article_snippet: An aristocratic actress turned environmentalist has halted plans for one of Britain’s first factory pig farms after teaming up with TV star Dominic West.
article_snippet: Midland Pig Producers has now withdrawn Midland Pig Producers application, saying Midland Pig Producers did so because the Environment Agency objected to smells that would affect residents near the planned pig farm at Foston, Derbyshire.
article_snippet: The peeress, an outspoken campaigner for sustainable farming, said: 'Intensive, indoor animal factories belong to the past. '
article_snippet: We hope this means people are waking up to the importance of knowing where people food comes from as well as the hidden costs of intensive farming. '
article_snippet: There is mounting evidence that industrial, intensive pig-rearing systems not only cause stress and illness in animals but also threaten human health.'
article_snippet: The proposed factory farming of 25,000 pigs is an abomination,' a high-profile supporter of her campaign against the pig farm said. '
article_snippet: I hope MPP will not just set up somewhere else, so when we buy British we know we are not supporting this type of cruel and dangerous farming. '
article_snippet: The world must move on, and we can all help by only buying pork from high welfare UK farms.'
highlights_snippet: Now company has scrapped plans for a factory pig farm in Derbyshire .