Pig Business – The Campaign

If the plans are approved it would be one of the largest factory farms in the UK, containing 2,500 mother pigs (sows) and around 25,000 pigs, with 1,000 going for slaughter each week.

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Burton on Trent Town Hall, Derbyshire, June 23rd 2011

The Dark Side of Factory Farming

An exceptional turnout of people gathered in Burton on Trent town hall to attend the film screening and public debate on the proposed plans to build a giant pig farm in the village of Foston.

Capitol Hill, Washington D.C., March 9th 2011

Pig Business on Capitol Hill

Pig Business and the Center for Food Safety co-hosted a first U.S. screening and panel discussion to raise awareness about harms caused to human health, animals, livelihoods, and the environment due to practices of industrial pig farming, including highlighting the global linkages of the pig industry.

EU Parliament, Brussels, February 9th 2011

The Hidden Costs of Factory Farming – Pig Business: Time for Change

Pig Business organised a screening and debate at the EU Parliament with the aim of informing politicians, commissioners, councillors and their advisers about the negative impacts of industrial farming on people, pigs and the planet with suggested solutions.

House of Commons, London, January 27th 2010

Pig Business: Time for Change

Highlighting the adverse health, animal welfare, environmental and economic impact of industrial pig production in the UK.