Global Meat

The growth of the global meat industry and the implications for climate change, food insecurity, workers' rights, the treatment of animals, and other issues. Global meat production and consumption have risen sharply and steadily over the past five decades, with per capita meat consumption almost dou...

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description The growth of the global meat industry and the implications for climate change, food insecurity, workers' rights, the treatment of animals, and other issues. Global meat production and consumption have risen sharply and steadily over the past five decades, with per capita meat consumption almost doubling since 1960. The expanding global meat industry, meanwhile, driven by new trade policies and fueled by government subsidies, is dominated by just a few corporate giants. Industrial farming—the intensive production of animals and fish—has spread across the globe. Millions of acres of land are now used for pastures, feed crops, and animal waste reservoirs. Drawing on concrete examples, the contributors to Global Meat explore the implications of the rise of a global meat industry for a range of social and environmental issues, including climate change, clean water supplies, hunger, workers' rights, and the treatment of animals. Three themes emerge from their discussions: the role of government and corporations in shaping the structure of the global meat industry; the paradox of simultaneous rising meat production and greater food insecurity; and the industry's contribution to social and environmental injustice. Contributors address such specific topics as the dramatic increase in pork production and consumption in China; land management by small-scale cattle farmers in the Amazon; the effect on the climate of rising greenhouse gas emissions from cattle raised for meat; and the tensions between economic development and animal welfare. Contributors Conner Bailey, Robert M. Chiles, Celize Christy, Riva C. H. Denny, Carrie Freshour, Philip H. Howard, Elizabeth Ransom, Tom Rudel, Mindi Schneider, Nhuong Tran, Bill Winders
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-785712024-04-09T11:40:52Z Global Meat Winders, Bill Ransom, Elizabeth Globalization meat industry aquaculture corporations poultry pork chicken beef fish CAFOs animal welfare environment labor China Rwanda Ecuador United States climate change solutions consumption meat processing subsidies agricultural subsidies seafood fisheries livestock industrial livestock agribusiness immigration race deportation USDA emissions nutrition animal rights nutrition transition dietary transition sustainability sustainable development vegetarianism thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RND Environmental policy and protocols thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNP Pollution and threats to the environment The growth of the global meat industry and the implications for climate change, food insecurity, workers' rights, the treatment of animals, and other issues. Global meat production and consumption have risen sharply and steadily over the past five decades, with per capita meat consumption almost doubling since 1960. The expanding global meat industry, meanwhile, driven by new trade policies and fueled by government subsidies, is dominated by just a few corporate giants. Industrial farming—the intensive production of animals and fish—has spread across the globe. Millions of acres of land are now used for pastures, feed crops, and animal waste reservoirs. Drawing on concrete examples, the contributors to Global Meat explore the implications of the rise of a global meat industry for a range of social and environmental issues, including climate change, clean water supplies, hunger, workers' rights, and the treatment of animals. Three themes emerge from their discussions: the role of government and corporations in shaping the structure of the global meat industry; the paradox of simultaneous rising meat production and greater food insecurity; and the industry's contribution to social and environmental injustice. Contributors address such specific topics as the dramatic increase in pork production and consumption in China; land management by small-scale cattle farmers in the Amazon; the effect on the climate of rising greenhouse gas emissions from cattle raised for meat; and the tensions between economic development and animal welfare. Contributors Conner Bailey, Robert M. Chiles, Celize Christy, Riva C. H. Denny, Carrie Freshour, Philip H. Howard, Elizabeth Ransom, Tom Rudel, Mindi Schneider, Nhuong Tran, Bill Winders 2022-02-21T15:12:11Z 2022-02-21T15:12:11Z 2019 book ONIX_20220221_9780262355384_91 9780262355384 9780262537735 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/78571 eng Food, Health, and the Environment image/jpeg n/a https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/11868.001.0001 The MIT Press The MIT Press 10.7551/mitpress/11868.001.0001 10.7551/mitpress/11868.001.0001 ae0cf962-f685-4933-93d1-916defa5123d 9780262355384 9780262537735 The MIT Press 264 Cambridge open access
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Rwanda
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Global Meat
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title_short Global Meat
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meat industry
aquaculture
corporations
poultry
pork
chicken
beef
fish
CAFOs
animal welfare
environment
labor
China
Rwanda
Ecuador
United States
climate change
solutions
consumption
meat processing
subsidies
agricultural subsidies
seafood
fisheries
livestock
industrial livestock
agribusiness
immigration
race
deportation
USDA
emissions
nutrition
animal rights
nutrition transition
dietary transition
sustainability
sustainable development
vegetarianism
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RND Environmental policy and protocols
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNP Pollution and threats to the environment
topic_facet Globalization
meat industry
aquaculture
corporations
poultry
pork
chicken
beef
fish
CAFOs
animal welfare
environment
labor
China
Rwanda
Ecuador
United States
climate change
solutions
consumption
meat processing
subsidies
agricultural subsidies
seafood
fisheries
livestock
industrial livestock
agribusiness
immigration
race
deportation
USDA
emissions
nutrition
animal rights
nutrition transition
dietary transition
sustainability
sustainable development
vegetarianism
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RND Environmental policy and protocols
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNP Pollution and threats to the environment
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