Philip Lymbery is chief executive of leading international farm animal welfare organisation Compassion in World Farming. His first book, Farmageddon: The True Cost of Cheap Meat, was chosen as one of The Times ’ Books of the Year in 2014. He played leading roles in many major animal welfare reforms, including Europe-wide bans on veal crates for calves and barren battery cages for laying hens. One of the food industry’s most influential people, he has spearheaded Compassion’s engagement work with more than 700 food companies worldwide, leading to genuine improvements in the lives of more than three quarters of a billion farm animals every year.

Highly informed, utterly compelling… Lymbery’s narrative threads are subtle and replete with powerful evidence… He does a superb job of equipping us with the hard facts. No author can do more

Philip Lymbery is chief executive of leading international farm animal welfare organisation Compassion in World Farming. His first book, Farmageddon: The True Cost of Cheap Meat, was chosen as one of The Times ’ Books of the Year in 2014. He played leading roles in many major animal welfare reforms, including Europe-wide bans on veal crates for calves and barren battery cages for laying hens. One of the food industry’s most influential people, he has spearheaded Compassion’s engagement work with more than 700 food companies worldwide, leading to genuine improvements in the lives of more than three quarters of a billion farm animals every year.

Highly informed, utterly compelling… Lymbery’s narrative threads are subtle and replete with powerful evidence… He does a superb job of equipping us with the hard facts. No author can do more

Philip Lymbery is chief executive of leading international farm animal welfare organisation Compassion in World Farming. His first book, Farmageddon: The True Cost of Cheap Meat, was chosen as one of The Times ’ Books of the Year in 2014. He played leading roles in many major animal welfare reforms, including Europe-wide bans on veal crates for calves and barren battery cages for laying hens. One of the food industry’s most influential people, he has spearheaded Compassion’s engagement work with more than 700 food companies worldwide, leading to genuine improvements in the lives of more than three quarters of a billion farm animals every year.

Highly informed, utterly compelling… Lymbery’s narrative threads are subtle and replete with powerful evidence… He does a superb job of equipping us with the hard facts. No author can do more