Additional Resources

What follows is a set of informational resources on many of the aspects of “factory farming,” also known as industrial (or intensive) animal agriculture. The resources are organized into thematic sections where links can be found to media articles, reports from UN and non-governmental groups, and relevant organizations and campaigns. Issues related to intensive aquaculture and fisheries are contained in the link titled “Aquatic Life.” All other sections contain information on issues related to land-based animal agriculture.

These resources are intended as reference points for individuals, groups, journalists, scholars, and others interested in the scope and scale of industrial animal agriculture and its spread from industrialized countries to southern regions.

Categories

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

For Educators

Lesson plan and curriculum resources for educators

• California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom
• The Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems
• The Center for Ecoliteracy
• Cornell University – Research, literature, data sources, policy information, grant/funding sources, digital repositories, training programs, and classroom materials on food systems
• 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
• 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.
• Food For Life Partnership – Teaching resources, program guidance, case studies, and films aimed at transforming the food culture (with specific focus on the UK).
• The Food Project – Classroom activities to understand the economic side of our food system
• Nourish – Interdisciplinary curriculum for middle-school aged students aimed at engaging students in a meaningful conversation about food and sustainability.
• 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.
• 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.
• The Sierra Club Youth
• Sustainable Table and The Meatrix – An interactive online 3D experience for students to explore the implications of a factory farm driven food system
• Teach Kind – PETA’s humane-education division providing free curricular resources for educators
• The Times Educational Supplement: Climate Change and Food
• USDA Agriculture in the Classroom
• World Food Programme –
• World Food Program USA Classroom Activities

Brazil

• “Brazilian Agricultural Production and Exports: Selected Data,” Congressional Research Service Report
• “The Dairy Sector of Brazil: A Country Study”
• “Deforestation in the Amazon”
• The Nature Conservancy – Brazil
• Responsible Soy: Task Force Brazil
• Alianca de Terra – Brazilian environmental protection organization.
• “Amazon Cattle Footprint,” Greenpeace International
• “Amazon Rainforest ‘Could Become a Desert’,” The Independent

• “Brazilian Greenhouse Gas Emissions: The Importance of Agriculture and Livestock,” Scientia Agricola
• “Can cattle ranchers and soy farmers save the Amazon?” MongaBay
• “The Importance of Being Cerrado: Brazil’s Other Huge, Endangered Ecosystem,” The Huffington Post
• “Preliminary Results on Methane Emission by Nellore Cattle in Brazil,” China Coal Information Institute
• ProAnima – A Brazilian federal-level animal protection organization
• “Agribusiness Driving Land Concentration,” Inter Press Service Agency
• “Emissions from Cerrado Destruction in Brazil Equal to Emissions from Amazon Deforestation,” MongaBay
• “Impacts of Expansion of Sugarcane Monocropping for Ethanol Production,” Land Research Action Network
• “The Cattle Realm: A New Phase in the Livestock Colonization of Brazilian Amazonia,” Amigos de Terra – (English Summary)
• “O Reino Do Gado: Uma Nova Fase Na Pecuarizacao da Amazonia Brasileira,” Amigos de Terra – (Portuguese Document)
• “Can They Stay Out of Harm’s Way?,” New York Times – Conflict between cattle ranching and jaguars in the Pantanal region of Brazil.
• “World Meat Up 1% in 2007; Brazil Main Beef Exporter,” Merco Press
• “China’s Appetite for Meat Feeds a Brazilian Soybean Boom,” New York Times
• “Globalization of the Amazon Soy and Beef Industries: Opportunities for Conservation,” Conservation Biology
• “Brazil’s Booming Agriculture Faces Obstacles,” Amber Waves
• “KFC Frying the Amazon As Violence Erupts,” Greenpeace International – A report on the scuffle at a Brazilian port between Cargill employees and Greenpeace activists.
• “Eating Up the Amazon,” Greenpeace International – This report examines the soy crisis through the example of two key global players: Cargill and McDonald’s.
• “Brazilian Meat Production,” ThePigSite

