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The meat crisis : developing more sustainable production and consumption /

by D'Silva, Joyce [ed.]; Webster, John [ed.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London ; Washington, DC : Earthscan, 2010Description: xxi, 305 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781844079025 (hardback); 1844079023 (hardback); 9781844079032 (pbk.); 1844079031 (pbk.).Subject(s): Animal industry -- Environmental aspects | Meat industry and trade -- Environmental aspects | Sustainable agriculture | Animal culture | Livestock
Contents:
How to raise livestock--and how not to / Colin Tudge -- The water footprint of animal products / Arjen Hoekstra -- Livestock and climate change / Tara Garnett -- Industrial livestock production and biodiversity / Susanne Gura -- Does organic farming offer a solution? / Richard Young -- Food from the dairy--husbandry regained? / John Webster -- Cracking the egg / Ian J.H. Duncan -- Cheap as chicken / Andy Butterworth -- Sustainable pig production : finding solutions and making choices / Alistair Lawrence and Alistair Stott -- Industrial animal agriculture's role in the emergence and spread of disease / Michael Greger -- Environmentally sustainable and equitable meat consumption in a climate change world / Anthony J. McMichael and Ainslie J. Butler -- How much meat and milk is optimal for health? / Mike Rayner and Peter Scarborough -- Developing ethical, sustainable and compassionate food policies / Kate Rawles -- Religion, culture and diet / Martin Palmer -- Policy strategies for a sustainable food system : options for protecting the climate / Stefan Wirsenius and Fredrik Hedenus -- Meat and policy : charting a course through the complexity / Tim Lang, Michelle Wu and Martin Caraher -- Confronting policy dilemmas / Jonathon Porritt.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

How to raise livestock--and how not to / Colin Tudge -- The water footprint of animal products / Arjen Hoekstra -- Livestock and climate change / Tara Garnett -- Industrial livestock production and biodiversity / Susanne Gura -- Does organic farming offer a solution? / Richard Young -- Food from the dairy--husbandry regained? / John Webster -- Cracking the egg / Ian J.H. Duncan -- Cheap as chicken / Andy Butterworth -- Sustainable pig production : finding solutions and making choices / Alistair Lawrence and Alistair Stott -- Industrial animal agriculture's role in the emergence and spread of disease / Michael Greger -- Environmentally sustainable and equitable meat consumption in a climate change world / Anthony J. McMichael and Ainslie J. Butler -- How much meat and milk is optimal for health? / Mike Rayner and Peter Scarborough -- Developing ethical, sustainable and compassionate food policies / Kate Rawles -- Religion, culture and diet / Martin Palmer -- Policy strategies for a sustainable food system : options for protecting the climate / Stefan Wirsenius and Fredrik Hedenus -- Meat and policy : charting a course through the complexity / Tim Lang, Michelle Wu and Martin Caraher -- Confronting policy dilemmas / Jonathon Porritt.

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