Food and Animal Welfare

Drawing together the latest research and a range of case studies Henry Buller and Emma Roe guide readers on a fascinating journey through animal welfare issues 'from farm to fork'. Animal welfare offers a vital lens through which to explore the economies culture and politics of food. This is the first text to provide a much-needed overview of this strongly debated area of the food industry.<br/><br/>Buller and Roe explore how animal welfare is defined advocated assessed and implemented by farmers veterinarians distributors and consumers. From the practicalities and limitations of establishing a basic standard of care for livestock to the ethics of selling welfare as a product in the supermarket this indispensable book offers empirical insights into a key aspect of the global food system: the lives deaths and consumption of animals which are at the core of the food chain. It is a must-read for students and scholars of animal welfare agro-food studies and human-animal relations in disciplines such as geography politics anthropology and sociology as well as animal behaviour psychology and veterinary science.