Resources: Food Policy and Equity

Categories

• For Educators
• India
• Ethiopia
• Brazil
• China
• Factory Farming: Public Health
• Factory Farming: Poverty and Food Security
• Factory Farming: Animal Welfare
• Factory Farming: Organizations and Campaigns
• Factory Farming: Environment
• Factory Farming: Globalization
• Factory Farming: Social Justice

For Educators

Lesson plan and curriculum resources for educators

• 2011-07-07: Eating for the Green Apple - A project by New York University students that recommends policy changes and a public education campaign through which the New York City mayor's office could encourage consumption of fewer animal-based foods to reduce the city's greenhouse gas emissions
• 2011-07-06: California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom - Lesson plans, handouts, demonstrations, and informational resources attempting to reconnect children with the natural resources that clothe and feed them (with a particular focus on California).
• 2011-07-06: The Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems - Course outline for potential upperclass high-school or college-level course exploring sustainability and agriculture
• 2011-07-06: The Center for Ecoliteracy - Philosophical groundings, strategies, and instructional tools for educators to promote sustainability in their classrooms.
• 2011-07-06: Cornell University - Research, literature, data sources, policy information, grant/funding sources, digital repositories, training programs, and classroom materials on food systems
• 2011-07-06: Facing the Future - Professional development, service learning, and curriculum resources (both free and pay-per-download) linking the local to global on issues such as poverty, population, consumption, peace/conflict, and environment
• 2011-07-06: FAO Food Security and Climate Change “Challenge Badge” - Interactive curriculum focusing on food and climate and how their intersection affects the world, with activities for ages 5-20.
• 2011-07-06: Food For Life Partnership - Teaching resources, program guidance, case studies, and films aimed at transforming the food culture (with specific focus on the UK).
• 2011-07-06: The Food Project - Classroom activities to understand the economic side of our food system
• 2011-07-06: Nourish - Interdisciplinary curricula for middle-school aged students aimed at engaging students in a meaningful conversation about food and sustainability.
• 2011-07-06: Oxfam Educational Resources - Lesson plans, assemblies, case-studies, and whiteboard resources for all ages on topics such as climate change, the global food crisis, and human rights.
• 2011-07-06: Project Food, Land, and People - Lesson plans (many now available in Spanish) for Pre-K through 12th grade focusing on helping school aged children better understand the interrelationships among agriculture, the environment, and people of the world.
• 2011-07-06: The Sierra Club - Benefits of teaching about food systems as well as an activity for students to create their own sustainable food system
• 2011-07-06: Stuffed - Three detailed lessons plans helping high-school students explore three main questions: Is the price of food too cheap? Does climate change mean we need to change what we eat? Can we feed ourselves in a world without oil?
• 2011-07-06: Sustainable Table and The Meatrix - An interactive online 3D experience for students to explore the implications of a factory farm driven food system
• 2011-07-06: Teach Kind - PETA's humane-education division providing free curricular resources for educators
• 2011-07-06: The Times Educational Supplement - Teaching resources focusing on climate change and food compiled by TES and their network of teaching professionals.
• 2011-07-06: USDA Agriculture in the Classroom - The USDA resource for teachers to improve agricultural literacy among American schoolchildren. Includes state programs, lessons plans, and student center.
• 2011-07-06: World Food Programme Classroom Activities - Interdisciplinary classroom activities for primary school children developed by educators with geographic and topical focuses.

