Compassion in World Farming invite media to attend Beef, Bread & Water: Ethical food in a warm and thirsty world
Compassion in World Farming invite media to attend Beef, Bread & Water: Ethical food in a warm and thirsty world Compassion in World Farming’s Peter Roberts Memorial Lecture is being held on Monday 20th September 2010, 7pm at Savoy Place, London, WC2R 0BL.
The lecture questions the true price of beef produced through factory farming and the toll this takes on the world’s resources and environment. It examines the cost of our Sunday roast and the fact that to produce 1kg of beef in intensive systems takes 15,500 litres of water and up to 20kg of grain.
Compassion’s Memorial Lecture is named after its founder Peter Roberts. Roberts became increasingly concerned with the animal welfare issues connected to the new systems of intensive farming that began to take hold in the 1960s. As none of the major animal welfare organisations would campaign against factory farming, he decided to do it himself and Compassion in World Farming was born.
The Lecture will look at ways of achieving a global food supply that is fairer for animals, people and the planet and bring together some of the world’s leading experts on climate change, water scarcity, food insecurity and farm animal welfare.
Inspirational speakers at the Memorial Lecture include:
• Philip Lymbery – Chief Executive, Compassion in World Farming
• Prof. Arjen Hoekstra – Creator of the water footprint concept
• Dr Samuel Jutzi –Director, Animal Production and Health Division, Food & Agriculture Organisation of the UN (FAO)
• Dr Kate Rawles – Senior Lecturer, University of Cumbria and ‘outdoor philosopher’
The Lecture will be chaired by John Parker, Globalisation Editor of The Economist.
Compassion’s speakers will cover vital questions such as:
• What options are available in order to reduce our water footprint?
• How can we achieve more equitable food distribution?
• How does the food we eat impact on the environment and the developing world?
Philip Lymbery, Chief Executive of Compassion in World Farming said:
“The future of our food worldwide is under threat. If our global nation is to feed everyone, which it must, then serious questions have to be raised about industrial farming methods that waste huge amounts of precious resources like water, grain and oil. What we need is decent food for all, produced in a way that protects the environment and animal welfare without squandering the future. Compassion’s Memorial Lecture speakers will explore how we can, and must, feed the world without factory farming; and protect the planet, animals and our children’s future.”
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Notes to Editors
For your complimentary press invite please contact a member of the Media Team to reserve a place.
Directions
The nearest underground station is Embankment. Exit the station on the river side (i.e. out to the main road), and turn left along Victoria Embankment. Walk down towards Waterloo Bridge, which is the next bridge down the river. The IET is a red brick and white stone building on the corner of Savoy Place/Savoy Street, just before you cross the road to go under Waterloo Bridge.
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• Compassion in World Farming was founded in 1967 by Peter Roberts, a British dairy farmer who became horrified by the development of modern, intensive factory farming. Compassion continues to campaign for a global end to factory farming by 2050.
• For further information, images, press releases, FAQ’s, reports and biographies go to: ciwf.org/presslecture
• Images, film clips and podcasts from the Lecture will be available on the web page on Tuesday 21st September.
For press tickets, media enquiries, to arrange interviews or feature materials, please contact:
Ashley Lovell, Director of Media tel: 01483 521 950
ashley.lovell@ciwf.org
Caroline Burkie, Media Officer tel: 01483 521 952
caroline.burkie@ciwf.org
Rhona Crawford, Media Officer tel: 01483 521 973
rhona.crawford@ciwf.org
Out of office mobile: 07771 926 005
Supporting publication:
The Meat Crisis (Earthscan, ISBN 9781844079032) ‘The Meat Crisis’, edited by Joyce D’Silva (Compassion in World Farming’s Director of Public Affairs) and Professor John Webster, details the growing evidence that we cannot continue along current supply and consumption paths and still expect to feed the world and provide sustainable livelihoods for farmers around the globe. Policy experts recommend radical measures to achieve sustainable consumption. Beef, Bread and Water lecture speakers Professor Arjen Hoekstra and Dr Kate Rawles are among chapter contributors.
http://www.earthscan.co.uk/?tabid=102354
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