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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Specifically, the increasing meat-consumption trend could be reversed if consumers paid the true price for meat. This would result in improved human health, decreased environmental destruction and better animal welfare. An approach to address all of these, instead of just developing technology to control methane emissions, is vital.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Kristof, who takes note of the trend represented by the animal welfare proposition on the ballot in California this fall. In the past decade, for instance, we have doled out more than $3 billion in direct subsidies to large-scale livestock producers.