Brazil

• 2011-08-01: "Agricultural Economy and Policy Report: Brazil," - Political and economic trends as related to Brazilian agriculture.
• 2011-08-01: "Brazilian Agricultural Production and Exports: Selected Data," Congressional Research Service Report - Brazil's position in global agriculture and statistics on its commodity production and exports.
• 2011-08-01: "Brazilian Inventory of Anthropogenic Emissions by Sources and Removals by Sinks of Greenhouse Gases Not Controlled by the Montreal Protocol," Brazil's Initial National Communication - Brazilian greenhouse gas emissions and removals by sector.
• 2011-08-01: "The Dairy Sector of Brazil: A Country Study," Babcock Institute - Explores the role of agriculture in Brazil, Brazilian agricultural and trade policies, and an overview and predicted future of the dairy sector.
• 2011-08-01: "Deforestation in the Amazon," MongaBay - Commercial agriculture, causes of rainforest destruction, and indigenous issues in Brazil.
• 2011-08-01: The Nature Conservancy- Brazil - Conservation efforts of the Nature Conservancy in Brazil.
• 2011-08-01: Task Force: Sustainable Soy - Brazilian, Argentinian, and American soy exports compared to those of other nations from 1999-2008.
• 2011-07-19: Alianca de Terra - Brazilian environmental protection organization.
• 2011-07-19: "Amazon Cattle Footprint," Greenpeace International - Circumstances and consequences of cattle farming and deforestation in Brazil, and what the government can do to help alleviate problems.
• 2011-07-19: "Amazon Rainforest 'Could Become a Desert'," The Independent - Signs and consequences of rapid desertification in the Amazon rainforest.
• 2011-07-19: "Brazilian Economic Indicators 2000," EarthTrends World Data - Brazilian economic profile as of 2000.
• 2011-07-19: "Brazilian Greenhouse Gas Emissions: The Importance of Agriculture and Livestock," Scientia Agricola - Data for greenhouse gas emissions and Brazil and contributing sectors, published in 2009.
• 2011-07-19: "Brazil's Beef Sector Looking Strong," Business Monitor Online - Brazilian beef production is expected to significantly increase throughout the coming years.
• 2011-07-19: "Can cattle ranchers and soy farmers save the Amazon?" MongaBay - Explores how Amazon rainforest conservation efforts might be most successful through the cooperation of the cattle industry and market itself.
• 2011-07-19: "Does Growing Soy Destroy the Amazon Rainforest?" Environmental Research Web - How soybean production may be contributing to Amazon rainforest destruction.
• 2011-07-19: "The Importance of Being Cerrado: Brazil's Other Huge, Endangered Ecosystem," The Huffington Post - The importance of the Cerrado region of Brazil and conservation efforts there.
• 2011-07-19: "Preliminary Results on Methane Emission by Nellore Cattle in Brazil," China Coal Information Institute - Methane emissions by the Nelore breed of cattle in Brazil in winter and spring grazing seasons.
• 2011-07-19: ProAnima - A Brazilian federal-level animal protection organization
• 2011-07-19: "Slaughtering the Amazon," Greenpeace International - Focuses on the cattle sector as a main player in the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest and government involvement with the issue.
• 2009-10-05: "Agribusiness Driving Land Concentration," Inter Press Service Agency - An article about land concentration as a result of the growth of agribusiness in Brazil.
• 2009-09-14: "Emissions from Cerrado Destruction in Brazil Equal to Emissions from Amazon Deforestation," MongaBay
• 2009-01-27: "Impacts of Expansion of Sugarcane Monocropping for Ethanol Production," Land Research Action Network - Analysis of land re-purposing in the Amazon and Cerrado for biofuels.
• 2008-01-14: "The Cattle Realm: A New Phase in the Livestock Colonization of Brazilian Amazonia," Amigos de Terra - Examining the impacts of cattle ranching in Brazil. (English Summary)
• 2008-01-14: "O Reino Do Gado: Uma Nova Fase Na Pecuarizacao da Amazonia Brasileira," Amigos de Terra - Examines the impacts of cattle ranching in Brazil. (Portuguese Document)
• 2008-01-01: "Can They Stay Out of Harm's Way?," New York Times - Conflict between cattle ranching and jaguars in the Pantanal region of Brazil.
• 2007-12-02: "World Meat Up 1% in 2007; Brazil Main Beef Exporter," Merco Press
• 2007-04-05: "China's Appetite for Meat Feeds a Brazilian Soybean Boom," New York Times - How Brazilian soybeans are feeding growing livestock populations in China.
• 2006-12-01: "Globalization of the Amazon Soy and Beef Industries: Opportunities for Conservation," Conservation Biology
• 2006-11-01: "Brazil's Booming Agriculture Faces Obstacles," Amber Waves
• 2006-05-18: "KFC Frying the Amazon As Violence Erupts," Greenpeace International - A report on the scuffle at a Brazilian port between Cargill employees and Greenpeace activists.
• 2006-04-01: "Eating Up the Amazon," Greenpeace International - This report examines the soy crisis through the example of two key global players: Cargill and McDonald’s.
• 2004-06-03: "'Meat' Brazil, International Trade Report," USDA
• 2004-06-01: "Brazilian Meat Production," ThePigSite

