The Ecological Hoofprint
Author | : Tony Weis |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 267 |
Release | : 2013-11-14 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781780320991 |
ISBN-13 | : 178032099X |
Rating | : 4/5 (91 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Ecological Hoofprint written by Tony Weis and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-11-14 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The exploding global consumption of meat is implicated in momentous but greatly underappreciated problems, and industrial livestock production is the driving force behind soaring demand. Following his previous ground-breaking book The Global Food Economy, Tony Weis explains clearly why the growth and industrialization of livestock production is a central part of the accelerating biophysical contradictions of industrial capitalist agriculture. The Ecological Hoofprint provides a rigorous and eye-opening way of understanding what this system means for the health of the planet, how it contributes to worsening human inequality, and how it constitutes a profound but invisible aspect of the violence of everyday life.