A5051049138- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- Geographies of human-animal interactions
- Culinary Culture and Tourism
- Halal products and consumer behavior
- Rural Development and Agriculture
- Meat and Animal Product Quality
- Posthumanist Ethics and Activism
- Rural development and sustainability
- Agriculture and Rural Development Research
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Veterinary Practice and Education Studies
- Sustainable Urban and Rural Development
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Agricultural and Food Sciences
- Animal testing and alternatives
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Agricultural Economics and Policy
- Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability
- Wine Industry and Tourism
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Animal Nutrition and Physiology
- French Urban and Social Studies
Cardiff University
2016-2025
University of Warwick
2022
Lancaster University
2017
The Open University
2017
University of Copenhagen
2013
Miele (Germany)
2013
Bar-Ilan University
2013
Marie Curie
2013
Cardiff Metropolitan University
2013
Dairy Innovation Australia (Australia)
2009
The concept of animal welfare is evolving due to progress in our scientific understanding biology and changing societal expectations. Animal science has been primarily concerned with minimizing suffering, but there growing interest also promoting positive experiences, grouped under the term (PAW). However, are discrepancies use PAW. An interdisciplinary group arrived at a consensus that ‘PAW can be defined as flourishing through experience predominantly mental states development competence...
Analysis of the contemporary food system has shown a progressive displacement ‘natural’ processes in favour those characterized as ‘industrial.’ Thus, an instrumentalized form nature come to prevail within sector. And yet, literature on globalization and standardization underestimated reassertion more products alternative circuits. In this paper we seek combine understandings conventional sector with analysis circuits so that can show how different ‘worlds production’ together sphere...
The paper examines the aestheticisation of food in context ‘eating out’ and distinguishes two main aesthetic types: first, an ‘aesthetic entertainment’ which quality is secondary to restaurant experience; second, a ‘gastronomic aesthetic’ food, notably seasonality freshness, seen as primary. Having distinguished types, then investigates second – gastronomic through case study Slow Food Tuscany. movement seeks heighten appreciation typical products works mainly local groups restaurants....
Abstract Animal welfare is of increasing significance for European consumers and citizens. Previously, agricultural production focused mainly on supply, price competition but now expect their food to be produced processed with greater respect the animals. Food quality therefore determined by status animals from which it was as well nature safety end product. Thus, practical improvement strategies reliable on-farm monitoring systems assessing animals’ evaluating potential risks are urgently...
Abstract Welfare Quality® was the largest ever European research project on animal welfare. Here, we briefly describe some major achievements of and identify future priorities, potential strategies organisational structures to build outcomes. Achievements include: definition principles criteria good welfare; development standardised, primarily animal-based measures for each welfare criterion their integration in an overall assessment model. Since could not answer all questions recommend:...
Rather than focus on effects, the isolatable and measureable outcomes of events interventions, papers assembled here offer different perspectives affective dimension meaning politics human/non-human relations. The authors begin by drawing attention to constructed discontinuity between humans non-humans, kinds knowledge socialities that this sustains, including those underpinned nature-culture, subject-object, body-mind, individual-society polarities. articles presented track relations...
Abstract Farm animal welfare has become an important issue for the European public, especially in last two decades when a number of crises (eg Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and Avian Influenza) have affected farm populations. Public concern about this led Union to fund Welfare Quality® project. This project aimed develop protocol assessing on farms at slaughter plants, identify main problems, address possible improvement strategies. In fulfilling these aims, incorporated inputs from both...
Livestock conservation practice is changing rapidly in light of policy developments, climate change and diversifying market demands. The last decade has seen a step technology analytical approaches available to define, manage conserve Farm Animal Genomic Resources (FAnGR). However, these rapid changes pose challenges for FAnGR terms technological continuity, capacity integrative methodologies needed fully exploit new, multidimensional data. final conference the ESF program aimed address...
Abstract CittàSlow, which means ‘slow city’, is an international network of small towns that originated in Italy less than a decade ago. Now it proliferating many other countries and there are more 100 slow cities the world. A city agrees to working towards set goals aim improve quality life its citizens visitors. One these create borders against spread ‘fast life’, philosophy materiality embodied food’ restaurant chains fast replacing traditional restaurants Europe part Drawing on insights...
Happiness is an elusive concept, it brings about ideas of ecstasy, contentment, delight but also health and strength, pouvoir puissance … a state mind body that precarious contingent. How to give form substance idea otherwise difficult conceive? What happiness for chicken? like be chicken today? Free-range certification offers powerful interpretation animals' in the context farming, does so by providing particular translation ‘natural’ domesticated environment farming. But specific...
Abstract Providing information to consumers in the form of food labels about modern systems animal farming is believed be crucial for increasing their awareness suffering and promoting technological change towards more welfare-friendly forms husbandry (CIWF, 2007). In this paper we want explore whether how carrying lives animals are used by while shopping meat other foods. order achieve this, draw upon a series focus group discussions that were held Italy as part large EU funded project...
Contemporary European consumers find themselves at an interesting point in history with regards to their relationships animals. On the one hand there has been a growth acknowledgement of animal sentience, yet on other hand, largely unabated, we continue farm, kill, and eat animals for food. In this paper contend that these ambiguities are played out within everyday embodied practices preparing, eating, shopping We begin our account by outlining novel performative approach food consumption...
Improving laboratory animal science and welfare requires both new scientific research insights from in the humanities social sciences. Whilst provides evidence to replace, reduce refine procedures involving animals (the '3Rs'), work sciences can help understand social, economic cultural processes that enhance or impede humane ways of knowing working with animals. However, communication across these disciplinary perspectives is currently limited, they design programmes, generate results,...
The focus of this article is community supported agriculture (CSA) as an alternative food movement and a bottom-up response to the problems dominant systems. By utilizing social innovation approach that explores relationship between causes for human needs emergence socially innovative initiatives, examines how CSA projects emerge why, what their role part economy transformative potential. Based on qualitative data from four different models case studies in regions Wales, UK, by using...
This article investigates the extent to which health professionals are equipped support vegan mothers in UK and how stigma plays a part this issue. Veganism has grown popularity recent years (as well as many other countries worldwide) with environmental, animal welfare benefits of lifestyle becoming more widely researched publicised. However, research into topic veganism highlighted that, up until recently, vegans experienced for their beliefs, being no exception. Similarly, growing body...
This paper discusses the ethics of killing animals for food by looking at current practices conventional and halal slaughter in Egypt UK. It addresses role animal science (with its recent advances on sentience), slaughterhouse technologies increased mechanization) religion multiple interpretations religious rules case slaughter) affecting public acceptability ethical questioning these practices, as well controversy about authenticity meat Europe.