A prominent animal rights charity boasting support from numerous British celebrities has been exposed for disseminating a series of vicious antisemitic conspiracy theories through its official communications.
Celebrity Backing and Dark Content
Farms not Factories, which campaigns against factory pig farming and advocates for locally sourced, high-welfare pork, lists an impressive roster of famous supporters on its website. These include music stars Lily Allen and Sting, actors Hugh Grant, Stephen Fry and Jerome Flynn, television presenters Jon Snow and Jamie Oliver, and chef Gizzi Erskine.
However, an investigation into the charity's newsletters reveals they contain deeply offensive material, including claims that Zionists were responsible for the Holocaust, the 9/11 attacks, and the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Disturbing Theories and Historical Revisionism
In one particularly shocking newsletter from October, titled 'Zionist Money Rules', the organisation makes the grotesque allegation that Jewish scripture permits 'murdering non-Jewish children'. The same publication shares a video complaining about 'highly biased' reporting on the Manchester synagogue attack.
The charity further promotes bizarre historical revisionism, claiming that in the 1930s a 'Rothschild-Rockefeller alliance introduced music frequency science' to brainwash populations into being ready to fight in World War II. Another shared video purports to explain 'how during World War One the German and US Central banks were run by two Zionist brothers'.
Zionists - those who believe in the existence of a Jewish state - are described in the newsletters as 'liars, thieves and murderers in their pursuit of world domination'. The publications additionally claim that American political commentator Charlie Kirk was 'killed by Zionists' and that Jews worldwide are 'using their wealth to buy their power' to conquer the Middle East.
Celebrity Reactions and Charity's Defence
The exposure of these antisemitic materials has prompted significant backlash. Prominent environmentalist Ben Goldsmith and his brother, Lord Zac Goldsmith, have publicly severed ties with Farms not Factories.
'My brother Zac and I are appalled to discover that we are still publicly associated with Farms not Factories,' Ben Goldsmith told the Jewish News. 'Once upon a time this small charity did brilliant work towards ending the scourge of factory pig farming. But its founder has succumbed to myriad dark-web conspiracy theories, and worse besides.'
When confronted about the conspiracy theories, a spokesperson for the charity told the Daily Mail: 'Farms Not Factories newsletters share and repost material that is already publicly accessible. The views expressed in the articles you refer to do not represent those of Farms Not Factories, nor are they endorsed by Farms Not Factories but are selected to promote open discussion on issues often overlooked by mainstream media.'
The charity was founded by Duchess of Beaufort Tracy Louise Somerset, known as Tracy Worcester, who continues to use the newsletters to solicit donations to end what she describes as 'dangerous' and 'inhumane' farming practices, despite their inclusion of offensive content.
