Compassion, by the Pound: The Economics of Farm Animal Welfare

by F. Bailey Norwood and Jayson Lusk

For much of human history, most of the population lived and worked on farms but today, information about livestock is more likely to come from children's books than hands-on experience. When romanticized notions of an agrarian lifestyle meet with the realities of the modern industrial farm, the result is often a plea for a return to antiquated production methods. The result is a brewing controversy between animal activist groups, farmers, and consumers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199551162
• ISBN13: 9780199551163
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.2"