Further reading3 November 2010
The following briefings and reports provide extra background on the issues behind the Food Chain Campaign.
Friends of the Earth reports
Healthy planet eating - full report
(PDF† 2.534MB) October 2010
The health benefits of eating less, and better produced, meat and how it could save 45,000 lives each year in the UK, as well as save the NHS £1.2bn annually.
From forest to fork - full report
(PDF† 613KB) October 2010
How the UK is responsible for deforestation in Brazil, equivalent to an area twice the size of greater London each year.
Healthy and sustainable food for the public sector - briefing
(PDF† 216KB) October 2010
How the public sector, including schools, hospitals and the armed forces can contribute to creating a market for healthy and planet-friendly food.
Solving the global food crisis - briefing
(PDF† 314KB) October 2010
Immediate actions needed to solve the food crisis and Friends of the Earth's proposals for tackling the problem, as well as false solutions to avoid.
Factory farming's biggest impacts - briefing
(PDF† 233KB) October 2010
How factory farming is not necessary, is failing to feed the world's hungry or support rural economies in the UK.
Pastures New - full report
(PDF† 1.918MB) July 2010
New research shows that the barriers to replacing soy are not so much the nutritional needs of animals, but rather a lack policy and market incentives for farmers to change.
Eating the Planet? How we can feed the world without trashing it - Q&A
(PDF† 200KB) November 2009
This report shows how we can feed a population of 9 billion and still eat meat up to three times a week.
Eating the Planet? How we can feed the world without trashing it - media briefing
(PDF† 3.2MB) November 2009
This report shows how we can feed a population of 9 billion and still eat meat up to three times a week.
Eating the Planet? How we can feed the world without trashing it - full report
(PDF† 2MB) November 2009
This report shows how we can feed a population of 9 billion and still eat meat up to three times a week.
What's feeding our food?
(PDF 2.2MB) December 2008
This report highlights the environmental and social impacts of the intensive livestock sector.
What's feeding our food? - summary
(PDF 1.1MB) December 2008
This report highlights the environmental and social impacts of the intensive livestock sector.
Feeding the beast
(PDF 377KB) April 2009
How public money is propping up factory farms.
Feeding the beast - short version
(PDF 84KB) April 2009
How public money is propping up factory farms.
Food and climate change
(PDF 165K) October 2007
This briefing highlights the impact that the food system has on climate change.
Other reports
Livestock's long shadow
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2006
A detailed analysis of the environmental impacts of meat and dairy production.
Meat and dairy production and consumption
(PDF 1.5MB) Food Climate Research Network, 2007
Exploring the livestock sector's contribution to the UK's greenhouse gas emissions and assessing what
less greenhouse gas intensive systems of production and consumption might look like.
