D'Silva / Webster The Meat Crisis

Developing more Sustainable and Ethical Production and Consumption
2. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-317-20313-1
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 390 Seiten

Meat and dairy production and consumption are in crisis. Globally, 70 billion farm animals are used for food production every year. 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. What will this mean for the health and wellbeing of those animals, of the people who consume ever larger quantities of animal products, and for the health of the planet itself?

The new edition of this powerful and challenging book explores the impacts of the global growth in the production and consumption of meat and dairy, including cultural and health factors, and the implications of the likely intensification of farming for both small-scale producers and for animals. Several chapters explore the related environmental issues, from resource use of water, cereals and soya, to the impact of livestock production on global warming and issues concerning biodiversity, land use and the impacts of different farming systems on the environment. A final group of chapters addresses ethical and policy implications for the future of food and livestock production and consumption.

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

D'Silva, Joyce

Webster, John

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizin, Gesundheit: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Tierhaltung
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Veterinärmedizin Veterinärmedizin: Groß- und Nutztiere

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword

Hilal Elver

Introduction

Joyce D'Silva and John Webster

Part 1: The Impacts of Animal Farming on the Planet

1. How to raise livestock – and how not to

Colin Tudge

2. The water footprint of animal products

Arjen Hoekstra

3. Livestock and climate change

Tara Garnett

4. Golden fields, burning forests and hungry people: how corn and soy are impacting us all

Joyce D’Silva

5. Animals on the land: from desert to pasture and woodland

Albert Bernues

6. Does organic farming offer a solution?

Richard Young

Part 2: Farming Practices and Animal Welfare

7. Beef and dairy: the cattle story

John Webster

8. Cracking the egg

Ian Duncan and Claire Weekes

9. Cheap as chicken

Andy Butterworth

10. Sustainable pig production: finding solutions and making choices

Alistair Lawrence and Emma Baxter

11. Fish: welfare, environmental and health impacts

Steve Kestin

Part 3: The Implications of Meat Production for Human Health

12. Industrial animal agriculture’s role in the emergence and spread of disease

Michael Greger

13. Antibiotic use in farm animals: the global threat

Coilin Nunan

14. How much meat is optimal for health?

Mike Rayner and Peter Scarborough

Part 4: Politics, Philosophy and Economics

15. Developing ethical, sustainable and compassionate food policies

Kate Rawles

16. The politics and economics of farm animal welfare and sustainable agriculture

Peter Stevenson

17. Religion, culture and diet

Martin Palmer

Part 5: Devising Farming and Food Policies for a Sustainable Future

18. Policy strategies for a sustainable food system: options for protecting the climate

Stefan Wirsenius and Fredrik Hedenus

19. Meat and policy: charting a course through the complexity

Tim Lang, Michelle Wu and Martin Caraher

20. Towards improved farm animal welfare: the impact of international standards and consumer pressure

Carol Mc Kenna

21. Confronting policy dilemmas

Jonathon Porritt

Über Autor(innen)

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 lectures internationally and has published widely on farm animal welfare, including co-editing 'Animals, Ethics and Trade' (Earthscan, 2006).

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. 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'.