In “Happier Meals: Rethinking the Global Meat Industry,” Worldwatch Institute researcher Danielle Nierenberg documents the harmful effects of factory farming in both industrialized and developing countries and explains the range of consequences for the environment, human health, and local communities.

From transmission of disease and loss of livestock diversity to hazardous and unsanitary processing methods, this Worldwatch Institute report clearly shows why factory farming is an unsafe, inhumane, and ecologically disruptive form of meat production. Following is the report’s table of contents:

• The Jungle, Revisited
• The Disassembly Line
• Appetite for Destruction
• Spreading Disease Happier Meals

And following are the tables and figures available in the report:

• World Meat Production, 1961-2004
• World Meat Production by Source, 2004
• World Meat Production per Person, 1961-2004
• The Ins and Outs of Meat Production
• Selected Food Animal Breeds in Danger of Disappearing
• Selected Animal Diseases that can Spread to Humans
• Selected Food-borne Pathogens
• The Life of a Chicken
• Factory Farms of the Sea
• Eating up Forests (Poland, Mexico, China, India, Brazil, United States)

Note: This paper is available for purchase directly from the Worldwatch Institute.