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Introduction
Number | Introduction | Link |
1 | Steinfeld, H., Gerber, P., Wassenaar, T.D., et al. (2006). Livestock’s Long Shadow: Environmental Issues and Options. | |
2 | UN. (n.d.). Goal 13: Take Urgent Action to Combat Climate Change and Its Impacts. | Link |
3 | Pearce, R. & Huasfather, Z. (2018). Mapped: How Every Part of the World Has Warmed – and Could Continue to Warm. | Link |
4 | NASA Earth Observatory. (2020). Global Temperatures. | Link |
5 | Lindsey, R. & Dahlman, L. (2023). Climate Change: Global Temperature. | Link |
6 | FAO. (n.d.). Key Facts and Findings. | Link |
7 | Climate Nexus. (2016). Animal Agriculture’s Impact on Climate Change. | Link |
8 | UN News. (2006). Rearing Cattle Produces More Greenhouse Gases than Driving Cars, UN Report Warns. | Link |
9 | WWF. (2018). What Are the Biggest Drivers of Tropical Deforestation? | Link |
10 | UNEP. (2021). Our Global Food System Is the Primary Driver of Biodiversity Loss. | Link |
11 | Kubiak, L. (2019). Marine Biodiversity in Dangerous Decline, Finds New Report. | Link |
12 | National Geographic. (2022). Dead Zone. | Link |
13 | Denchak, M. (2023). Water Pollution Definition – Types, Causes, Effects. | Link |
14 | Egger, M. (2022). Where Is Plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch From? | Link |
15 | FAO. (2019). Water Use in Livestock Production Systems and Supply Chains- Guidelines for Assessment: Version 1. | |
16 | Heinke, J., Lannerstad, M., Gerten, D., et al. (2020). Water Use in Global Livestock Production—Opportunities and Constraints for Increasing Water Productivity. | Link |
17 | Ritchie, H. (2017). How Much of the World’s Land Would We Need in Order to Feed the Global Population with the Average Diet of a given Country? | Link |
18 | Human Rights Watch (Organization). (2004). Blood, Sweat, and Fear: Workers’ Rights in U.S. Meat and Poultry Plants. | |
19 | Hayek, M.N. (2022). The Infectious Disease Trap of Animal Agriculture. | Link |
20 | PCRM. (2021). U.S. Meat and Dairy Companies Spend Millions Lobbying Against Climate Legislation. | Link |
21 | The Vegan Society. (n.d.). Definition of Veganism. | Link |
22 | The Vegan Web Designer. (n.d.). The Vegan Calculator. | Link |
23 | Weber, C.L. & Matthews, H.S. (2008). Food-Miles and the Relative Climate Impacts of Food Choices in the United States. | Link |
24 | Ridler, G. (2022). “Record Year” for Investment into Meat Alternatives. | Link |
25 | Coyne, A. (2023). Eyeing Alternatives – Meat Companies with Stakes in Meat-Free and Cell-Based Meat. | Link |
26 | Bottinelli, S. (2022). Celebrities Investing in Plant-Based Food Companies. | Link |
27 | Torrella, K. (2023). Were the Impossible and Beyond Burgers a Fad, or Is Plant-Based Meat Here to Stay? | Link |
28 | Speciality Food. (2023). Plant-Based Growth Continues. | Link |
29 | Minassian, L. (2022). Why the Global Rise in Vegan and Plant-Based Eating Is No Fad (30x Increase in US Vegans + Other Astounding Vegan Stats). | Link |
30 | Ignaszewski, E. & Pierece, B. (2021). Retail Sales Data: Plant-Based Meat, Eggs, Dairy. | Link |
31 | Rabb, M. (2022). Plant-Based Menu Items Spiked Nearly 3,000 Percent Since 2018. | Link |
32 | Ethical Elephant. (2021). 9 Popular Beauty Brands Go 100% Vegan Because of Us! | Link |
33 | NYC Public Schools. (n.d.). Plant-Powered Meals. | Link |
34 | NYC Health + Hospitals. (2023). NYC Health + Hospitals Now Serving Plant-Based Meals as Primary Dinner Option for Inpatients At All of Its 11 Public Hospitals. | Link |
35 | Starostinetskaya, A. (2019). Amsterdam Pledges to Serve Meatless Meals at Government Meetings. | Link |
36 | Vegconomist. (2023). Taiwan Passes Climate Bill Mandating the Promotion of Plant-Based Foods. | Link |
