800 million of the one billion starving people in the world would have food to eat if Americans all became vegetarian.

Mr Simon Streicher, CEO of the South African Pork Producers Organisation (SAPPO) refused to confirm to Compassion in World Farming today that sow stalls are to be phased out in South Africa.

An abattoir in Nairobi converts waste, using a biogas plant to produce about 30 Kilowatts of power to run the electricity in the abattoir.

Livestock farming produces more greenhouse gas emissions than all forms of transport combined ' according to a recent UN report...