The Meat Crisis: Developing more Sustainable and Ethical Production and Consumption (Earthscan Food and Agriculture)

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- List of tables -- List of figures -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Introduction -- PART I The impacts of animal farming on the planet -- 1 How to raise livestock - and how not to -- 2 The water footprint of animal products -- 3 Livestock and climate change -- 4 Golden fields, burning forests and hungry people: how corn and soy are impacting us all -- 5 Animals on the land: ecosystem services and disservices of grazing livestock systems -- 6 The importance of grazing livestock for soil and food system resilience -- PART II Farming practices and animal welfare -- 7 Beef and dairy: the cattle story -- 8 How can we sustain the demand for eggs? -- 9 Cheap as chicken -- 10 Sustainable pig production: finding solutions and making choices -- 11 Issues in fisheries and aquaculture: sustainability and fish welfare -- PART III The implications of meat production for human health -- 12 Industrial animal agriculture's role in the emergence and spread of disease -- 13 Antibiotic use in farm animals: the global threat -- 14 How much meat and milk is optimal for health? -- PART IV Politics, philosophy and economics -- 15 Developing ethical, sustainable and compassionate food policies -- 16 The politics and economics of farm animal welfare and sustainable agriculture -- 17 Religion, culture and diet -- PART V Devising farming and food policies for a sustainable future -- 18 Policy strategies for reducing the climate impact of food and agriculture -- 19 Meat and policy: charting a course through the complexity -- 20 The impact of legislation and industry standards on farm animal welfare -- 21 Confronting policy dilemmas -- Index

• | Author: Joyce D'Silva, John Webster
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Aug 18, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 390 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Health & Fitness
• | ISBN-10: 1138673293
• | ISBN-13: 9781138673298