Description
Drawing together the latest research and a range of case studies, Henry Buller and Emma Roe guide readers on a fascinating journey through animal welfare issues ‘from farm to fork’. Food and Animal Welfare offers a vital lens through which to explore the economies, culture and politics of food. This is the first text to provide a much-needed overview of this strongly debated area of the food industry. Buller and Roe explore how animal welfare is defined, advocated, assessed and implemented by farmers, veterinarians, distributors, and consumers. From the practicalities and limitations of establishing a basic standard of care for livestock, to the ethics of selling welfare as a product in the supermarket, this indispensable ebook offers empirical insights into a key aspect of the global food system: the lives, deaths, and consumption of animals which are at the core of the food chain. This is a must-read for students and scholars of animal welfare, agro-food studies and human-animal relations in disciplines such as geography, politics, anthropology, and sociology as well as animal behaviour, psychology and veterinary science. 232 p.
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- Henry Buller. Professor of Human Geography. Currently undertaking research in the antimicrobial resistance and, in diagnostic procedures in livestock farming systems with research projects in the UK, Tanzania and Thailand. University of Exeter, Devonshire (UK).
- Emma Roe. BSc, PhD, Associate Professor in Human Geography. And works closely with animal welfare expertise in the animal science and food industry community. University of Southampton (UK).
- Publication date (digital version): 2018-05 – Bloomsbury Editions.
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