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Learning from Indigenous cultures to treat animals as more than just food sources could help us combat the climate crisis.
Industrial-sized confinement farming systems pose massive challenges during hurricanes, floods or wildfires, including significant public health, animal welfare and socio-economic implications.
The end of factory farming will lay the foundation for a rural resurgence and the development of more just and sustainable communities for people and animals alike.
Given the severe impact animal-based food production has on the environment, and the trend for vegan products, wouldn’t it make sense for all new vegetarian product ranges simply to be made vegan?
Eating animals is natural and not evil in itself, but the torment of factory farming is a very good reason to go vegan.
The halal food sector largely relies on industrially produced meats and produce. But more and more Muslims are using the Quran to interpret halal to mean food that’s wholesome and humanely raised.
Many people who live near large-scale livestock farms complain about noxious smells, air and water pollution and health risks. With little help from regulators, they are turning to lawsuits.
Canadians are increasingly looking to alternatives to meat to get their protein. Pulses like lentils and chickpeas are becoming more popular. Will insects find a way onto our plates too?
Consumers need to educate themselves on costs of eating beef and start thinking about choosing low-carbon foods instead.
Ethical codes on animal experimentation lay down strict rules about the treatment of lab animals. Animals headed to the slaughter house are not so lucky.
Meat uses a lot of resources - between three and ten times as much as plants for the same amount of protein. The rich world might be slowly losing its taste for meat, but the developing world isn’t.
More than two-thirds of chicken produced in the UK is contaminated with disease-causing bacteria, an investigation by The Guardian has revealed. Although the bug can be killed by proper cooking, it is…
“The optimist”, wrote American fantasy fiction writer James Branch Cabell, “proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.” Reading about the global food…
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Associate Professor, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Sociology and Indigenous Peoples, University of Essex
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University Senior Lecturer and Fellow of Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge
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Professor in Animal Microbial Ecosystems, Bristol Veterinary School, University of Bristol
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Deputy Director Of The Centre For Professional Ethics, University of Central Lancashire
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Assistant Professor of Applied Environmental Health , University of Maryland
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Associate Professor, Food Economics, University of Guelph
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Professor of History, University of Vermont
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