ABSTRACT
This book makes the case for an urgent move away from industrial agriculture towards regenerative farming and the promotion of plant-based diets.
How we produce, distribute and consume food are critical issues for the health and well-being of humans, animals and the environment. In order to develop a sustainable food system, this book argues for a radical change in farming and food consumption. Containing contributions from world renowned experts, this book promotes regenerative farming as the means to preserve planetary health, establish sustainable, healthy and secure diets and safeguard the welfare of animals. Chapters discuss broad ranging issues from climate change and biodiversity conservation to animal sentience and intensive farming, and the role of financial markets and food businesses. The book concludes with chapters discussing the routes in policy and practice to transforming the food system and achieving real-world change.
This book is a must read for students, scholars and policymakers interested in establishing sustainable farming and food systems, for human health, animal welfare and environmental protection.
The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution‑Non Commercial‑No Derivatives (CC‑BY‑NC‑ND) 4.0 license.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|40 pages
The urgency of food systems change
chapter 1|8 pages
Why our children's future depends on a Global Agreement on food, climate and animal welfare
part 2|24 pages
Planetary health
chapter 6|5 pages
The global food system can and must be transformed to respect planetary boundaries
chapter 7|17 pages
Regenerative management of agroecosystem soils to minimise extinction risks and for climate and food security
part 3|38 pages
Human health and sustainable diets
part 4|24 pages
Animal health and welfare
chapter 12|9 pages
One biology, sustainable and regenerative farming
part 5|54 pages
Regenerative farming and agroecology: The future of farming
chapter 18|7 pages
How agroecology is mitigating the worst effects of climate change in Tanzania
part 6|93 pages
Routes to food systems transformation
part |28 pages
Changing the financial architecture
part |28 pages
Changing food business
part |35 pages
Changing minds to change policies
