DSilva Joyce - Farming, food and nature: respecting animals, people and the environment

Livestock production and its use of finite resources is devastating biodiversity and pushing wildlife to the brink of extinction. This powerful book examines the massive global impact caused by intensive livestock production and then explores solutions, ranging from moving to agroecological farming to reducing consumption of animal products, including examples of best practice and innovation, both on land and within the investment and food industries.

Leading international contributors spell out the problems in terms of planetary limits, climate change, resources, the massive use of cereals and soy for animal feed, and the direct impact of industrial farming on the welfare of farmed animals. They call for an urgent move to a flourishing food system for the sake of animals, the planet and us. Some offer examples of global good practice in farming or the power of the investment community to drive change, and others highlight food business innovation and exciting developments in protein diversification. Providing a highly accessible overview of key issues, this book creates a timely resource for all concerned about the environmental, social and ethical issues facing food, farming and nature. It will be an invaluable resource and provide inspiration for students, professionals, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and the general reader.

Joyce DSilva is Ambassador Emeritus for Compassion in World Farming, the leading charity advancing the welfare of farm animals worldwide. She is co-editor of The Meat Crisis (second edition 2017).

Carol McKenna is Special Advisor to the Chief Executive of Compassion in World Farming and organised the Extinction and Livestock Conference on which this book is based.

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Farming, Food and Nature

Respecting Animals, People and the Environment

Edited by Joyce DSilva and Carol McKenna

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Respecting Animals, People and the Environment

Edited by Joyce DSilva and Carol McKenna

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Names: DSilva, Joyce, editor. | McKenna, Carol, editor.

Title: Farming, food and nature: respecting animals, people and the

environment / edited by Joyce DSilva and Carol McKenna.

Description: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York,

NY: Routledge, 2018. | Series: Earthscan food and agriculture |

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018028203 | ISBN 9781138541412 (hbk) |

ISBN 9781138541443 (pbk) | ISBN 9781351011013 (ebk)

Subjects: LCSH: LivestockSocial aspects. | LivestockClimatic factor. |

LivestockMoral and ethical aspects.

Classification: LCC SF140.S62 F37 2018 | DDC 636dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018028203

ISBN: 978-1-138-54141-2 (hbk)

ISBN: 978-1-138-54144-3 (pbk)

ISBN: 978-1-351-01101-3 (ebk)

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JANE GOODALL

JOYCE DSILVA AND CAROL MCKENNA

PART I
Setting the planetary scene

KATHERINE RICHARDSON

PART II
The impacts of livestock production on the natural world

PHILIP LYMBERY

TONY JUNIPER

DAVE GOULSON

DOMINIC WORMELL

JEAN FRANOIS TIMMERS

KRZYSZTOF WOTJAS AND NATASHA BOYLAND

PART III
The impact of livestock production on people

RAJ PATEL

JIMMY SMITH

PART IV
The significance of sentience in wild and farmed animals

CARL SAFINA

JOYCE DSILVA

DONALD M. BROOM

JOHN WEBSTER

PART V
Solutions for people, planet and animals

JANET MARO

CHRIS CLARK AND PAT THOMPSON

JOSEPH OKORI AND PETER BORCHERT

KAREN F. MANCERA

PATRICK HOLDEN

PART VI
Food policy for the future

PETER STEVENSON

MARTIN PALMER

HANS R. HERREN

JONATHON PORRITT

KARL FALKENBERG

PHIL BROOKE

CAROL MCKENNA

PART VII
Healthy and sustainable diets

ELENA HEMLER AND FRANK B. HU

AYSHA AKHTAR

DUNCAN WILLIAMSON

GLYN DAVIES

ANDREW KNIGHT AND JASMIJN DE BOO

PART VIII
Investing in a flourishing food system

LEAH GARCES

ROSIE WARDLE

MICHAEL PELLMAN ROWLAND

BRUCE FRIEDRICH

JOYCE DSILVA AND CAROL MCKENNA

Joyce DSilva has an MA from Dublin University, Trinity College, and has been awarded honorary doctorates from the Universities of Winchester and Keele. She has taught in schools in India and the UK. She wrote the UKs second vegan cookbook, Healthy Eating for the New Age Wildwood House, 1980), which ran to four editions.