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• Global meat production and consumption have risen sharply and steadily over the past five decades, with per capita meat consumption almost doubling since 1960.
• The expanding global meat industry, meanwhile, driven by new trade policies and fueled by government subsidies, is dominated by just a few corporate giants.
• Millions of acres of land are now used for pastures, feed crops, and animal waste reservoirs.
• Drawing on concrete examples, the contributors to Global Meat explore the implications of the rise of a global meat industry for a range of social and environmental issues, including climate change, clean water supplies, hunger, workers' rights, and the treatment of animals.
• Get Bill Winders - Global Meat download Three themes emerge from their discussions: the role of government and corporations in shaping the structure of the global meat industry; the paradox of simultaneous rising meat production and greater food insecurity; and the industry's contribution to social and environmental injustice.