EVIDENCE

Communities

• The Royal College of Physicians, ‘A Breath of Fresh Air’ https://www.rcp.ac.uk/media/hvbeolvx/21072025-update-rcp-full-report-a-breath-of-fresh-air.pdf 

• The Bureau of Investigative Journalism: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-04-26/what-is-ammonia-and-how-is-it-harmful

• Compassion in World Farming (2023): https://www.ciwf.org.uk/research/animal-welfare/bird-flu-only-major-farm-reforms-can-end-it/

• World Animal Protection UK (2025): https://www.worldanimalprotection.org.uk/latest/news/factory-farming-animal-health-crisis/

• Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics: https://www.saveourantibiotics.org/the-issue/antibiotic-overuse-in-livestock-farming/

ENVIRONMENT

• The Wildlife Trusts (2025): https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/huge-impacts-uk-pig-and-poultry-farming-revealed-first-time

• River Action UK: https://riveractionuk.com/campaign/rescue-the-river-wye/

• Soil Association: https://act.soilassociation.org/stop-killing-our-rivers

• UK Parliament (DEFRA submission): https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/105593/html/

• WWF (2022): https://www.wwf.org.uk/sites/default/files/2022-06/future_of_feed_full_report.pdf

ANIMALS

• World Animal Protection UK (2024): https://www.worldanimalprotection.org.uk/latest/news/confined-in-cruelty/

• PangoVet (2025): https://pangovet.com/statistics/factory-farming-statistics-uk/

• Animal Equality UK: https://animalequality.org.uk/news/fewer-than-3-of-uk-farms-are-inspected-each-year-new-report-reveals/

• Social Market Foundation (2024): https://www.smf.co.uk/publications/animal-welfare-british-farms/

• Animal Law Foundation: https://animallawfoundation.org/enforcement