May 12th, 2020 COVID-19 Farming Impact, Food Sovereignty, Rooting for Real Farms Farm Expert Interview 2: Peter Stevenson 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 Articles July 9th, 2020 0 New UN Report Primes Factory Farming as a Major Cause of Zoonotic Diseases A UN report published 6 July 2020, shines a light on factory pig farming as a crucible for the mutation… Read More COVID-19 Farming Impact, Food Sovereignty, Newsletter July 9th, 2020 0 #SaveBritishFarming London March Yesterday, farmers and activists gathered in London to protest the real prospect of sub-standard imports from the US that would… Read More Ethical Pork, Food Sovereignty July 7th, 2020 0 Farm Case Study 13: Farmer’s Choice, Hampshire Jason from Farmer’s Choice Free Range in the South Downs says COVID-19 caused an increased demand that was driven both… Read More COVID-19 Farming Impact, Ethical Pork, Rooting for Real Farms July 1st, 2020 0 Producer Case Study 12: Primal Cut Primal Cut are artisan producers that follow Slow Food principles. They promote local food & traditional cooking with free range,… Read More COVID-19 Farming Impact, Ethical Pork, Rooting for Real Farms June 19th, 2020 0 Farm Expert Interview 6: Dr Immo Fiebrig Dr. Immo Norman Fiebrig from Germany, a licensed pharmacist and PhD in biochemistry explains his ‘Corona Triangle Hypothesis’ where mapping… Read More Animal Welfare, COVID-19 Farming Impact, Human health, Rooting for Real Farms June 17th, 2020 0 Farm Case Study 11: Good Life Meat, Staffordshire Helen Dale & her husband keep rare traditional British breeds of pig at The Good Life Meat Company, which are… Read More COVID-19 Farming Impact, Ethical Pork, Rooting for Real Farms Leave a Comment Cancel replyYour email address will not be published.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