37 | Vegans Baby. (2023). Vegan Dining Month. | Link |
38 | Lingenfelter, J. (2023). A Record Number of People Worldwide Participate in Veganuary 2023. | Link |
39 | Poinski, M. (2022). Consumer Awareness of Food’s Environmental Impact Is Slowly Growing. | Link |
Chapter 1
Number | Chapter 1 | Link |
1 | Beard, T. (2021). The Year Earth Changed. | Link |
2 | Lecchini, D., Brooker, R.M., Waqalevu, V., et al. (2021). Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic Restrictions on Coral Reef Fishes at Eco-Tourism Sites in Bora-Bora, French Polynesia. | Link |
3 | Tomlinson, H. (2020). Himalayas Come into View as Empty Roads Let Smog Clear. | Link |
4 | Struck, D. (n.d.). How the “Global Cooling” Story Came to Be. | Link |
5 | Bradford Telegraph and Argus. (2016). 42 PICTURES: Bradford Wakes up to Unseasonal Covering of Late April Snow. | Link |
6 | Phys Org. (2021). Moscow Melts in Historic June Heat Wave. | Link |
7 | Searle, J. (2010). Aussie Flood Zone Bigger than France and Germany Combined. | Link |
8 | Ritchie, E.J. (2018). Exactly How Much Has the Earth Warmed? And Does It Matter? | Link |
9 | UCAR. (2022). Why Earth Is Warming | Center for Science Education. | Link |
10 | Buis, A. (2019). A Degree of Concern: Why Global Temperatures Matter. | Link |
11 | Roberts, D. (2018). This Graphic Explains Why 2 Degrees of Global Warming Will Be Way Worse than 1.5. | Link |
12 | Lieberman, B. (2021). 1.5 or 2 Degrees Celsius of Additional Global Warming: Does It Make a Difference? | Link |
13 | WWF. (2018). Wildlife in a Warming World: The Effects of Climate Change on Biodiversity in WWF’s Priority Places. | Link |
14 | Xu, C., Kohler, T.A., Lenton, T.M., et al. (2020). Future of the Human Climate Niche. | Link |
15 | IPCC. (2018). Infographic: The Difference in Projected Climate Impacts between 1.5°C and 2°C of Warming. | Link |
16 | Healthy Human Life. (2022). Why Are Coral Reefs Important for the Planet? | Link |
17 | Editors of EarthSky. (2015). How Much Do Oceans Add to World’s Oxygen? | Link |
18 | Pester, P. (2021). When Did Scientists First Warn Humanity about Climate Change? | Link |
19 | UNFCCC. (2023). The Paris Agreement: What Is the Paris Agreement? | Link |
20 | World Bank. (2022). Key Highlights: Country Climate and Development Report for Bangladesh. | Link |
21 | WMO. (2022). State of Climate in Africa Highlights Water Stress and Hazards. | Link |
22 | Pettigrew, S. (2020). Spanish Climate Migrants Strongly Correlated with Climate Justice. | Link |
23 | Carbon Brief Staff. (2021). In-Depth Q&A: The IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report on Climate Science. | Link |
24 | Forster, P., Rosen, D., Lamboll, R., et al. (2022). What the Tiny Remaining 1.5C Carbon Budget Means for Climate Policy. | Link |
25 | Foer, J.S. (2019). We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast. | Link |
26 | Ritchie, H., Roser, M., & Rosado, P. (2020). CO₂ and Greenhouse Gas Emissions. | Link |
27 | Berardelli, J. & Niemczyk, K. (2021). The Great Dying: Earth’s Largest-Ever Mass Extinction Is a Warning for Humanity. | Link |
28 | Steinfeld, H., Gerber, P., Wassenaar, T.D., et al. (2006). Livestock’s Long Shadow: Environmental Issues and Options. | Link |
29 | Goodland, R. & Anhang, J. (2009). Livestock and Climate Change. | Link |
30 | Carus, F. (2010). UN Urges Global Move to Meat and Dairy-Free Diet. | Link |
31 | Frischmann, C. (2018). 100 Solutions to Reverse Global Warming. | Link |
32 | Wynes, S. & Nicholas, K.A. (2017). The Climate Mitigation Gap: Education and Government Recommendations Miss the Most Effective Individual Actions. | Link |
33 | Lazard, O. (2022). The Blind Spots of the Green Energy Transition. | Link |
