Meat consumption research – Part 8 Ethical considerations

In this part of the research I look at the fundamental ethics of meat-eating, ethics and animal welfare within current livestock production, and whether it plays a part in wider ethical issues.

Meat consumption research – Introduction/Aim

High and rising global meat consumption threatens the sustainability of our food system as ever more resources are devoted to livestock farming while much of the world remains hungry. In a series of 9 parts I look at the history and culture of meat in human diets, the way we produce meat, it’s role in human health, ethical issues and solutions to restore sustainability.

Food Ethics Magazine – The Food Crisis

The current issue of the magazine of the Food Ethics Council covers the issues behind and caused by the recent food commodity price rises (that I also wrote about here). Here are some contributions that stood out for me… Alex Evans of the Center on International Cooperation, New York University presents some detailed analysis of [...]

Food Ethics Magazine – Water

The spring edition of the Food Ethics Council‘s magazine deals with the subject of water. The magazine is available as a subscription from their website. Many of the advances in food production quantities seen in the last 50 years have been facilitated with the use of irrigation, for example enabling agriculture in regions that would [...]