China

• 2011-08-01: Asia Society: China Green - Educational videos and descriptions of the projects undertaken by China Green, an organization that is a division of the Asia Society.
• 2011-08-01: International Workshop on Sustainable Food and Agriculture - Describes the Action 2030 Institute's workshop event in Beijing, China, in 2010.
• 2011-08-01: Pig Penning in China - This website contains updated links to recent news concerning the Chinese pork industry.
• 2011-08-01: "Vegetarian and Low-carbon Diets Emerging in China?" Livable Future - The vegetarian restaurant scene in modern China.
• 2009-03-03: "Bird Flu, Rural Downturn Ravage China Poultry Numbers," Reuters - Article on effects of bird flu on China's poultry stocks.
• 2009-02-25: "Worst Drought in Half Century Shrivels the Wheat Belt of China," New York Times - Northern China droughts coupled with depleted aquifers hurts crops harvests and local population.
• 2009-01-22: "Industrialization of China Increases Fragility of Global Food Supply," ScienceDaily - Global food supply vulnerable due to China industrialization.
• 2008-08-27: "Proposal for Sustainable Production," ThePoultrySite - In China, a draft proposal has been approved for promoting sustainable animal production.
• 2008-08-22: "Goldman Sachs Buys Chinese Poultry Farms," ThePoultrySite - Goldman Sachs invests $300 million in ten poultry farms in China leading to increased corporate ownership of world food sources.
• 2008-08-19: Skillful Means: The Challenges of China’s Encounter with Factory Farming—Brighter Green - Brighter Green’s new report explores the emerging superpower’s “livestock revolution,” which is having serious impacts on public health, food security, and equity in China—and the world.
• 2008-07-20: "China Looks Abroad to Grow Its Own Food," Telegraph
• 2008-07-08: "One in Four Chinese 'Overweight'," BBC - Chinese government encouraged to confront growing public health concerns.
• 2008-07-01: "China Pork Producer Invests in Smithfield Foods," Forbes
• 2008-06-27: "China's Illicit Farm Practices Threat to Health, Top Vet Says," Bloomberg - Health of millions at risk due to illicit practices by some farmers in livestock and fishing industries.
• 2008-06-20: "Govt Targets Land Pollution to Ensure Food Security," China Daily
• 2008-06: "Who Will China Feed?" Amber Waves - Increasing competition for China’s limited land and water resulting from industrial and urban growth is changing consumption patterns and will play an important role in China’s future agricultural trade.
• 2008-05-30: "More Wealth, More Meat. How China's Rise Spells Trouble," Guardian - Trend toward increasing meat consumption in China affecting global food prices, challenges land and resource usage.
• 2008-05-08: "KFC Banks on China amid US Slowdown," China Daily - Expansion of KFC brand in China.
• 2008-04-23: "China Earmarks U.S. $5 Billion for Food Production on Continent," allAfrica.com
• 2008-04-21: "China's Growing Thirst for Milk Hits Global Market," NPR
• 2008-04-08: "Porcine Playtime Proves Propitious," China Daily - Pilot project to promote animal welfare in China.
• 2008-04: "How to Feed China: A Tale of Two Paradigms," Third World Resurgence - Dale Jiajun Wen discusses the influence of the grain and soybean trade on China's economy.
• 2007-12-04: "Riots and Hunger Feared As Demand for Grain Sends Food Costs Soaring," Guardian
• 2007-10: "The Chinese Dust Bowl," The Walrus magazine - Combating desertification in China.
• 2007-09-03: "The Environmental Benefits of Vegetarianism," chinadialogue - Benefits of vegetarianism on Chinese environment.
• 2007-08-16: "Virus Spreading Alarm and Pig Disease in China," New York Times
• 2007-06-14: "The Truth About Dead Chickens," chinadialogue - The risks and possibilities of sick chickens entering the food chain.
• 2007-05-07: "China vs. Earth," The Nation - Chinese leaders asked to confront climate change.
• 2007-04-05: "China's Appetite for Meat Feeds a Brazilian Soybean Boom," New York Times - How Brazilian soybeans are feeding growing livestock populations in China.
• 2007-03-03: "Animal Waste a Heavy Burden for Environment," China Daily - Domestic animal and poultry waste major source of environmental pollution due to increased animal husbandry in China.
• 2007-02-28: "Environmental Health and China's Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs)," Wilson Center
• 2007: "Environmental and Food Safety Concerns of China's Aquaculture and Animal Husbandry," Wilson Center
• 2006-12-12: "China Needs a New Type of Livestock Revolution," World Watch magazine
• 2006-09-14: "Chicken Factory Workers No Better than 'Battery' Hens," Daily Mail - Documents inside the Jilin Deda factory in China, one of the world's largest poultry-processing plants.
