The Meat Crisis

Joyce D'Silva has worked for Compassion in World Farming since 1985, including fourteen years as Chief Executive. 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. Currently he is a member of the Animal Health and Welfare panel for the European Food Safety Authority. His books include 'Understanding the Dairy Cow', 'Animal Welfare: A Cool Eye towards Eden', and 'Animal Welfare: Limping towards Eden', plus approximately 300 scientific and technical publications.

Foreword. Contributors. Introduction Part 1: The Impacts of Animal Farming on the Environment 1. How to Raise Livestock – and How Not To 2. The Water Footprint of Animal Products 3. Livestock and Climate Change 4. Industrial Livestock Production and Biodiversity 5. Does Organic Farming Offer a Solution? Part 2: Farming Practices and Animal Welfare 6. Food from the Dairy – Husbandry Regained? 7. Cracking the Egg 8. Cheap as Chicken 9. Sustainable Pig Production: Finding Solutions and Making Choices Part 3: The Implications of Meat Production for Human Health 10. Industrial Animal Agriculture's Role in the Emergence and Spread of Disease 11. Environmentally Sustainable and Equitable Meat Consumption in a Climate Change World 12. How Much Meat and Milk is Optimal for Health? Part 4: Ethical and Religious Approaches to Animal Foods 13. Developing Ethical, Sustainable and Compassionate Food Policies 14. Religion, Culture and Diet Part V: Devising Farming and Food Policies for a Sustainable Future 15. Policy Strategies for a Sustainable Food System: Options for Protecting the Climate 16. Meat and Policy: Charting a Course through the Complexity 17. Confronting Policy Dilemmas. Index