RCHS Library: Bibliography Listing for Farm Animal Welfare WebQuest
AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS
DVD 338.4 Ken
Food, Inc /
2008.
1 videodisc of 1 (DVD-R) (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. viewing copy.
Notes: The current method of raw food production is largely a response to the growth of
the fast food industry since the 1950s. The production of food overall has more
drastically changed since that time than the several thousand years prior. Controlled
primarily by a handful of multinational corporations, the global food production business-with an emphasis on the business--has as its unwritten goals production of large
quantities of food at low direct inputs (most often subsidized) resulting in enormous
profits, which in turn results in greater control of the global supply of food sources within
these few companies. Health and safety (of the food itself, of the animals produced
themselves, of the workers on the assembly lines, and of the consumers actually eating
the food) are often overlooked by the companies, and are often overlooked by
government in an effort to provide cheap food regardless of these negative consequences.
Many of the changes are based on advancements in science and technology, but often
have negative side effects. The answer that the companies have come up with is to throw
more science at the problems to bandage the issues but not the root causes. The global
food supply may be in crisis with lack of biodiversity, but can be changed on the demand
side of the equation"--Internet movie database.
DVD 630.68 Sal
Salatin, Joel.
The Polyface Farm DVD.
Swoope,Virginia: MoonStar Media, [2001].
Note: Join entrepreneur and passionate farmer Joel Salatin as he explains
balance and interconnectedness in the landscape, plants and animals. Hard
hitting and practical, Salatin's explanations will revolutionize your
thinking about food and farming in a proactive,can-do-style. Both "how" and
"why" unite this i nformation-dense video that will impact your lfie as
powerfully as any performance.
PRINT MATERIALS
179 ANI
Harnack, Andrew.
Animal rights : opposing viewpoints.
San Diego, Calif:Greenhaven Press, [1996].
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179 FOX
Fox, Michael W.
Returning to Eden : animal rights and human responsibility.
NewYork: Viking Press, [1980].
179 SHE
Sherry, Clifford J.
Animal rights : a reference handbook.
Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO, [1994].
179.3 FAC
Miller, Debra A.
Factory farming.
Detroit: Greenhaven Press, [2010].
179.3 YOU 2008
Yount, Lisa.
Animal rights. Rev. ed. New York: Facts On File, Inc, [2008].
Note: The treatment of animals has become a controversial issue over the years,
with many questioning an animal’s fundamental rights. For some, the issue of
animal rights is merely an attempt to improve conditions of animals used for
clothing, food, and other products, while others believe animals should be
granted the same legal rights afforded to humans.This book provides an
overview of the history of the animal rights movement and reactions to it,
as well as the issues of animal experimentation, conditions on factory
farms, laboratory animals, animals in entertainment, hunting, and the
actions of those involved in the animal rights debate. New content includes
such documents as the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act of 2006 and
contemporary court cases such as Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Glickman.
These documents provide both past and present perspectives on the issue and
plot a course for future debate about animal rights. An overview essay,
capsule biographies, a large annotated bibliography, a chronology of
significant events, organization and agency listings, and a glossary make
this a first-stop reference to animal rights.
333.76 CHA
Chandler, Gary and Graham, Kevin.
Natural foods and products.
1st ed. New York:Twenty-First Century Books, [1996].
Note: Relates success stories about people who apply innovative techniques to
produce natural foods and products which protect the environment and save
money and energy.
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338.1 HOA
Hoag, Dana L.
Agricultural crisis in America : a reference handbook.
Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO, [1999].
338.1 LOC
Francis, Amy.
The local food movement.
Detroit, MIich: Greenhaven Press, [2010].
509.73 TIM
Timmons, Todd.
Science and technology in nineteenth-century America.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, [2005].
Note: The Nineteenth Century was a period of tremendous change in the daily
lives of the average Americans. Never before had such change occurred so
rapidly or and had affected such a broad range of people. And these changes
were primarily a result of tremendous advances in science and technology.
Many of the technologies that play such an central role in our daily life
today were first invented during this great period of innovation--everything
from the railroad to the telephone. These inventions were instrumental in
the social and cultural developments of the time. The Civil War, Westward
Expansion, the expansion and fall of slave culture, the rise of the working
and middle classes and changes in gender roles--none of these would have
occurred as they did had it not been for the science and technology of the
time. Chronicles this relationship between science and technology and the
revolutions in the lives of everyday Americans. The volume includes a
discussion of: Transportation--from the railroad and steamship to the first
automobiles appearing near the end of the century, Communication--including
the telegraph, the telephone, and the photograph, Industrialization--how the
growing factory system impacted the lives of working men and women,
Agriculture--how mechanical devices such as the McCormick reaper and
applications of science forever altered how farming was done in the United
States, Exploration and navigations--the science and technology of the age
was crucial to the expansion of the country that took place in the century.
R 630 TAR
Tarrant, J. R., ed.
Farming and Food.
New York: Oxford University Press, [1991].
630.1 LOG
Logsdon, Gene.
The contrary farmer.
White River Junction, Vt: Chelsea Green Pub. Co, [1995, 1994].
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Note: Logsdon is a writer for New Farm magazine and author of several books on
small-scale farming and American agriculture, including At Nature's Pace:
Farming and the American Dream. He is also a farmer, and experiences from
his small Ohio farm provide much of the the subject material for The
Contrary Farmer, which explains how he deals with crops, animals, machinery,
the weather, and the neighbors. Just what is a contrary farmer? Among other
things, one who is not afraid to go against the grain of conventional
agricultural wisdom, who does not believe that bigger is always better or
that no-till chemically maintained monocultures are superior to crop
rotations and diversified farming.
630.68 Sal
Salatin, Joel.
Family friendly farming : a multi-generational home-based business testament.
1st ed. Swoope, Va: Polyface, [2001].
R 636 FAR
Farmstead magazine's guide to animal husbandry.
Blue Ridge Summit, PA: Tab Books, [1987].
636.5 LEE
Lee, Andrew W.
Chicken tractor : the permaculture guide to happy hens and healthy soil.
Straw Bale ed. Shelburne, Vt: Good Earth Publications, [1999].
641.3 ORG
Organic Food and Farming.
Detroit, Mich: Greenhaven Press, [2010].
Note: Explore the current issue about organic food and farming with expert
opinions in a pro/con format that encourages critical thinking.
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