• 2006-08-30: "The Ethics of Eating," chinadialogue - Peter Singer's article on the transition of traditional Chinese farming methods toward the cruel, unhealthy and ecologically damaging practices of western-style meat production.
• 2006-08-16: "China Warned over Rising Obesity," BBC
• 2005-12-03: "China's Rapidly Growing Meat Demand: A Domestic or an International Challenge?," Center for World Food Studies
• 2004-11-01: "Roar of the Dragon: The Asian Upside for U.S. Agriculture Commentary on the Rural Economy," AgDM - An article exploring India's and China's market for U.S. agriculture products.

Ethiopia

• 2011-08-09: "Africa: Ecological Footprint and Economic Well-Being," World Wildlife Fund - Ecological development, urbanization, biodiversity, resource management, and other environmental and social issues in Africa.
• 2011-08-09: "African Water Journal," UN Water-Africa - Water resource management issues in urban and rural areas around Africa.
• 2011-08-09: "Agriculture and Food-Ethiopia," Earth Trends Country Profiles - Statistics on agricultural yield, land, inputs, and food security in Ethiopia.
• 2011-08-09: Aquastat: Ethiopia - Overview on Ethiopian geography, economy, food security, and development.
• 2011-08-09: "Dairy Production Sector in Ethiopia," FAO Corporate Document Repository - Overview on the dairy production system in Ethiopia and constraints to dairy development.
• 2011-08-09: "Ethiopia," U.S. Department of State - Basic country profile of Ethiopia, including geography, people, government, and economy.
• 2011-08-09: "Ethiopia: Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sources," Ethiopian Energy Authority - Greenhouse gas emissions from various sectors of the Ethiopian economy.
• 2011-08-09: "Ethiopia: Poultry Sector Country Review," FAO Animal Production and Health Division - Information and analysis on poultry production systems, animal health, markets, and policies.
• 2011-08-09: "Ethiopia: Trends in Growth of Modern Retail and Wholesale Chains in Related Agribusinesses," Regoverning Markets - Ethiopian agribusiness relations between producers and consumers as well as small-scale producers and large-scale producers.
• 2011-08-09: 'Ethiopian Desertification," UN Presentation, Beijing 2008 - Moisture regions, causes and effects of desertification, and measures to combat desertification in Ethiopia.
• 2011-08-09: "Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia," UN Environmental Program - Overview of Ethiopian environmental issues and progress towards economic stability.
• 2011-08-09: "The Growing Demand for Livestock," ID21 Insights - Explores how the expansion of international trade in livestock may affect domestic communities and markets.
• 2011-08-09: "The Incidence of Youth Unemployment in Urban Ethiopia," University of Westminster Research - Issues relating to the youth labor market in Ethiopia and connections between national poverty and youth unemployment.
• 2011-08-09: "Investment and Partnership Opportunities in Ethiopia," UK Ethiopian Embassy - Information on Ethiopian investment opportunities and a listing of enterprises in search of strategic partners and state-owned enterprises to be privatized.
• 2011-08-09: "Investment Opportunities," UK Ethiopian Embassy - Information on opportunities for potential investors in Ethiopia including agriculture, infrastructure development, mining, and tourism.
• 2011-08-09: "Measuring Ethiopian Farmers’ Vulnerability to Climate Change Across Regional States," International Food Policy Research Institute - Climate change vulnerability across regions of Ethiopia and consequential policy implications.
• 2011-08-09: Meat Trade News Headlines for Ethiopia
• 2011-08-09: Meat Trade News Headlines for Ethiopia - Compilation of headlines and articles from Meat Trade News Daily involving Ethiopian issues.
• 2011-08-09: "The Political Economy of Pro-Poor Livestock Policy-Making in Ethiopia," FAO Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative - Policy-making context of livestock in Ethiopia and issues related to pro-poor policy making in rural and undeveloped areas.
• 2011-08-09: "Quick Scan of the Livestock and Meat Sector in Ethiopia," Issues and Opportunities - Information on different sectors of the Ethiopian livestock industry, outside implications, and future developments.
• 2011-08-09: "Sowing the Seeds of Famine in Ethiopia," Global Research - Economic linkages to the 2001 famine in Ethiopia.
• 2011-08-09: USAID: Ethiopia - Website for the US Agribusiness and Trade Expansion Program including news on efforts to energize specific industry sectors in Ethiopia.

