Factory farming harms animals and fuels antimicrobial resistance, threatening our health and that of our planet. We urgently need #OneHealth solutions: better husbandry, resilient breeds, fewer animals farmed. #OneHealthConference @eu2025dk.bsky.social

Even if fossil fuel emissions stopped overnight, our current food production system could push global warming past 1.5°C on its own, says the latest EAT-Lancet report. To prevent that, we must shift to regenerative practices and make healthy, plant-rich diets the easy option. #WorldVeganDay

If the way we produce food is the single largest cause of biodiversity loss and a major driver of climate change, why aren’t we improving it? The next #CAP offers a chance we can’t afford to miss - EU ministers must ensure it fixes our broken food system. #AGRIFISH

🚨 Right now the @ec.europa.eu is inviting you to share your opinions on #AnimalWelfare By responding to its new public consultation, you can demand stronger welfare protection for millions of farm animals in the EU Learn more about this huge opportunity to #EndtheCageAge & how to take part 👇

Wild stat from @ciwf.eu: in the EU, we waste 2x as much food feeding grain to factory-farmed animals as we do throwing it away. Meanwhile, millions go hungry. Here’s a thought, EU leaders: how about using public money to grow food for people, not feed for profit?

"...prioritising the production of food over feed is paramount to use our natural resources efficiently and ensure the resilience of our food systems" - Vinciane Patelou, @ciwf.eu. #FoodNotFeed

A cage-free future isn’t optional – it’s overdue. Today, policymakers of the Animal Welfare Intergroup in the @europarl.europa.eu are getting together to discuss how to deliver on cage-free promises. Tune in at 09.00👉 bit.ly/4q8AtF2 #EndTheCageAge

SAVE THE DATE: Tomorrow, the Animal Welfare Intergroup in the @europarl.europa.eu will discuss how to deliver a cage-free future 🐷 As we await clarity from the @ec.europa.eu on the 2026 plans for #AnimalWelfare & #EndTheCageAge, this is a key moment to stay engaged. Learn more: bit.ly/4q8AtF2

The @ec.europa.eu has failed to include the animal welfare proposals and cage ban in its Work Programme. It must stick to its commitment to deliver proposals to ban cages & improve animal welfare in 2026 - for animals, citizens & food producers. We must #EndTheCageAge!

Want the @ec.europa.eu to deliver on its promise to ban cages next year? 📢 Join our speed action & tell @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu: “No more delay to end cruelty. Animal welfare legislation must be in the #2026WorkPlan. We must #EndTheCageAge” This is how: commission.europa.eu/about/organi...

A food system rooted in compassion & sustainability is not just essential — it’s possible. Our @matthijsvm.bsky.social is at the @eu2025dk.bsky.social’s #PlantFoodSummit2025 in Copenhagen to explore how farmers, civil society & policymakers can lead the transition to sustainable diets.

The EU Commission have said it intends to keep its commitment to introduce legislation to #EndTheCageAge... “Yet, we have heard promises before, so we expect nothing less than seeing this fully reflected in the upcoming Work Programme." - @ciwf.eu

🚨 Tomorrow we’ll find out if the @ec.europa.eu truly plans to #EndTheCageAge. Last December, Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi promised legislation to ban cages in 2026. But we’ve heard similar commitments in the past. This time, it must lead to real change for all farmed animals.

DYK that for every 100 calories of grain fed to animals, only 3-25 calories of meat are produced?! We could feed another 2 billion people by choosing #FoodNotFeed. 🍲 Let’s fix our broken food system – sign the open letter: action.ciwf.org.uk/page/177062/...

Ending factory farming could free up land nearly the size of Mexico 🌎 We waste crops feeding animals instead of people — losing between 75% and 97% of calories. It’s time to choose #FoodNotFeed & rethink our broken food system. This way, we could feed 2BN more people. www.ciwf.eu/media-and-ne...

Following a partial leak, we call on the @ec.europa.eu to keep its promise & include ambitious legislative proposals to modernise animal welfare & ban cages in its 2026 Work Plan. 📢 Reshare & tag @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu: 2026 must be the year we #EndtheCageAge!

