title:
Untold costs of confined animal feeding operations
title:
CAFOs uncovered : the untold costs of confined animal feeding operations
creator:
Gurian-Sherman, Doug.
publisher:
Union of Concerned Scientists
date:
Record modified: 2011-09-08
date:
Record created: 2011-04-29
date:
2008
description:
Title from title screen (viewed Apr. 28, 2008).
description:
Extent: v, 86 p. : col. ill., col. maps, digital, PDF file.
description:
Contents: Introduction -- Rise of the CAFO -- Considering the Alternatives -- Production Costs of CAFOs and Alternative Systems -- Problems Associated with CAFOs -- CAFOs Are Getting Bigger -- Bigger Does Not Mean More Efficient -- Factors Contributing to CAFO Growth -- Are CAFO Alternatives Cost-effective? -- Looking Beyond Narrowly Defined Costs -- Conclusions -- Direct and Indirect Subsidies to CAFOs -- How Crop Subsidies Have Propped Up CAFOs -- Indirect Subsidies to Poultry CAFOs -- Indirect Subsidies to Hog CAFOs -- Indirect Subsidies to Beef and Dairy CAFOs -- Indirect Subsidies across Sectors -- Subsidies for Alternative Production Methods -- Effect of Changing Grain Prices -- Summary of Indirect Subsidies to CAFOs -- Direct Subsidies to CAFOs -- Summary of Direct CAFO Subsidies under EQIP -- Externalized Costs of CAFOs -- Pollution Caused by CAFO Manure -- Box: Regulation of CAFO Manure -- Costs of Manure Disposal -- Other Externalized Costs -- Summary of CAFO Externalities -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- Can Technology Fix CAFOs? -- Wanted: Sound Agricultural Policy.
description:
Abstract: ... analyzes both the policies that have facilitated the growth of CAFOs and the enormous costs imposed on society by CAFOs. We also discuss sophisticated and efficient alternatives for producing affordable animal products, and offer policy recommendations that can begin to lead us toward a healthy and sustainable food system.
subject:
Feedlots--United States--Management
subject:
Feedlot runoff--United States--Management
subject:
Dairy products industry--United States
subject:
Dairy cattle--United States
subject:
Beef industry--United States
subject:
Beef cattle--United States
subject:
Animal welfare--United States
relation:
OCLC No.: 226316570
relation:
Mode of access: Internet.; System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
type:
application/pdf
type:
Text
type:
PDF-1.4
source:
http://www.ucsusa.org/assets/documents/food_and_agriculture/cafos-uncovered.pdf
language:
eng
rights:
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identifier:
cafos-uncovered
