Resources

Many of the resources support the WFW position, however, others are offered to provide counterpoints, variations or related information. Inclusion is not an endorsement.

WFW Factsheet on the benefits of plant-based hunger solutions (1 page).

WFW Brochure contrasting livestock and plant-based solutions (2 pages).

UN Report-Full of the global warming/environmental consequences of animal agriculture (408 pages).

UN Report-Summary of the GW/environmental consequences of animal agriculture (1 page).

News article on UN Report with commentary by WFW Director Dawn Moncrief (2 pages).

Eat Less Meat a report from Compassion in World Farming (80 pages).

Sierra Club's Bertin Report - warning the World Bank/IFC not to fund rainforest destruction by increasing large-scale beef production in Brazil, 2007 (22 pages).

Meat the Vicious Spiral a panel summary from the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future.

American Meat: A Threat to Your Health and to the Environment a book review from the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (12 pages - very large/slow download).

Happier Meals: Rethinking the Global Meat Industry. Worldwatch Paper 171, 2005 (47 pages).

Overfed and Underfed a report of the Worldwatch Institute (35 pages).

Taking Stock: Animal Farming and the Environment Worldwatch Paper #103 for purchase ($5).

Goodstuff a factsheet from the Worldwatch Institute (1 page).

Livestock to 2020 a pro-livestock report of the International Food Policy Research Institute (83 pages).

TNCs and the Global Food Supply. McLaughlin (11 pages).

Hunger-Meat a factsheet of the Global Hunger Alliance (1 page).

Additional online reports and factsheets are available at the Global Hunger Alliance.