It is the kind of story we can all get behind: a small group of activists with a big vision - and even bigger hearts – enlists the help of a high-profile lawyer to take on the Government and present a legal challenge that could very well change the future for humans, non-human animals and the planet. In the first of our Grassroots Focus series, we spoke to David Finney, Jane Tredgett and Peta Smith, volunteers at Humane Being, about the launch of the pioneering Scrap Factory Farming campaign.

A bunch of crazy vegans got together and decided to do something amazing: convince the public to chip in and buy a plot of land once used for grazing dairy cows to turn it towards something plant-based. Is their crowdfunding victory a fluke, or is it a sign that the world is finally changing? Jackie Norman looks at other projects at the vanguard of alternative land use.

Let’s be clear from the start: gender is the largest determinant—beyond race, class, geography, or any other attribute—in how much humans harm animals. ‘Being a man’ is associated with eating ‘meat’—and it’s the single most critical social issue that animal advocates need to face if we are to end the exploitation of our fellow beings. Dr Alex Lockwood, writes.

Horrifyingly, these words weren’t spoken by a cricketer or baseballer, but instead a worker at a farm operated by Bernard Matthews – the UK’s largest turkey producer. Abigail Penny, Executive Director of Animal Equality UK, writes.

As an antidote to the tragic examples highlighted in our recent video - When animals escape slaughter - we bring you a round-up of mainstream media and viral reports of escaped cows who made it to sanctuaries. But for all the happiness these stories bring us, is there a bittersweet epilogue?

As a coronavirus mutation on a Danish mink fur farm shocks the world, a new report by Moving Animals reveals how popular brands are still selling false eyelashes made from mink fur.

According to one report, trafficking of animals - including “pets” - is the third most common form of international trafficking after weapons and drugs. But what exactly does this terrible journey look like for our companion animals?

Can an infamous example of animal abuse posted to YouTube illustrate the ethical disconnect that arises when our morality fails to tally with our actions? Alex J. O’Connor, AKA Cosmic Skeptic, writes.

PHOTO STORY: Surge project manager Tati von Rheinbaben takes us back to a day when she visited Sweet Farm, a former dairy farm that now champions veganic, regenerative agriculture.

So-called holistic grazing is becoming more commonly discussed as a way to combat climate change, with the latest Netflix documentary Kiss the Ground also claiming that grazing livestock animals is beneficial for the planet.

Personal accounts from the Surge team of how their perception of the world changed after going vegan.

Jackie Norman spent 18 years working in an industry that she says causes suffering to both humans and the innocent, sentient beings with whom we share this world.