34 | Center for Sustainable Systems. (2022). Carbon Footprint Factsheet. | Link |
35 | Scarborough, P., Appleby, P.N., Mizdrak, A., et al. (2014). Dietary Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Meat-Eaters, Fish-Eaters, Vegetarians and Vegans in the UK. | Link |
36 | Loken, B. & WWF. (2020). Bending the Curve: The Restorative Power of Planet-Based Diets. | Link |
37 | Ritchie, H. (2021). If the World Adopted a Plant-Based Diet We Would Reduce Global Agricultural Land Use from 4 to 1 Billion Hectares. | Link |
38 | Ritchie, H. & Roser, M. (2013). Land Use | Link |
39 | Sigler, J., Videle, J., Perry, C., et al. (2022). Animal-Based Agriculture Vs. Plant-Based Agriculture. A Multi-Product Data Comparison. | Link |
40 | Poore, J. & Nemecek, T. (2018). Land Use per 100 Grams of Protein: Land Use Is Measured in Meters Squared (M2) per 100 Grams of Protein across Various Food Products. | Link |
41 | ARWEC. (2020). Water Facts – Worldwide Water Supply. | Link |
42 | FAO. (2019). Water Use in Livestock Production Systems and Supply Chains- Guidelines for Assessment: Version 1. | Link |
43 | Mekonnen, M.M. & Hoekstra, A.Y. (2012). A Global Assessment of the Water Footprint of Farm Animal Products. | Link |
44 | Water Footprint Network. (2023). Do You Know How Much Water Was Used to Grow Your Food and to Produce Your Clothes and the Things You Buy? | Link |
45 | Ritchie, H. & Roser, M. (2017). Water Use and Stress. | Link |
46 | Chai, B.C., van der Voort, J.R., Grofelnik, K., et al. (2019). Which Diet Has the Least Environmental Impact on Our Planet? A Systematic Review of Vegan, Vegetarian and Omnivorous Diets. | Link |
47 | Poore, J. & Nemecek, T. (2018). Reducing Food’s Environmental Impacts through Producers and Consumers. | Link |
48 | Heinke, J., Lannerstad, M., Gerten, D., et al. (2020). Water Use in Global Livestock Production—Opportunities and Constraints for Increasing Water Productivity. | Link |
49 | UNDESA. (2015). International Decade for Action “Water for Life” 2005-2015. Focus Areas: Water Scarcity. | Link |
50 | WHO. (2022). Drinking-Water. | Link |
51 | Brockway, O. & Brockway, L. (2022). Eating Our Way To Extinction | The Documentary. | Link |
52 | Vstats. (2023). Update: Animal Agriculture Drives 79% of Deforestation in Australia. | Link |
53 | Carrington, D. (2021). Amazon Rainforest Now Emitting More CO2 than It Absorbs. | Link |
54 | Pendrill, F., Persson, U.M., Godar, J., et al. (2019). Deforestation Displaced: Trade in Forest-Risk Commodities and the Prospects for a Global Forest Transition. | Link |
55 | Ritchie, H. & Roser, M. (2021). Forests and Deforestation. | Link |
56 | NOAA. (n.d.). How Much Oxygen Comes from the Ocean? | Link |
57 | NOAA. (2022). Quantifying the Ocean Carbon Sink. | Link |
58 | Communications and Publishing. (2016). What a Drag: The Global Impact of Bottom Trawling | U.S. Geological Survey. | Link |
59 | Hurlimann, S. (2019). How Kelp Naturally Combats Global Climate Change. | Link |
60 | Davies, R.W.D., Cripps, S.J., Nickson, A., et al. (2009). Defining and Estimating Global Marine Fisheries Bycatch. | Link |
61 | Lindwall, C. (2022). Guide: Industrial Agricultural Pollution 101. | Link |
62 | Scott, K. (2022). We Have International Laws to Stop Plastic Pollution from Fishing Vessels Now. Why Are We Not Enforcing Them? | Link |
63 | Lebreton, L., Royer, S.-J., Peytavin, A., et al. (2022). Industrialised Fishing Nations Largely Contribute to Floating Plastic Pollution in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. | Link |
64 | Climate Science. (2022). Fish Farming: Is Eating Fish Sustainable? | Link |
65 | Martin, J. (2022). Scottish Salmon’s Unsustainable Appetite – Who Benefits? | Link |
