CAST Publishes Sustainability Report
US - The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) has published the proceedings of its symposium on sustaining animal agriculture.
31 August 2010
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CAST sponsored a three-day symposium in Washington, in June in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture. Thirty-two presenters, speaking individually or as panelists, addressed the topic 'Sustaining Animal Agriculture: Balancing Bioethical, Economic, and Social Issues'.
Critical issues addressed during the symposium included:
- bioethical and animal welfare issues
- analysis of certification and regulatory programmes
- integration of competing concepts surrounding the ethical use of food animals
- long-term survival and food security
- societal and global impacts, and
- consequences of decisions by consumer and government decision makers.
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