Today on #WorldFoodDay, our new report reveals the immense waste behind factory farming. By reforming our food system, we could feed an extra 2 billion people every year. It’s time to choose #FoodNotFeed. ✍ Sign our open letter: action.ciwf.org.uk/page/177062/...

Octopuses are magnificent, intelligent, and sentient animals. That’s why we must keep them wild – free in the ocean, not trapped in factory farms. This #EUOceanWeek, we urge policymakers to sign our pledge: movement.end.it/global-keep-... #ActionForOctopuses

Grateful to MEP @juttapaulus.bsky.social for standing up for animal welfare and marine health and backing our pledge to ban octopus farming. Your commitment makes waves for octopuses and our oceans💙

🚨 CRUELTY EXPOSED: Nueva Pescanova plans to open the world’s first octopus farm & this is how they'd kill them: a slow, painful death in icy water. Ask your policymakers to keep them wild ⬇️ action.ciwf.org.uk/page/177326/... #ActionForOctopuses

Proud to join our friends at Dyrenes Venner at their powerful #EndtheCageAge demonstration in 🇩🇰 and raise our voices for a cage-free future. The EU must deliver for the millions of animals still confined in cages every year. @ec.europa.eu @eu2025dk.bsky.social

DYI that there's technology to detect the sex of chicks before they feel pain—while still in the egg? Yet, male chicks and female ducklings are still killed shortly after hatching. 🚫 It’s time for the EU to ban the killing of day-old chicks and ducklings.

🚨NEW UNDERCOVER FOOTAGE🚨 This is the cruel slaughter method the world’s first octopus farm Nueva Pescanova plans to use. Millions of octopuses could suffer a slow, painful death in octopus farms. Ask your policymakers to keep them wild: bit.ly/478yLvO ⚠️ Distressing content #WorldOctopusDay

Op Wereld Octopusdag zetten we dit prachtige dier in het zonnetje. En dat is nodig, want niet iedereen heeft het beste voor met de octopus. Doe mee met het verzet en dring aan op een verbod op octopus farms via deze link 👇👇 @ciwf.eu action.ciwf.org.uk/page/177326/... #WorldOctopusDay

The @europarl.europa.eu just voted to ban everyday words like "burger" & "sausage" for plant-based foods. This will only confuse consumers and slow the protein transition. We urge Member States to reject this senseless move. Check out our petition👉 noconfusion.org/petition #NoConfusion

Massive thanks to MEP @manuelaripa.bsky.social for standing with us in our call to ban octopus farming and stop the growing threat of carnivorous aquaculture. Octopuses and oceans are lucky to have you as their advocate 💙

Huge thanks to MEP @anjahazekamp.bsky.social for supporting our pledge to ban octopus farming and stop the growing threat of carnivorous aquaculture. Thank you for championing octopuses and our oceans 💙

🔎NEW REPORT Nueva Pescanova's octopus farm could require 2 BN wild-caught fish in the first year alone. Adding this extra burden to our already overfished oceans will take food from vulnerable coastal communities in places like West Africa, South America & SE Asia. #WorldOctopusDay

📈 80% of EU consumers support using terms like veggie burger. So why is the EU trying to ban them? This would only increase red tape and prevent the shift to sustainable, plant-rich diets. 145+ orgs are saying: there is #NoConfusion. Sign the letter: noconfusion.org

This week, we’ve launched a new pledge to rally support for a ban on octopus farming, a cruel & unsustainable industry. Policymakers, this is your chance to sign and stop this urgent threat: movement.end.it/global-keep-... #ActionForOctopuses

Yesterday, we joined thousands on the streets of Brussels for the #ClimateMarch 💚 Our message was clear: factory farming fuels the very climate chaos that harms communities, kills farmed animals, and threatens the sustainability of our food systems. It's time to #EndIt!

💡🧑🌾 Sjoerd Miedema is redefining farming in the Netherlands — centering it around animal welfare and climate resilience. His biodynamic farm keeps calves with their mothers, is 100% antibiotic-free, and creates habitats for birds & pollinators. This is the future of farming.

You may not understand his language — but you understand his suffering. Join #OurVoices and speak up for him. This is how: action.ciwf.org.uk/page/176344/... #EndtheCageAge

If you believe the @ec.europe.eu should listen to the voices of the 1.4 million citizens who demanded a cage ban, please speak up again. Share a video calling to #EndtheCageAge: action.ciwf.org.uk/page/176344/...