India

• 2012-08-08: Amul Homepage - Homepage of the Amul dairy company in India.
• 2012-08-08: "Asia Faces Food Shortage By 2050 Without Water Reform", Science Daily - Results of new irrigation study and its implications analyzed.
• 2012-08-08: "Bloodless Coup as Indian Vegetarians Flex Muscle," The Age - Describes push for meatless supermarkets and housing communities in India.
• 2012-08-08: "Exports", Government of India - Government data on Indian meat and dairy exports.
• 2012-08-08: "Game for Poultry", The Indian Express - Details jump in poultry farming in the Indian state of Haryana.
• 2012-08-08: IFFCO Homepage - Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited website home.
• 2012-08-08: India AgriStat- Home - Homepage of website compiling statistical information on Indian agriculture.
• 2012-08-08: India Home; World Bank - Homepage of strategies, news, and information about India from the World Bank.
• 2012-08-08: "India Joins Neocolonial Rush for Africa's Land and Labor," The Telegraph - Trend of Indian farming companies buying thousands of acres of land in Africa.
• 2012-08-08: "India: Animal Welfare and the Poultry Industry," MeatTradeNews Daily - New law in India to discontinue the use of starvation to force egg-laying hens into a moult phase.
• 2012-08-08: "Indian Poultry Sector: Integrating Poor &Small-holders: Opportunities and Challenges," Pradan - Powerpoint presentation on smallholder integration in India.
• 2012-08-08: "The Middle Class in India: Issues and Opportunities," Deutsche Bank - Current state and growth of the Indian middle class.
• 2012-08-08: "Poultry India 2012," Indian Poultry Equipment Manufacturer's Association - Homepage of the IPEMA with convention info and news.
• 2012-08-08: "Prevalence of Overweight, Obesity and Underweight among School Going Children in Rural and Urban areas of Thiruvananthapuram Educational District, Kerala State (India)", ISPUB - Self-describing article on obesity in India.
• 2012-08-08: "The Service Sector as India's Road to Economic Growth?", Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations - Report on status of the skilled-unskilled mix of labor in India and how a shift away from agriculture and into the service/manufacturing sectors will raise living standards.
• 2012-08-08: Venky's Chicken- Videos - Commercial and advertising videos compiled from Venky's Chicken.
• 2012-08-08: "Why is India Vegetarian Friendly?", Indian Weekender - Informal overview of India's cultural and historical connections to vegetarianism.
• 2012-08-08: "Why We Face both Food and Water Crises," AlterNet - Vandana Shiva on corporations' roles in the food and water crises of today.
• 2012-08: Cargill India - Animal Nutrition - Information about animal feed program in India.
• 2012-08: Venky's - Exports - Map and lists showing areas where chicken products are exported (VH Group is the largest exporter of poultry products from India).
• 2012-07-24: "Agrofuels in India, Private Unlimited," GRAIN - Analysis of the effects of increasing biofuel demand on India's poor.
• 2012-07-24: "Asia Grapples with Obesity Epidemic," BMJ - Research detailing the burgeoning health issue of obesity in Asia.
• 2012-07-24: "Future Electricity Supply Options for India," Ground Report India - Summary of India's power sector problems, increasing demand for electricity, and its implications for climate change.
• 2012-07-24: "India's National Agricultural Policy: A Critique," Ramesh Chand - Paper describing broad characteristics, challenges, and trends of Indian agriculture.
• 2012-07-24: "Key to Indian Food Security is Distribution Fix," AlertNet - News article describing what might be wrong with India's food distribution as is.
• 2012-07-24: "Livestock Sector Boosting India's Economy," FoodProcessing360 - Short overview of India's livestock sector statistics and significance.
• 2012-07-24: "Locking horns over cattle and business," India Together - This piece explores whether cattle are commodifiable without loss of traditional farming life in India.
• 2012-06-28: FAO Aquastat: India - Overview on Indian geography, economy, food security, and development.
• 2012-06-28: "Inside the Indian Dairy Industry: A Report on the Abuse of Cows and Buffaloes Exploited for Milk," PETA India - Report on the treatment of cows and buffaloes and India's current standards regarding this.
• 2012-06-28: "Livestock Sector Brief: India," FAO Livestock Information, Sector Analysis, and Policy Branch - Information on Indian human population growth, as well as livestock resources, production, consumption, and trade.
• 2012-06-28: "The New Livestock Policy: A Policy of Ecocide of Indigenous Cattle Breeds and a Policy of Genocide for India's Small Farmers," McSpotlight - Report from 1996 describing India's cultural outlook and its relationship to conservation, sustainable agriculture, biodiversity, and fodder crisis.
• 2012-06-28: PETA India Video: Inside the Dairy Industry - An audiovisual report on the abuse of cows and buffaloes used for milk in India.
• 2012-04-04: "Record Export of Oilmeals 2011-12," Solvent Extractors' Association of India press release - Charts rise in India's oil meal exports from April 2011 to March 2012.
• 2011-08-01: "Climate Change's Challenges to India," OpenIndia - Possible consequences of environmental catastrophe in India coupled with other national changes.
• 2011-08-01: FAO Country Pasture/Forage Resource Profiles: India - India's geography and climate.
• 2011-08-01: Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organizations Research Reports - Links to FIAPO reports on poultry and cattle welfare and the status of animals used for food and fibre in India.
• 2011-08-01: Government of India Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying, and Fisheries - Official Department of Animal Husbandry Dairying & Fisheries page from the Government of India, containing recent news updates and general information.
