Food and Animal Welfare - Softcover

Henry Buller; Emma Roe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 085785707X ISBN 13: 9780857857071

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2018

Synopsis

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 much debated area of the food industry. 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. They explore how animal welfare is defined, fought for, and implemented by farmers, 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 book 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. A must-read for students and scholars of animal welfare in subjects such as food studies, geography, and sociology.

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About the Author

Henry Buller, BA, PhD is Professor of Geography at the University of Exeter. He is Editor of the international rural social science journal Sociologia Ruralis, recent Chair of the IBG/RGS Rural Geography Study Group (2003-2007) and is a member of the Executive Committee of the European Society for Rural Sociology. Henry Buller sits as an appointed member on the Farm Animal Welfare Council of Great Britain and is Chair of the Welfare at Slaughter Committee. Author and editor of over well over 100 books, articles and reports on rural development, EU agricultural, environmental and rural policy, food policy, animals and animal welfare, he has been a key member of the EU funded WelfareQuality® research project (2005-2010). Other recent and current research includes 'Eating Biodiversity' (2005-2007) funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council, which looked at the relationship between food quality, biodiversity and animal grazing management and Understanding Human Behaviour through Human/Animal Interaction (2009-2010), funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and looking at the influence of human/animal interactions of human behaviour.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 085785707X
• ISBN 13: 9780857857071
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240