Animal Husbandry Regained: The Place of Farm Animals in Sustainable Agriculture

by John Webster

Book Overview

The farming of animals for meat and milk confronts a stark dilemma. While world demand from a growing and more affluent human population is increasing rapidly, there are strong counter-arguments that we should eat less meat and pay more attention to environmental protection, animal welfare and human health and well-being.

The aim of this book is to identify and explain the causes and contributors to current problems in animal husbandry,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849714207
• ISBN13: 9781849714204
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"