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Where's welfare? Redesigning our food for the future
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.j302
Subject(s) - stewardship (theology) , welfare , animal welfare , environmental stewardship , business , population , social welfare , session (web analytics) , economic justice , political science , public economics , economic growth , environmental resource management , economics , environmental health , biology , medicine , ecology , law , politics , advertising
While there is a need to feed a growing global population, this must be done in a way that is compatible with achieving climate change objectives and promoting social justice and environmental stewardship, while also accounting for the interests of animals farmed for food. A session at the BVA Congress during the London Vet Show in November asked where animal welfare might lie within future food production systems. Olivia Azouaghe reports