💡🧑🌾 In Austria, Andreas & Thomas Hubmann raise pigs in mobile tents rather than in conventional stalls - boosting animal welfare, soil health & biodiversity. Farming with compassion and care for nature is possible! The @ec.europa.eu must help make it the norm.

🥩➡️🥦The @ec.europa.eu wants to ban words like “burger,” “sausage,” and “steak” when used on plant-based foods. But consumers aren’t confused – they just want choice. 📣 Join the campaign and sign the petition: noconfusion.org/petition #NoConfusion #YesVeggieBurger

Laying hens spend their lives crammed in tiny cages, unable to move freely or express natural behaviours. With clipped beaks and missing feathers, they only know stress and suffering. Use your voice to tell the @ec.europa.eu to #EndtheCageAge: action.ciwf.org.uk/page/176344/...

The latest European Environmental Agency report on the state of Europe’s environment is a sobering reminder that agriculture is eroding its own foundations through water pollution, soil degradation, and biodiversity loss. It's time to listen to science, and rethink the way we produce our food

💡👨🌾 Polish farmer Tomasz Jakiel proves animal welfare, soil regeneration & low-input farming can thrive together in a profitable business. His animals forage freely year-round, while no-till methods & cover crops boost soil health. This is the humane, nature-friendly farming the EU should foster!

Last week’s Farmers’ Voices event was so inspiring, that we’ve decided to spotlight some of the animal farmers whose dedication to animal welfare and environmental sustainability are paving the way to a cage-free future. Stay tuned!

🥗🫀On #WorldHeartDay, 20 organisations representing civil society, health associations and medical professionals say it loud: Europe cannot cut cardiovascular disease without tackling unhealthy diets. Read their letter 👉✉️ bit.ly/3KuOkFj

6 months since we started our Brittany Ferries campaign, and today we’re gathering our supporters at Portsmouth ferry port urging them to stop cruel live exports. ❌ Customers don’t want to travel with suffering animals. We’ll continue to write & protest until this cruelty stops 🔗 buff.ly/Zk8ULv7

Almost a year has passed since our investigation into the nightmarish world of intensive rabbit farming. Since then, little has changed. This #InternationalRabbitDay, join #OurVoices to urge the @ec.europa.eu to deliver the proposals to #EndtheCageAge. action.ciwf.org.uk/page/176344/...

It’s been 6-months since we first wrote to Brittany Ferries urging them to stop cruel live animal exports. Their response? Silence. 🤐 These animals face stress, hunger & more. We're campaigning to stop this suffering: buff.ly/Zk8ULv7 #BanLiveExports

🐑 What a day! Yesterday in Brussels, we co-hosted a farmer–policymaker meetup with @ciwf.eu👨‍🌾 The farmers' stories shared a common thread: love for their animals & duty to the land. It’s time to back nature-friendly farming - not harmful factory farms 💚🌱🐄 #EndTheCageAge Press release in comments⬇️

Together with the @eeb.org, we brought together higher-welfare animal farmers from across Europe, civil society organisations, and EU officials to hear animal welfare success stories that can help policymakers better support the transition to fairer, sustainable farming. 🧵

Proud to join the #BackToTheFuture march as it arrived in Brussels! 💪 📣@ec.europa.eu, we say NO to deregulation, and YES to strong protection for the vulnerable.

“Organic farming & banning cages is a vision of a future-fit food system,” said our Global CEO @philip-ciwf.bsky.social at #OrganicSummit2025. Organic should be the default, not a luxury - for soil, for animals, for the environment, for our children. #EUOrganicDay

🚨Today, EU #Agrifish ministers meet to shape the future of farming in Europe We call for dedicated funding for the environment and climate, fair income support for farmers, the end of harmful subsidies, and real accountability. 👉 Read our vision eeb.org/library/cap-...

Taxpayers’ money should fuel an agrifood system that treats animals with compassion, elevates local communities, improves farmers' resilience, and protects our environment. EU ministers have a moral duty to make sure the next #CAP fixes our broken food system. #AGRIFISH