66 | CTVC Team. (2021). Turning the Tide on Sustainable Seafood. | Link |
67 | Frantz, D. & Collins, C. (2022). 3 Reasons to Avoid Farmed Salmon. | Link |
68 | Choudhury, A., Lepine, C., & Good, C. (2023). Methane and Hydrogen Sulfide Production from the Anaerobic Digestion of Fish Sludge from Recirculating Aquaculture Systems: Effect of Varying Initial Solid Concentrations. | Link |
69 | Humphreys, A.M., Govaerts, R., Ficinski, S.Z., et al. (2019). Global Dataset Shows Geography and Life Form Predict Modern Plant Extinction and Rediscovery. | Link |
70 | IPBES. (2019). Summary for Policymakers of the Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. | Link |
71 | FAO. (2022). The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2022. Towards Blue Transformation. | Link |
72 | Stanescu, V. (2019). “Cowgate”: Meat Eating and Climate Change Denial. Climate Change Denial and Public Relations. | Link |
73 | Heller, M. (2015). Greenhouse Gas Emission Estimates of U.S. Dietary Choices and Food Loss. | Link |
Chapter 2
Number | Chapter 2 | Link |
1 | Anderson, K. & Kuhn, K. (2014). COWSPIRACY: The Sustainability Secret. | Link |
2 | ALDF. (2015). Customary Cruelty in the Farm Industry: When Animal Abuse Is Legal. | Link |
3 | AWI. (2018). Legal Protections for Animals on Farms. | Link |
4 | LCA. (2017). Legalized Cruelty: 10 Shocking Practices Directly from Animal Agriculture Policy. | Link |
5 | Farm Transparency Project. (2015). Pig Truth. | Link |
6 | Brennan, C. (2015). Landscaper Sentenced to Year in Prison for Running over Nine Ducklings. | Link |
7 | RSPCA. (2021). What Happens with Male Chicks in the Egg Industry? | Link |
8 | Farm Transparency Project. (2020). Age of Animals Slaughtered. | Link |
9 | Turner, J., Garcés, L., & Smith, W. (2015). The Welfare of Broiler Chickens in the European Union. | Link |
10 | Charbeneau, D. (2019). The Number of Chickens Who Die Before Reaching the Kill Blade. | Link |
11 | Charbeneau, D. (2019). A Chicken’s Last Day Revealed by Undercover Investigator. | Link |
12 | PETA. (2010). The Pork Industry. | Link |
13 | Anthis, K. & Anthis, J.R. (2019). Global Farmed & Factory Farmed Animals Estimates. | Link |
14 | Anthis, J.R. (2019). US Factory Farming Estimates. | Link |
15 | Kirby, M. (2013). Factory Farming Masks Meat’s True Costs. | Link |
16 | Marinet Limited. (2021). The Scale of Intensive Indoor Livestock Farming in the United Kingdom, and the Impact of Its Related Sewage Disposal Regime upon Water Quality in Rivers. | Link |
17 | Corselo. (2018). Archive: Small and Large Farms in the EU – Statistics from the Farm Structure Survey. | Link |
18 | Klemperer, J. (2018). Why Slaughterhouse “Line Speeds” Matter. | Link |
19 | Warrick, J. (2001). “They Die Piece by Piece.” | Link |
20 | de Haas, Y. (2013). Preventing Tail Biting in Pigs. | Link |
21 | O’Keefe, J. (2022). The Inhumane Psychological Treatment of Factory Farmed Animals. | Link |
22 | Jacobs, B. (2020). The Neural Cruelty of Captivity: Keeping Large Mammals in Zoos and Aquariums Damages Their Brains. | Link |
23 | PETA. (2020). Animal Agriculture Increases the Risk of Pandemics. | Link |
24 | PETA. (2019). What Is Speciesism and How You Can Overcome It. | Link |
25 | World Animal Protection. (2020). Animal Protection Index. | Link |
26 | Constitutional Rights Foundation. (2008). BRIA 24 1 b Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle: Muckraking the Meat-Packing Industry. | Link |
27 | Moss, D.A. (2017). Democracy: A Case Study. | Link |
28 | Human Rights Watch (Organization). (2004). Blood, Sweat, and Fear: Workers’ Rights in U.S. Meat and Poultry Plants. | Link |
29 | PETA Australia. (n.d.). Factory Farming Is a Human Rights Issue, Too. | Link |
