The Meat Crisis: Developing more Sustainable and Ethical Production and Consumption (Earthscan Food and Agriculture)
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| Rating | : | 4.40 (675 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1138673293 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 390 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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She has been awarded honorary doctorates by the Universities of Winchester and Keele, UK.John Webster is Professor Emeritus at the University of Bristol, UK. Joyce D'Silva worked for Compassion in World Farming from 1985 to 2016, including fourteen years as Chief Executive. She now does consultancy work. She
It is well accepted that livestock production is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) predicts a rough doubling of meat and milk consumption in the first half of the 21st century, with particularly rapid growth occurring in the developing economies of Asia. Since the first edition, published in 2010, all chapters have been updated, three original chapters re-written and six new chapters added, with additional coverage of dietary effects of milk and meat, antibiotics in animal production, and the economic, political and ethical dimensions of meat consumption. The overall message is clearly that we must eat less meat to help secure a more sustainable and equitable world.. A final group of chapters addresses ethical and policy implications for the future of food and livestock production and consumption. Globally, 70 billion farm animals are us
About the AuthorJoyce D'Silva worked for Compassion in World Farming from 1985 to 2016, including fourteen years as Chief Executive. She has been awarded honorary doctorates by the Universities of Winchester and Keele, UK.John Webster is Professor Emeritus at the University of Bristol, UK. He was a founder member of the Farm Animal Welfare Council and is a former President of both the Nutrition Society and the British Society for Animal Science. She now does consultancy work. His books include 'Animal Husbandry Regained' (Routledge, 2012), 'Understanding the Dairy Cow', 'Animal Welfare: A Cool Eye towards Eden', and 'Animal Welfare: Limping towards Eden'.. She lectures internationally and has published widely