• 2011-08-01: Government of India: Agriculture - Official Government of India agriculture website with sector information.
• 2011-08-01: "The Great Land Grab: India's War on Farmers," Al Jazeera - Explores how the Indian government may be forcibly taking farmers' land and redistributing it to private developers.
• 2011-08-01: "Inaugural Speech by the President of India," The Vegetarian - 1957 speech by a former President of India concerning issues surrounding vegetarianism.
• 2011-08-01: India Agricultural Statistics - Links to a comprehensive list of statistic compilations concerning agriculture in India.
• 2011-08-01: "India and China: Divergent Markets for US Agricultural Exports," USDA Foreign Agricultural Service - Agricultural trade relations between India, China, and the United States.
• 2011-08-01: "India at a Glance," World Bank - Graphs and statistics on India's development and economy.
• 2011-08-01: "India: Animal Welfare and the Poultry Industry," Meat Trade Daily - Poultry inspection and welfare updates in India as of April 2011.
• 2011-08-01: "India: Dairy and Products Annual 2010," Global Agricultural Information Network, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service - Assessments of trade and commodity issues in India's dairy sector.
• 2011-08-01: "India: Greenhouse Gas Emissions 2007," Indian Network for Climate Change Assessment - Comprehensive overview of the sectors contributing to India's greenhouse gas emissions and future perspective.
• 2011-08-01: "Indian Agriculture: Managing Growth with Equity," Choices Magazine - Food security, management, and diversification challenges in India.
• 2011-08-01: "Indian Meat Industry Perspective," Hind Agro Industries Limited - Components, opportunities, and challenges for the Indian buffalo meat industry.
• 2011-08-01: "Indian Poultry Industry: Challenges and Opportunities," RaboBank - Production and development, industry structure, and market dynamics of the Indian poultry sector.
• 2011-08-01: "India's Food Industry on the Path of High Growth," Indo-Asian News Service - Circumstances surrounding the growth of the food industry in India.
• 2011-08-01: "India's Poultry Sector: Development and Prospects," USDA Economic Research Service - Key findings based on India's poultry market development relating to poultry meat demand, factors limiting distribution, and vertical integration.
• 2011-08-01: "The Meat Business: Devouring a Hungry Planet," by Geoff Tansey and Joyce D'Silva - Excerpts from the aforementioned book, page 92: "Factory Farming and the Meat Industry in India."
• 2011-08-01: National Meat and Poultry Processing Board: Exports - Brief overview and some statistics on Indian meat and poultry exports.
• 2011-08-01: "National Policy for Farmers: 2007," Government of India - Policy goals, asset reforms to aid farmers, and support service goals in India as of 2007.
• 2011-08-01: People for Animals: India - Animal welfare issues and discussion in India.
• 2011-08-01: PETA India Video: Glass Walls - PETA India's video compilation about animal welfare violations in Indian slaughterhouses and within the meat industry today.
• 2011-08-01: Poultry Federation of India - Poultry Federation of India homepage with organization information.
• 2011-08-01: "Poultry Industry in India," FAO Agriculture and Consumer Protection - Poultry industry development and resulting animal welfare issues in India.
• 2011-05: The Impact of Animal Agriculture on the Environment and Climate Change in India: A Focus on Methane
• 2010-10-21: "Cimate Change Threatens Emerging Superpowers, Warns Report," Guardian - 2010 Guardian Environmental Network explores different nations' possible vulnerabilities to climate change.
• 2010-10-04: "Iffco, NZ's Fonterra to Set Up Dairy Here," Economic Times - Plans to build India's first mega-dairy.
• 2010-03-26: "Yum Opens 1st Taco Bell in India," Nation's Restaurant News magazine - Yum Restaurants International opens first Taco Bell store in Bangalore with plans to add many more across the country.
• 2009-04-11: "Cows with Gas: India's Global Warming Problem," TIME - News article with information on the status, growth, and conditions of Indian cattle.
• 2009-03-12: "Made for India: Succeeding in a Market Where One Size Won't Fit All," Knowledge at Wharton - Article discussing how multinational corporations are increasingly taking Indian interests into considering as the market grows.
• 2009: "India: State of Environment Report 2009," Government of India Ministry of Environment and Forests - Environmental trends, issues, and policy options in India from 2009.
• 2009: "Indian Agriculture: Managing Growth with Equity," Choices Magazine - News article exploring the issues surrounding Indian food security, including diversification, policy changes, and food grain management.
• 2008-05-11: "World's Giants to Alter Food Equation," Chicago Tribune
• 2008-03-27: "The Business of Murder: Factory Farming and the Meat Industry in India," The Island Online
• 2008-03-10: "Fresh Bird Flu Outbreak in India," BBC
• 2008-01-28: "India Bird Flu Disease Alarming," BBC
• 2008-01-24: "Appalling Poultry Farms Exposed," BBC
• 2005-10: "Investigative Report on the Transport and Slaughter for Animals Used for Meat and Leather in Tamil Nadu, India," PETA India - Case studies of different slaughterhouse facilities near the Tamil Nadu area in India.
• 2004-11-01: "Roar of the Dragon: The Asian Upside for U.S. Agriculture Commentary on the Rural Economy," AgDM - An article exploring India's and China's market for U.S. agriculture products.
• 2004-02: "The Elephant Is Jogging: New Pressures for Agricultural Reform in India," AmberWaves magazine - Economic growth and trade liberalization in India as related to agricultural growth.

