
Szaleństwo nadprodukcji. Model industrialny produkcji żywności – krytyka i alternatywa
Author(s) -
Wojciech Wierzejski
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
civitas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2720-0353
pISSN - 1428-2631
DOI - 10.35757/civ.2014.16.03
Subject(s) - production (economics) , agriculture , business , animal production , agricultural science , agribusiness , animal health , agricultural economics , supply chain , economics , marketing , geography , biology , zoology , microeconomics , archaeology
This article presents the system of industrial food animal production (IFAP) in the USA. There is a trend in animal agriculture to conduct fewer financial operations and to have more animals raised on each farm and fewer corporations controlling most aspects of the supply chain – from breeding through feed production to slaughter and the marketing of meat, milk and eggs. Much of the burden of producing animal products in the industrialized system is externalized in public health and natural environment, and it also generates considerable social costs. The model, however, has been followed in many other countries and continues to be replicated around the world. Is there an alternative?