The Meat Business (eBook, ePUB)

Devouring a Hungry Planet
Redaktion: Tansey, Geoff; D'Silva, Joyce

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1999. The theme running through this collection of essays is that food quality and human health, the welfare of animals and the methods of farming, and the quality of the environment, go hand-in-hand.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000124330
• Artikelnr.: 57161511

Autorenporträt

Geoff Tansey, Joyce D'Silva

Inhaltsangabe

Editor's Note Geoff Tansey Introduction Joyce D'Silva Part 1: Conflicting
Visions 1. The Absurdity of Modern Agriculture: From Chemical Fertilizers
and Agropoisons to Biotechnology José A. Lutzenberger and Melissa Halloway
2. Intensive Farming and Biotechnology: Saving People and Wildlife in the
21st Century Dennis T. Avery Part 2: Whose Path To Follow? 3. American
Agriculture's Ethical Crossroads Michael W. Fox 4. Future Agriculture:
Giant or Gentle? Christine Townend 5. Barons of the New Millennium John
Vidal Part 3: Animal Welfare 6. Why I Do Not Eat Meat Chris Mullin 7. An
Agenda for Reform: Farm Animal Welfare in the European Union Mark F. Watts
8. Campaigning for Change in the European Union Philip Lymbery 9. Farm
Animal Welfare in Central and Eastern Europe Janice H. Cox 10. Factory
Farming and the Meat Industry in India Maneka Gandhi Part 4: Human
Well-Being 11. Feeding the World a Healthy Diet Geoffrey Cannon 12. Towards
a Sustainable Food Policy Tim Lang Part 5: Farming Threats And
Opportunities 13. Genetic Engineering and the Threat to Farm Animals Joyce
D 'Silva 14. Genetic Engineering and Food Security Julie Sheppard 15. The
Global Contribution of Organic Farming Patrick Holden 16. Beyond the
Killing Fields: Working Towards A Vegetarian Future Marie Gold Part 6:
Trade, Welfare And Values 17. Trade Rules, Animal Welfare and the European
Union Peter Stevenson 18. Penalizing the Poor: GATT, WTO and the Developing
World Vandana Shiva 19. Sustainable Agriculture's Friend and Foe: the WTO
Hugh Raven 20. Multilateral Investment: an Agreement Too Far Barry Coates
21. Human Values and World Trade Atherton Martin. Conclusion: Where do we
go from here? Joyce D 'Silva