30 | McSweeney, E. & Young, H. (2021). ‘The Whole System Is Rotten’: Life inside Europe’s Meat Industry. | Link |
31 | McSweeney, E. & Young, H. (2021). Revealed: Exploitation of Meat Plant Workers Rife across UK and Europe. | Link |
32 | ETUC. (2021). Huge Fall in Labour Inspections Raises Covid Risk. | Link |
33 | ASPCA. (2018). New Investigation Highlights Dangers of High-Speed Slaughter. | Link |
34 | Scott-Reid, J. (2019). Advocates Agree: Increasing Kill Line Speeds Puts Animals and Workers at Risk. | Link |
35 | Richards, E., Signal, T., & Taylor, N. (2013). A Different Cut? Comparing Attitudes toward Animals and Propensity for Aggression within Two Primary Industry Cohorts—Farmers and Meatworkers. | Link |
36 | PETA Australia. (2020). Does Australian Milk Contain Cow Poo? | Link |
37 | ABC News. (2016). WA Milk Contamination Worries Spark Mass Recall. | Link |
38 | Greger, M. (2011). How Much Pus Is There in Milk? | Link |
39 | Consumer Reports. (2014). The High Cost of Cheap Chicken: 97 Percent of the Breasts We Tested Harbored Bacteria That Could Make You Sick. Learn How to Protect Yourself. | Link |
40 | PCRM. (2019). Doctors Sue USDA for Ignoring Concerns Over Fecal Contamination of Chicken. | Link |
41 | Marchese, A. & Hovorka, A. (2022). Zoonoses Transfer, Factory Farms and Unsustainable Human–Animal Relations. | Link |
42 | Belk, A.D., Duarte, T., Quinn, C., et al. (2021). Air versus Water Chilling of Chicken: A Pilot Study of Quality, Shelf-Life, Microbial Ecology, and Economics. | Link |
43 | Loria, K. (2019). Poultry Processing Tech: The Art of Air Chilling. | Link |
44 | Popham, P. (2000). How India’s Sacred Cows Are Beaten, Abused and Poisoned to Make. | Link |
45 | PETA. (2011). Animals in Entertainment: Circuses, SeaWorld, and Beyond. | Link |
46 | Henn, C. (2020). The Shocking Truth About What Happens to ‘Surplus’ Zoo Animals. | Link |
47 | Agence France-Presse. (2014). Danish Zoo That Killed Marius the Giraffe Puts down Four Lions. | Link |
48 | Schipani, S. (2019). The History of the Lab Rat Is Full of Scientific Triumphs and Ethical Quandaries. | Link |
49 | McAndrew, R. & Helms Tillery, S.I. (2016). Laboratory Primates: Their Lives in and after Research. | Link |
50 | Boyd, R. (2014). The Indigenous and Modern Relationship between People and Animals. | Link |
51 | Asia for Educators. (n.d.). Mongols in World History | The Pastoral Nomadic Life. | Link |
52 | Bird, R.B., Tayor, N., Codding, B.F., et al. (2013). Niche Construction and Dreaming Logic: Aboriginal Patch Mosaic Burning and Varanid Lizards (Varanus Gouldii) in Australia. | Link |
53 | Dengler, R. (2019). Ancient Sri Lankans Figured Out How to Sustainably Hunt Monkeys and Squirrels. | Link |
54 | Our World in Data. (2021). Yearly Number of Animals Slaughtered for Meat, World, 1961 to 2021 (FAO). | Link |
Chapter 3
Number | Chapter 3 | Link |
1 | Fowler, J.H. & Christakis, N.A. (2008). Dynamic Spread of Happiness in a Large Social Network: Longitudinal Analysis over 20 Years in the Framingham Heart Study. | Link |
2 | Mednick, S.C., Christakis, N.A., & Fowler, J.H. (2010). The Spread of Sleep Loss Influences Drug Use in Adolescent Social Networks. | Link |
3 | Rosenquist, J.N., Fowler, J.H., & Christakis, N.A. (2011). Social Network Determinants of Depression. | Link |
4 | Expert Participants. (1947). Agriculture Act 1947-10 & 11 Geo. 6, Chap, 48. | Link |
5 | European Commission. (2023). The Common Agricultural Policy at a Glance. | Link |
6 | Evans, M. (2017). Do We Eat Too Much Meat? | Link |
7 | Our World in Data. (2021). Yearly Number of Animals Slaughtered for Meat, World, 1961 to 2021 (FAO). | Link |
8 | Joyce, C. (2010). Food For Thought: Meat-Based Diet Made Us Smarter. | Link |
