May 12th, 2020 COVID-19 Farming Impact, Food Sovereignty, Rooting for Real Farms Farm Expert Interview 2: Peter Stevenson Share: Peter Stevenson is Chief Policy Adviser for Compassion in World Farming and has worked in the field of farm animal welfare for 30 years. He explains that the coronavirus that causes Covid-19, jumped from wild animals to people, but there is no indication that it came from farm animals. However, factory farming in which large numbers of animals are kept in crowded stressful conditions contributes to the emergence, spread and amplification of pathogens (both viruses and bacteria), some of which are zoonotic i.e. can be transmitted to people. The last global pandemic before covid-19 originated in farm animals. More Case Studies Share This Article Related ArticlesView all August 27th, 2020 0 Farm Case Study 20: Tullich Highland Rare Breed Pigs, Invergordon Tullich Highland Rare Breeds Farm to the far north of the Scottish Highlands in Invergordon, breed Oxford Sandy Blacks and… Read More COVID-19 Farming Impact, Rooting for Real Farms August 20th, 2020 0 Case Study 19: BigBarn Anthony Davison is a 5th generation farmer who set up BigBarn after supermarkets sold his onions for 8X the price… Read More COVID-19 Farming Impact, Rooting for Real Farms August 13th, 2020 0 Farm Case Study 18: Sanctuary Farm, East Sussex Deborah from Sanctuary Farm rears Oxford Sandy & Blacks. When COVID hit, they were busy delivering weaners and worried about… Read More COVID-19 Farming Impact, Rooting for Real Farms August 6th, 2020 0 Farm Case Study 17: Dews Meadow Farm, Oxfordshire Harry from Dews Meadow Farm has a herd of Oxford Sandy and Blacks, born & bred outside. During this COVID… Read More COVID-19 Farming Impact, Rooting for Real Farms July 30th, 2020 0 Producer Case Study 16: MEAT N16 Meat N16 butcher & delicatessen has two shops in North London run by Paul Grout. Most of the pork comes… Read More COVID-19 Farming Impact, Rooting for Real Farms July 21st, 2020 0 Farm Case Study 15: The Ultimate Joint, Norfolk The Ultimate Joint is a farm and butchery in Rickinghall on the Norfolk-Suffolk border, with rare breed pigs. During lockdown… Read More COVID-19 Farming Impact, Rooting for Real Farms Leave a Comment Cancel replyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Name * Email * Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Comment