planning Officers, Senior staff and a number of Councillors at the Borough Council of Kings Lynn and West Norfolk
Pig farming in the UK
Pig farms harm people animals and the planet
This booklet describes UK pig farming conditions - including some of the animal welfare problems and some of the risks to humans
Is Factory Farming Making us sick?
A guide to animal diseases and their impact on human health
This report makes for sobering reading, and firmly places our use and abuse of animals at the core of the emergence of many recent diseases. The ever increasing drive for cheap meat has a heavy cost.
A British Pandemic
The Cruelty and Danger of Supermarket Chicken
This 58 pp. report examines welfare problems and disease risks created by intensive meat chicken farming, including the risks of future global pandemics. It also highlights action supermarkets can take to address these risks.
Open Cages, Knight A and Wiebers D (2020). A British Pandemic: the Cruelty and Danger of Supermarket Chicken. UK: Open Cages.
Report: Andrew Knight - A British Pandemic
THE CLIMATE AND ECOLOGICAL CRISES EXPLAINED
This booklet explains the problems of the climate crisis, ecological emergency, loss of species, deforestation, and pollution and highlights lifestyle choices we can all make.
Our mission at Humane Being
is to create a sustainable future for all. We believe that everyone can make an impact and that small actions can lead to big changes. Through our initiatives and advocacy, we aim to raise awareness about the importance of environmental sustainability and empower individuals and communities to take action.
Read and download the booklet here
Climate and Ecological Crises explained
WHY EATING LESS MEAT AND DAIRY HELPS THE PLANET, PEOPLE AND
Theses booklets explain some of the impacts of eating meat, eggs and diary.
They are aimed at younger audiences.
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