9 | The University of Sydney. (2015). Starchy Carbs, Not a Paleo Diet, Advanced the Human Race. | Link |
10 | University Of Minnesota. (1999). Light My Fire: Cooking As Key To Modern Human Evolution. | Link |
11 | Pennisi, E. (1999). Did Cooked Tubers Spur the Evolution of Big Brains? | Link |
12 | Mariotti, F. & Gardner, C.D. (2019). Dietary Protein and Amino Acids in Vegetarian Diets—A Review. | Link |
13 | Gardner, C., Hartle, J., Garrett, R., et al. (2019). Maximizing the Intersection of Human Health and the Health of the Environment with Regard to the Amount and Type of Protein Produced and Consumed in the United States. | Link |
14 | Piedmont Healthcare. (n.d.). What Is a Complete Protein? | Link |
15 | Rose, M. (2021). Soy-Chosis: The Strange but True Origin of How a Bean Became Demonized by a Nation (and Beyond). | Link |
16 | Setchell, K.D., Brown, N.M., Zhao, X., et al. (2011). Soy Isoflavone Phase II Metabolism Differs between Rodents and Humans: Implications for the Effect on Breast Cancer Risk. | Link |
17 | ASCO Staff. (2021). Can Eating Soy Cause Breast Cancer? | Link |
18 | Patisaul, H.B. & Jefferson, W. (2010). The Pros and Cons of Phytoestrogens. | Link |
19 | Reed, K.E., Camargo, J., Hamilton-Reeves, J., et al. (2021). Neither Soy nor Isoflavone Intake Affects Male Reproductive Hormones: An Expanded and Updated Meta-Analysis of Clinical Studies. | Link |
20 | Willett, W. (2022). Ask a Doctor: Is Animal Protein Easier to Absorb than Plant Protein? | Link |
21 | SCIMEX. (2015). Red Meat Linked to Cancer – WHO Report. | Link |
22 | Cancer Council NSW. (n.d.). Red Meat, Processed Meat and Cancer. | Link |
23 | Song, M., Fung, T.T., Hu, F.B., et al. (2016). Association of Animal and Plant Protein Intake With All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality. | Link |
24 | Huang, J., Liao, L.M., Weinstein, S.J., et al. (2020). Association Between Plant and Animal Protein Intake and Overall and Cause-Specific Mortality. | Link |
25 | McHutchison, T. (2014). Paleo Says No to Grains. But Is It Justified? | Link |
26 | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. (2019). Are Anti-Nutrients Harmful? | Link |
27 | Curhan, G.C., Willett, W.C., Knight, E.L., et al. (2004). Dietary Factors and the Risk of Incident Kidney Stones in Younger Women: Nurses’ Health Study II. | Link |
28 | Burckhardt, P. (2015). Calcium Revisited, Part III: Effect of Dietary Calcium on BMD and Fracture Risk. | Link |
29 | Feskanich, D., Willett, W.C., Stampfer, M.J., et al. (1997). Milk, Dietary Calcium, and Bone Fractures in Women: A 12-Year Prospective Study. | Link |
30 | Feskanich, D., Bischoff-Ferrari, H.A., Frazier, A.L., et al. (2014). Milk Consumption during Teenage Years and Risk of Hip Fractures in Older Adults. | Link |
31 | Sonneville, K.R., Gordon, C.M., Kocher, M.S., et al. (2012). Vitamin D, Calcium, and Dairy Intakes and Stress Fractures Among Female Adolescents. | Link |
32 | Chan, J.M., Stampfer, M.J., Ma, J., et al. (2001). Dairy Products, Calcium, and Prostate Cancer Risk in the Physicians’ Health Study. | Link |
33 | Kurlansky, M. (2018). Milk!: A 10,000-Year Food Fracas. | Link |
34 | Hamilton, A. (2016). Got Milked?: The Great Dairy Deception and Why You’ll Thrive Without Milk. | Link |
35 | Stukenberg, D., Blayney, D., & Miller, J. (2006). Major Advances in Milk Marketing: Government and Industry Consolidation. | Link |
36 | Rainey, C. (2017). These Cheese Scientists Are Fighting to Save the Dairy Industry. | Link |
37 | O’Connell, J. (1990). 1990 Milk, Calcium and Osteoporosis. | Link |
38 | Media Watch. (2023). Dairy Spin. | Link |
39 | Smith, M., Love, D.C., Rochman, C.M., et al. (2018). Microplastics in Seafood and the Implications for Human Health. | Link |
