Philip Lymbery
Philip Lymbery is Chief Executive of leading international farm animal welfare organisation Compassion in World Farming, as well as being a Visiting Professor at the University of Winchester, award-winning author and animal advocate. He was appointed an ambassadorial ‘Champion’ for the UN Food Systems Summit in 2021. He has played a leading role in many major animal welfare reforms, including Europe-wide bans on veal crates for calves and barren battery cages for laying hens. He has also spearheaded Compassion’s engagement with more than 1,000 food companies worldwide, leading to significant improvements in the lives of more than two billion farm animals every year. His first book Farmageddon was listed as a Book of the Year by The Times, while the second book in the trilogy, Dead Zone, was selected as a ‘Must Read’ by the Daily Mail. His new book is Cultivated Meat: To Secure Our Future.
Past Events
Nostalgia, reading trees, cultivated meat, London high society and memories of David Bowie - tune in for a superb line-up at 5x15 in April
5x15 and Rathbones present the Four Elements, the second series of panels in the Earth Convention series. First up, Earth.
Join us online in October and journey from the ground beneath your feet, to island utopias and the outer edges of reason