China

• 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.
• International Workshop on Sustainable Food and Agriculture – Describes the Action 2030 Institute’s workshop event in Beijing, China, in 2010.
• Pig Penning in China
• “Vegetarian and Low-carbon Diets Emerging in China?” Livable Future
• “Bird Flu, Rural Downturn Ravage China Poultry Numbers,” Reuters
• “Worst Drought in Half Century Shrivels the Wheat Belt of China,” New York Times
• “Industrialization of China Increases Fragility of Global Food Supply,” ScienceDaily
• Proposal for Sustainable Production,” ThePoultrySite – In China, a draft proposal has been approved for promoting sustainable animal production.
• “Goldman Sachs Buys Chinese Poultry Farms,” ThePoultrySite
• Skillful Means: The Challenges of China’s Encounter with Factory Farming—Brighter Green
• “China Looks Abroad to Grow Its Own Food,” Telegraph
• “One in Four Chinese ‘Overweight’,” BBC –
• China Daily
• “Who Will China Feed?” Amber Waves
• “More Wealth, More Meat. How China’s Rise Spells Trouble,” Guardian –
• “KFC Banks on China amid US Slowdown,” China Daily –
• “China Earmarks U.S. $5 Billion for Food Production on Continent,” allAfrica.com
• “China’s Growing Thirst for Milk Hits Global Market,” NPR
• “Porcine Playtime Proves Propitious,” China Daily – Pilot project to promote animal welfare in China.
• “How to Feed China: A Tale of Two Paradigms,” Third World Resurgence
• “Riots and Hunger Feared As Demand for Grain Sends Food Costs Soaring,” Guardian
• “The Chinese Dust Bowl,” The Walrus magazine – Combating desertification in China.
• “The Environmental Benefits of Vegetarianism,” chinadialogue
• “Virus Spreading Alarm and Pig Disease in China,” New York Times
• “The Truth About Dead Chickens,” chinadialogue
• “China vs. Earth,” The Nation
• “China’s Appetite for Meat Feeds a Brazilian Soybean Boom,” New York Times
• “Animal Waste a Heavy Burden for Environment,” China Daily
• “Environmental Health and China’s Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs),” Wilson Center
• “Environmental and Food Safety Concerns of China’s Aquaculture and Animal Husbandry,” Wilson Center
• “China Needs a New Type of Livestock Revolution,”
• “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.
• “The Ethics of Eating,” chinadialogue
• “China Warned over Rising Obesity,” BBC
• “China’s Rapidly Growing Meat Demand: A Domestic or an International Challenge?,” Center for World Food Studies
• “Roar of the Dragon: The Asian Upside for U.S. Agriculture Commentary on the Rural Economy,” AgDM

Ethiopia

• “Africa: Ecological Footprint and Economic Well-Being,” World Wildlife Fund
• “African Water Journal,” UN Water-Africa
• Aquastat: Ethiopia – Overview on Ethiopian geography, economy, food security, and development.
• “Dairy Production Sector in Ethiopia,” FAO Corporate Document Repository
• “Ethiopia,” U.S. Department of State – Basic country profile of Ethiopia, including geography, people, government, and economy.
• “Ethiopia: Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sources,” Ethiopian Energy Authority
• “Ethiopia: Poultry Sector Country Review,” FAO Animal Production and Health Division
• “Ethiopian Desertification,” UN Presentation, Beijing 2008
• “Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia,” UN Environmental Program – Overview of Ethiopian environmental issues and progress towards economic stability.
• “The Growing Demand for Livestock,” ID21 Insights – Explores how the expansion of international trade in livestock may affect domestic communities and markets.
• “The Incidence of Youth Unemployment in Urban Ethiopia,” University of Westminster Research
• “Trade & Investment,” UK Ethiopian Embassy – Information on opportunities for potential investors in Ethiopia including agriculture, infrastructure development, mining, and tourism.
• “Measuring Ethiopian Farmers’ Vulnerability to Climate Change Across Regional States,” International Food Policy Research Institute
• Meat Trade News Headlines for Ethiopia
• “The Political Economy of Pro-Poor Livestock Policy-Making in Ethiopia,” FAO Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative
• “Quick Scan of the Livestock and Meat Sector in Ethiopia,” Issues and Opportunities
• “Sowing the Seeds of Famine in Ethiopia,” Global Research – Economic linkages to the 2001 famine in Ethiopia.
• USAID: Ethiopia – Website for the US Agribusiness and Trade Expansion Program including news on efforts to energize specific industry sectors in Ethiopia.

