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Dairy Farming in the 21st Century - Global Ethics, Environment and Politics (Hardcover)
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Dairy Farming in the 21st Century - Global Ethics, Environment and Politics (Hardcover)
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How do we achieve food security for a global population now over 7
billion people and trending towards 10 billion by 2050? This study
of the global dairy industry examines how to balance our needs with
those of animals and the environment. It scrutinises ruminant
bovines' worrying exhaling of methane, a greenhouse gas which,
fortunately, evidence shows can be reduced by adding seaweed to
cattle feed. Are the multi-thousand-cow mega-dairies of the USA
appropriate models for Africa and Asia's high-growth dairy regions,
where so many women are smallholders? Is it ethical to keep cows in
confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs), eating unnatural
high-energy/low fibre diets when they prefer grazing pasture? Other
issues include hormones for oestrus stimulation, and GMOs for milk
yield, stressing cows' immune systems and drastically shortening
longevity. This book offers multifaceted discussion of the central
and ancillary issues relevant to dairying, and consumption of
plant- and laboratory-based foods in the 21st century. No book to
date offers such a comprehensive overview, linking ethics,
environment, health and policy-making with in-depth coverage of the
major dairy farming regions of the world.
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