Factory Farming: Animal Welfare

• 2011-08-08: "Farm Animal Welfare," The Humane Society - Links to various reports on animal agribusiness and its impacts on farm animal welfare.
• 2007-07-25: "Bringing Moos and Oinks into the Food Debate," New York Times
• 2007-03-21: "Egg Industry Comes Under Fire Again," Joplin Independent
• 2007-03-14: "Pig Out," New York Times
• 2007-03: "Mad Science: Cloned Milk and Meat on the Fast Track," Satya
• 2006-11: "Thanksgiving: Who's Behind the Meal," Satya - Entire issue dedicated to examining the turkey industry.
• 2006-10: "Milking Us Gently?," Satya - Second Volume dedicated to exploring 'humane' animal products.
• 2006-09: "Killing Us Softly," Satya - First Volume of the 'humane' meat debate.
• 2006-02: "The Chicken Issue," Satya - Comprehensive look at egg and chicken meat industries.
• 2002-11-10: "An Animal's Place," New York Times - Michael Pollan examines animals in agriculture.

Factory Farming: Environment

• 2011-08-08: "CO2 Emissions from Fuel Combustion: Highlights," International Energy Agency - Various statistics on CO2 emissions per sector, population, GDP, etc.
• 2011-08-08: "Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Country," Carbon Planet - List of greenhouse gas emissions by country according to the International Energy Agency.
• 2011-08-08: "Scientists Warn of Livestock Greenhouse Gas Boom," Environmental Expert - Explores how soaring international growth in the livestock sector may impact the environment by 2050.
• 2011-08-08: "UN Says Eat Less Meat to Curb Global Warming," Guardian - Comments by UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change about lifestyle changes to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including reduction of meat intake.
• 2011-07-07: National Geographic-Embedded Water Information - Infographic on the embedded water in the different types of food we eat
• 2011-07-07: Plate to Planet - A Farm Sanctuary informational page on the environmental impacts of factory farming
• 2010-07-01: "No Growth in Total Global CO2 Emissions in 2009," Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency - Details constant levels of global CO2 emissions amidst economic crisis, due to fast-growing developing countries, such as China and India, despite reductions in developed countries.
• 2010: "Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Consumption and Production: Priority Products and Materials," UNEP - Animal products, both meat and dairy, in general require more resources and cause higher emissions than plant-based alternatives.
• 2008-11-28: "In Maryland, Focus on Poultry Industry Pollution," New York Times
• 2008-04-29: "Putting Meat on the Table, Industrial Farm Animal Production in America," Pew Commission
• 2008-01-31: "Global Farm Animal Production and Global Warming: Impacting and Mitigating Climate Change," Environmental Health Perspectives
• 2008-01-27: "Rethinking the Meat Guzzler," New York Times - Explores the environmental cost of American meat consumption, and questions the spread of this lifestyle in the developing world.
• 2008-01-16: "Lifestyle Changes Can Curb Climate Change," AFP - IPCC chief encourages lifestyle changes like reducing meat consumption to curb climate change.
• 2008-01-07: "Cool Farming: Climate Impacts of Agriculture and Mitigation Potential," Greenpeace International
• 2007-11-29: "The Impact of Animal Agriculture on Global Warming and Climate Change," HSUS
• 2007-09-13: "Limit Meat Eating to Tackle Climate Change," Sydney Morning Herald - Australian publication warns about the linkages between meat consumption and climate change.
• 2007-09-12: "Eating Less Meat May Slow Climate Change," Washington Post - In a series on energy and health, the medical journal The Lancet calls for a reduction of meat consumption by 10 percent.
• 2007-09-12: "Manure Matters," Farmed Animal Watch - Explores debate over CAFO manure regulations.
• 2007-08-29: "Trying to Connect the Dinner Plate to Climate Change," New York Times
• 2007-05-14: "Deforestation: The Hidden Cause of Global Warming," Common Dreams
• 2007-04-29: "The Heat Is On for Greenhouse Gas Methane," Reuters
• 2007-04-01: "Tides of Extinction," Satya - The April/May issue explores the major threats facing our oceans and activists working to save them.
• 2007-02-07: "Meet Daisy the Cow: Global Climate’s Enemy Number One," BBC
• 2007-02-01: "Put to the Test, Vegan is Best," Satya - Interview with Gidon Eshel.
• 2006-11-03: "Impacts of Biodiversity Loss on Ocean Ecosystem Services," Science magazine - Study warns that world's seafood supply could collapse by 2048.
• 2006-11-03: "World's Fish Supply Running Out, Researchers Warn," Washington Post
• 2006-11-01: "Livestock's Long Shadow: Environmental Issues and Options," UNFAO - Report that documents livestock production as a major contributor to global warming, land degradation, air and water pollution, and loss of biodiversity. It estimates livestock are responsible for 18 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, more than the transport sector.
• 2006-03-01: "Diet, Energy and Global Warming," Earth Interactions - Gidon Eshel and Pam Martin of University Chicago examine greenhouse gas emissions associated with plant- and animal-based diets.They find that switching from the standard American diet to a plant-based one could result in preventing an extra ton and half of greenhouse emissions per person per year. By contrast, switching from a standard sedan like a Toyota Camry to a hybrid Toyota Prius saves about one ton of CO2 emissions.
• 2006-02-02: "Industrial Livestock Production Near Cities Often Damages the Environment," UNFAO
• 2006-01-26: "Debate: Are Beasts a Burden to the Environment?" New Agriculturist
• 2005-08-01: "A New Global Warming Strategy: How Environmentalists Are Overlooking Vegetarianism as the Most Effective Tool Against Climate Change in Our Lifetimes," EarthSave
• 2005: "FAO Livestock Policy Briefs No 2: Pollution from Industrialized Livestock Production," UNFAO - Rapid increases in livestock production causing considerable pollution problems, particularly in the developing world.
• 2003-07-29: "Under the Sea: Conservation as Catch of the Day for Trawlnets," New York Times
• 2002-12-17: "U.S. Sets New Farm-Animal Pollution Curbs," New York Times
• 2002-01-14: "The Case Against Meat," E magazine - Cover story that asks the question: "So you're an environmentalist: Why are you still eating meat?"
• 2000-08-19: "How to Poison a River," New York Times - Explores how mega-dairies in New York are polluting Black River.
• 1999-11-08: "Will We Still Eat Meat?," Time - Ed Ayres examines what mass production of meat is doing to our health and the planet.

Factory Farming: Globalization

• 2011-07-07: National Geographic- Water Scarcity Map - An interactive map of the world's water resources over time
• 2008-01: "Contract Farming in the World's Poultry Industry," GRAIN
• 2007-09-04: "A Thirst for Milk Bred by New Wealth Sends Prices Soaring," New York Times - Examines the rise of global milk prices.
• 2006-11-01: "The Rise of the Global Meat Industry," Satya - Interview with Danielle Nierenberg of the Worldwatch Institute.
• 2006-09-25: "Talk Possible Solutions to Smell from Pig Farms Near a Dominican Airport," Dominican Today
• 2006: "Thai Curry Favor with Poultry Industry," Bird Flu - Excerpt from Dr. Michael Greger's Bird Flu, A Virus of Our Own Hatching
• 2005-12-05: "Globalized Factory Farms a Major Threat to Public Health and Environment," Science magazine
• 2005-09-28: "Factory Farms Churn Out Pollution and Disease," Inter Press Service News Agency
• 2005-01: "COK Talks with Mia MacDonald," Compassion over Killing
• 2004-06: "Managing the Soy Boom: Two Scenarios of Soy Production in South America," WWF
• 2004-03-20: "Factory Farming: The Contagion of Free Trade," Centre for Research on Globalization - Vandana Shiva discusses how the true costs of factory farming are externalized.
• 2004-03-20: "Factory Farming: The Contagion of Free Trade," Centre for Research on Globalization - Trade and disease linkages regarding factory farming globally.
• 2003-07-24: "Policy, Technical, and Environmental Determinants and Implications of the Scaling-Up of Livestock Production in Four Fast-Growing Developing Countries: A Synthesis," FAO and IFPRI - Final Research Report of Phase II - "Project on Livestock Industrialization, Trade and Social-Health-Environment Impacts in Developing Countries." Analysis of India, The Philippines, Brazil, and Thailand.
• 2002-06-28: "Impact of Changing Market Forces and Policies on Structural Change in the Livestock Industries of Selected Fast-Growing Developing Countries," FAO and IFPRI - Final Research Report of Phase I - "Project on Livestock Industrialization, Trade and Social-Health-Environment Impacts in Developing Countries." Analysis of India, The Philippines, Brazil, and Thailand.
• 2001: "World Egg and Poultry Meat Production, Trade and Supply: Present and the Future," UNFAO
• 1999-11-01: "Food and Food Security: The Implications of Current Trade Negotiations," Friends of the Earth - Part of the Seattle Series Briefing.

