Industrial agriculture relys on GMOs and failed in its mandate to feed the world. GMOs proliferation trivializes risks to food safety and integrity, coinciding with urbanization, globalization, and the centralization of our food system. This book benefits anyone interested in food law, environmental law, agroecology, and sustainale urban living.
This volume presents a groundbreaking academic scholarship that offers a comprehensive, reader-friendly approach to the complexities of international farm animal welfare, wildlife conservation, food safety, and environmental protection law. It organizes its focus areas into sections covering agrobiodiversity, fishing and aquaculture, pollinators and pesticides, soil management, industrial animal production and transportation, and international food trade. Core themes include farm animal welfare, environmental protection, biodiversity conservation, and food safety. Each chapter features real-world examples to simplify these intricate topics. This work serves as a valuable resource for professionals in food regulation and provides a solid foundation for courses and master’s programs in animal law, environmental policy, and related fields globally. Emphasizing sustainable food production, it addresses evolving issues central to contemporary discourse. Notably, it includes “Tools for Change,” a unique analysis of laws from major farm animal product trading nations, equipping practitioners, advocates, policymakers, and stakeholders with essential information to enhance farm animal welfare, wildlife conservation, and food safety through legal and policy frameworks.