Happier Meals: Rethinking the Global Meat Industry - Worldwatch Institute

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September 29, 2005

 

TOWARDS HAPPIER MEALS IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD

 

Addressing the Effects of Factory Farming on the Environment, Human

Health, and Communities

 

Washington, D.C. — Since the latest outbreak of avian flu began in

southeast Asia in 2003, public health officials, farmers,

veterinarians, government officials, and the media have referred to

the threat as a " natural " disaster. However, avian flu, mad cow

disease, and other emerging diseases that can jump from animals to

humans are symptoms of a larger change taking place in agriculture:

the spread of factory farming.

 

In the latest release from the Worldwatch Institute, Happier Meals:

Rethinking the Global Meat Industry, Research Associate Danielle

Nierenberg describes how factory farms are breaking the cycle

between small farmers, their animals, and the environment, with

collateral damage to human health and local communities. Mitigating

the fallout will require a new approach to the way animals are

raised, concludes Nierenberg.

 

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