Factory Farming
Author:   Christina Johnson ,  Andrew Johnson
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN:  

9780631178439


Pages:   284
Publication Date:   04 July 1991
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained


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""Factory Farming"" is a comprehensive survey of the implications of modern livestock farming for food quality and safety, for the animals themselves and the environment as a whole. As well as covering the more familiar issues of battery egg production and the use of hormone growth promoters, the author discusses the rapid rise of fish farming, the capabilities of genetic engineering and the hidden environmental costs of high-tech livestock production systems. Illustrated throughout, ""Factory Farming"" is a compelling examination of modern farming techniques and the disastrous consequences their continued use might have.

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Author:   Christina Johnson ,  Andrew Johnson
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Blackwell Publishers
Dimensions:   Width: 16.60cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.80cm
Weight:   0.580kg
ISBN:  

9780631178439


ISBN 10:   0631178430
Pages:   284
Publication Date:   04 July 1991
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Unknown
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

Table of Contents

Part 1 Man the controller: the agricultural enterprise; from farm to factory; taming and ownership. Part 2 Practical choices: the choice of diet; free range or factory?; in sickness and in health. Part 3 Moral choices: why care about animals?; the assessment of animal welfare; welfare in modern farming. Part 4 The environmental angle: livestock in the countryside; fishfarming and the environment; farming for a healthy planet. Part 5 Do we get what we want?: politics and profits; serving the consumer. Part 6 Prospects for reform: battle joined; the international scene; little by little.

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Andrew Johnson after taking degress at Cambridge and Oxford, moved to the Scottish island of Harris, where he and his wife have spent most of the past 15 years rebuilding and running a country house hotel and restaurant. His interests include philosophy, conservation and sailing small boats.

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