India

• Amul Homepage – Homepage of the Amul dairy company in India.
• “Asia Faces Food Shortage By 2050 Without Water Reform”, Science Daily
• “Bloodless Coup as Indian Vegetarians Flex Muscle,” The Age – Describes push for meatless supermarkets and housing communities in India.
• “Game for Poultry”, The Indian Express – Details jump in poultry farming in the Indian state of Haryana.
• IFFCO Homepage – Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative.
• India AgriStat- Home – Homepage of website compiling statistical information on Indian agriculture.
• India Home; World Bank
• “India Joins Neocolonial Rush for Africa’s Land and Labor,” The Telegraph
• “Indian Poultry Sector: Integrating Poor &Small-holders: Opportunities and Challenges,” Pradan
• “The Middle Class in India: Issues and Opportunities,” Deutsche Bank
• “Poultry India 2012,” Indian Poultry Equipment Manufacturer’s Association
• “Prevalence of Overweight, Obesity and Underweight among School Going Children in Rural and Urban areas of Thiruvananthapuram Educational District, Kerala State (India)”, ISPUB
• “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.
• Venky’s Chicken- Videos – Commercial and advertising videos compiled from Venky’s Chicken.
• “Why is India Vegetarian Friendly?”, Indian Weekender – Informal overview of India’s cultural and historical connections to vegetarianism.
• “Why We Face both Food and Water Crises,” AlterNet – Vandana Shiva on corporations’ roles in the food and water crises of today.
• Cargill India – Animal Nutrition – Information about animal feed program in India.
• Venky’s – Exports – Map and lists showing areas where chicken products are exported (VH Group is the largest exporter of poultry products from India).
• “Agrofuels in India, Private Unlimited,” GRAIN – Analysis of the effects of increasing biofuel demand on India’s poor.
• “Asia Grapples with Obesity Epidemic,” BMJ
• “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.
• “India’s National Agricultural Policy: A Critique,” Ramesh Chand
• “Key to Indian Food Security is Distribution Fix”
• “Livestock Sector Boosting India’s Economy,” FoodProcessing360
• “Locking horns over cattle and business,” India Together – This piece explores whether cattle are commodifiable without loss of traditional farming life in India.
• FAO Aquastat: India – Overview on Indian geography, economy, food security, and development.
• “Inside the Indian Dairy Industry: A Report on the Abuse of Cows and Buffaloes Exploited for Milk,” PETA India
• “Livestock Sector Brief: India,” FAO Livestock Information, Sector Analysis, and Policy Branch
• “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.
• PETA India Video: Inside the Dairy Industry – An audiovisual report on the abuse of cows and buffaloes used for milk in India.
• “Record Export of Oilmeals 2011-12,” Solvent Extractors’ Association of India press release
• “Climate Change’s Challenges to India,” OpenIndia
• 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.
• Government of India Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying, and Fisheries
• Government of India: Agriculture
• “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.
• “Inaugural Speech by the President of India,” The Vegetarian – 1957 speech by a former President of India concerning issues surrounding vegetarianism.
• India Agricultural Statistics
• “India at a Glance,” World Bank – Graphs and statistics on India’s development and economy.
• “India: Dairy and Products Annual 2010,” Global Agricultural Information Network, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service
• “India: Greenhouse Gas Emissions 2007,” Indian Network for Climate Change Assessment
• “Indian Agriculture: Managing Growth with Equity,” Choices Magazine – Food security, management, and diversification challenges in India.
• “Indian Meat Industry Perspective,” Hind Agro Industries Limited – Components, opportunities, and challenges for the Indian buffalo meat industry.
• “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.
• “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.”
• “National Policy for Farmers: 2007,” Government of India – Policy goals, asset reforms to aid farmers, and support service goals in India as of 2007.
• People for Animals: India – Animal welfare issues and discussion in India.
• 2PETA India Video: Glass Walls – PETA India’s video compilation about animal welfare violations in Indian slaughterhouses and within the meat industry today.
• Poultry Federation of India
• “Poultry Industry in India,” FAO Agriculture and Consumer Protection
• The Impact of Animal Agriculture on the Environment and Climate Change in India: A Focus on Methane
• “Cimate Change Threatens Emerging Superpowers, Warns Report,” Guardian – 2010 Guardian Environmental Network explores different nations’ possible vulnerabilities to climate change.
• “Iffco, NZ’s Fonterra to Set Up Dairy Here,” Economic Times – Plans to build India’s first mega-dairy.
• “Yum Opens 1st Taco Bell in India,” Nation’s Restaurant News magazine
• “Cows with Gas: India’s Global Warming Problem,” TIME
• “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.
• “India: State of Environment Report 2009,” Government of India Ministry of Environment and Forests
• “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.
• “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

• 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.