The future of animal farming : renewing the ancient contract /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Dawkins, Marian Stamp, Bonney, Roland
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub., 2008.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The future of animal farming
  • The ethics of agriculture : the end of true husbandry
  • Why farm animals matter
  • The urgency of change : a view from a campaigning organization
  • Environmental ethics and animal welfare : re-forging a necessary alliance
  • The business of farm animal welfare
  • What is good welfare and how can we achieve it?
  • Animal needs and commercial needs
  • Hard work and sustained effort required to improve livestock
  • Bringing about change : a retailer's view
  • Animal welfare as a business priority
  • Providing assurance on welfare
  • The role of assurance schemes and public pressure
  • Improving the welfare of cattle : practical experience in Brazil
  • Organic farming and animal welfare
  • Enlightened agriculture and the new agrarianism