ABSTRACT

Originally published in 1999. The theme running through this collection of essays is that food quality and human health, the welfare of animals and the methods of farming, and the quality of the environment, go hand-in-hand. This theme continues along the lines that the present system is harmful to them all and to our ability to generate enough good food for the whole world. The contributors to the volume offer alternatives - for more humane and moderate methods of farming which produce enough nourishing food without damaging the environment it depends on.

part I|22 pages

Conflicting Visions

chapter 1|12 pages

The Absurdity of Modern Agriculture

From Chemical Fertilizers and Agropoisons to Biotechnology

chapter 2|8 pages

Intensive Farming and Biotechnology

Saving People and Wildlife in the 21st Century

part II|36 pages

Whose Path to Follow?

chapter 4|12 pages

Future Agriculture

Giant or Gentle?

chapter 5|4 pages

Barons of the New Millennium

part III|42 pages

Animal Welfare

chapter 6|4 pages

Why I Do Not Eat Meat

chapter 7|8 pages

An Agenda for Reform

Farm Animal Welfare in the European Union

part IV|36 pages

Human Well-being

chapter 11|17 pages

Feeding the World a Healthy Diet

chapter 12|17 pages

Towards a Sustainable Food Policy

part V|48 pages

Farming Threats and Opportunities

chapter 16|16 pages

Beyond the Killing Fields

Working Towards a Vegetarian Future

part VI|54 pages

Trade, Welfare and Values

chapter 18|16 pages

Penalizing the Poor

GATT, WTO and the Developing World

chapter 19|7 pages

Sustainable Agriculture’s Friend and Foe

The WTO

chapter 20|7 pages

Multilateral Investment

An Agreement Too Far

chapter 21|7 pages

Human Values and World Trade

chapter |4 pages

Conclusion

Where Do We Go From Here?

chapter |2 pages

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