Is âmore efficientâ food production a threat to animal welfare?
Ahead of the upcoming Biodiversity Institute Conference, Marian Stamp Dawkins, Professor of Animal Behaviour at the University of Oxford, highlights the pioneering work of two women who spoke out about the negative effects on animals of greater efficiency in food production. âGreater efficiencyâ may for some people be an obvious goal for producing sustainable food…
Is local food environmentally costly?
Many consumers feel that they should be buying âlocal foodâ to help combat climate change â but could âlocal foodâ actually result in more carbon emissions than food distributed through conventional supply chains? David Oglethorpe raises this possibility along with some other surprising ideas in a paper in CAB Reviews. Oglethorpe, of the Newcastle…