Factory Farming: Organizations and Campaigns

• 2011-08-08: UN-Redd Programme - Website of the UN Collaborative Program on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries. Includes policy board page, media center, and resources and publications.
• Compassion in World Farming: Investigation Footage
• Compassion over Killing: Investigations
• Farm Animal Reform Movement
• Farm Sanctuary: Research Reports
• Food and Water Watch - Map of Factory Farming in the U.S.
• Global Resource Action Center for the Environment - Factory Farm Project
• HSUS: Factory Farm Campaigns
• Mercy For Animals: Undercover Investigations
• The PB&J Campaign - Helping the environment one lunch at a time.

Factory Farming: Poverty and Food Security

• 2012-07-17: "Beyond Factory Farming: Sustainable Solutions for Animals, People, and the Planet," Compassion in World Farming - Report detailing the impact of factory farming on resources, climate, the environment, and health, and providing suggested pathways towards a more sustainable future.
• 2011-08-08: "Charting our Water Future: Economic Frameworks to Inform Decision-Making," 2030 Water Resources Group - Global water resource economics and suggested approaches to water resource management.
• 2011-08-08: "Feast or Famine: Meat Production and World Hunger," OpEd News - General overview on how meat consumption takes an inefficient amount of land and water resources and aggravates world hunger issues.
• 2011-08-08: "Food Price Watch," World Bank Group - Report analyzing fluctuations in domestic food prices worldwide and the impact of this on food security.
• 2011-08-08: "World Beef Production Expected to Decline," Southwest Farm Press - 2010 article on beef imports and exports, as well as overall consumption trends worldwide.
• 2010-09-14: "Hunger in India: 'The Real Cause is Lack of Political Will'," Guardian - Report warns nearly half the country's children are malnourished and calls on the west to deliver on its aid promises.
• 2009-03: "Corporate Livestock Farming: A Threat to Global Food Security," Third World Resurgence - Susanne Gura discusses the effects of global industrial farming.
• 2008-04-21: "Food Riots Begin: Will You Go Vegetarian?" Wired Science
• 2008-03-28: "Only a Radical Change of Diet Can Halt Looming Food Crises," Guardian
• 2007-12-12: "Food vs. Fuel," Washington Post
• 2007-09-17: "Intensive Meat Production a Danger to Food Supply," UNFAO - Increased risk of disease transmission from animals to humans and increased biosecurity risk due to global animal food production.
• 2004-11-24: "Can the Planet Feed Us?," BBC - Explores "challenge of feeding the world without destroying the planet."
• 2004-08-16: "Hungry World 'Must Eat Less Meat'," BBC
• 2002: "Food Security and the Environment," UNFAO - World Food Summit Factsheet
• 2002: "Water and Food Security," UNFAO - World Food Summit Factsheet

Factory Farming: Public Health

• 2008-01-15: "US Authorities Approve Cloned Animal Foods," AFP
• 2008: Bird Flu Resource Page, GRAIN
• 2007-12-06: "Meat Processors Look for Ways to Keep Ground Beef Safe," New York Times
• 2007-08-23: "Poultry Farming Must Be Re-examined," Earthtimes - WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan links emerging diseases with livestock production.
• 2007-06-01: "Industrial Livestock Production and Global Health Risks," Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and UNFAO - Exploration of links between livestock production and emergence of influenza virus strains.
• 2007-05-01: "Modern Milk," Harvard magazine
• 2006-08-15: "Overweight 'Top World's Hungry'," BBC
• 2006-02-22: "Flying in the Face of Nature," Guardian - Examines role of animal farming in spreading new diseases
• 2006-02-01: "Fowl Play: The Poultry Industry's Central Role in the Bird Flu Crisis," GRAIN
• 2005-11-27: "Bird Flu and Chicken Factory Farms: Profit Bonanza for US Agribusiness," Global Research
• 2005-06-15: "Big Study Links Red Meat Diet to Cancer," The Guardian
• 2005-03-15: "International Obesity Task Force EU Platform Briefing Paper," IOTF - Study reveals one in 10 schoolchildren are overweight.
• 2004-12-07: "Thai Chicken Farms Are Front Line for Bird Flu Fight," NPR
• 2004-09-20: "Editorial Observer: The Whole Cow and Nothing but the Whole Cow," New York Times
• 2004-08-05: "Q&A: vCJD numbers," BBC
• 2004: "Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity, and Health," World Health Organization
• 2004: "Mad Cow Disease: Are Americans at Risk?," Friends of the Earth
• 2003-04-01: "Vegan Restaurants Are Thriving in the Black Community," Newsday
• 2003-01-15: "Unhappy Meals," Mother Jones - The problem with school lunches
• 2003: "Diet, Nutrition, and the Prevention of Chronic Diseases: Report of a Joint WHO/FAO Expert Consultation," World Health Organization - Review of a 2002 meeting with international public health officials.
• 2001-09-06: "vCJD Cases on the Increase," BBC
• 1999-11-08: "Will We Keep Getting Fatter?," Time
• 1998-05-19: "The Relationship Between Consumption of Animal Products (Beef, Pork, Poultry, Eggs, Fish and Dairy Products) and Risk of Chronic Diseases: A Critical Review," World Bank

Factory Farming: Social Justice

• 2007-12-07: "Minn. Slaughterhouse Workers Fall Ill," AP - Slaughterhouse workers at Quality Pork Processors Inc. are developing neurological disorders.
• 2006-10: "Farm Fallacy," Satya - Interview with Eric Nicholson of the United Farm Workers' Three-mile Canyon Campaign.