40 | Barboza, L.G.A., Lopes, C., Oliveira, P., et al. (2020). Microplastics in Wild Fish from North East Atlantic Ocean and Its Potential for Causing Neurotoxic Effects, Lipid Oxidative Damage, and Human Health Risks Associated with Ingestion Exposure. | Link |
41 | Guilford, G. (2015). Here’s Why Your Farmed Salmon Has Color Added to It. | Link |
42 | Brockway, O. & Brockway, L. (2022). Eating Our Way To Extinction | The Documentary. | Link |
43 | Tabrizi, A. (2021). Seaspiracy Facts. | Link |
44 | Rise of The Vegan. (2017). B12: Why It’s Not Just a Vegan Issue. | Link |
45 | Mayo Clinic Staff. (n.d.). Vitamin B-12. | Link |
46 | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. (2019). Iron. | Link |
47 | Zielinski, L. (2019). Selenium Benefits: Here Are 7 That Are Proven by Science. | Link |
48 | Eske, J. (2019). Brazil Nuts: Health Benefits, Nutrition, and Risks. | Link |
49 | Cleveland Clinic. (2022). Iodine Deficiency: Symptoms, Causes, Treatment & Prevention. | Link |
50 | Saunders, A.V., Craig, W.J., & Baines, S.K. (2013). Zinc and Vegetarian Diets. | Link |
51 | Dickens, R. (2020). Zinc Rich Foods For Vegetarians. | Link |
52 | PNW & D’Andrea, G. (2020). Vegan Zinc Sources, Absorption, and Deficiency | PNW. | Link |
53 | Kaviani, M., Shaw, K., & Chilibeck, P.D. (2020). Benefits of Creatine Supplementation for Vegetarians Compared to Omnivorous Athletes: A Systematic Review. | Link |
54 | Hill, S. (2021). The Proof Is in the Plants: How Science Shows a Plant-Based Diet Could Save Your Life. | Link |
55 | Hill, S. (2023). Fact-Check #4: Paul Saladino on Grains and Legumes. | Link |
56 | Key, T.J., Papier, K., & Tong, T.Y.N. (2022). Plant-Based Diets and Long-Term Health: Findings from the EPIC-Oxford Study. | Link |
57 | Oxford Population Health. (n.d.). EPIC-Oxford. | Link |
58 | Buettner, D. & Skemp, S. (2016). Blue Zones. | Link |
59 | Willett, W., Rockström, J., Loken, B., et al. (2019). Food in the Anthropocene: The EAT–Lancet Commission on Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems. | Link |
60 | EAT. (n.d.). EAT-Lancet Commission on Food, Planet, Health. | Link |
61 | McCormick, B. (2019). What do the Biggest Nutrition Organisations Say About Veganism? | Link |
62 | Clarke, C. (2020). David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet Review – Stark Climate Emergency Warning. | Link |
63 | McNulty, R. (2019). Arnold Schwarzenegger Advocates for Plant-Based Diets in New Documentary. | Link |
64 | PopulationU. (2023). Countries by GDP 2023. | Link |
65 | Shahbandeh, M. (2022). Global Meat Industry – Statistics & Facts. | Link |
66 | Crowley, J., Ball, L., & Hiddink, G.J. (2019). Nutrition in Medical Education: A Systematic Review. | Link |
67 | Factory Farming Awareness & O’Keefe, J. (2022). How the Meat and Dairy Industry Fund Scientific Research. | Link |
68 | Almendral, A. (2023). The Meat Industry Blocked the IPCC’s Attempt to Recommend a Plant-Based Diet. | Link |
69 | USDA ERS. (2023). Dairy: Policy. | Link |
70 | Duhaime-Ross, A. (2016). New US Food Guidelines Show the Power of Lobbying, Not Science. | Link |
71 | Moran, G. (2021). Questions Remain about Big Food’s Influence on the New Dietary Guidelines. | Link |
72 | DeSmog. (n.d.). Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board. | Link |
73 | British Nutrition Foundation. (n.d.). Who We Work With. | Link |
74 | Simon, M. (2015). Is the Dietitians Association of Australia in the Pocket of Big Food? | Link |
75 | Health Canada. (2019). Canada’s Dietary Guidelines. | Link |
76 | Joy, M. (2011). Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism. | Link |
77 | Dixon, F. (2022). Are Humans Herbivores or Omnivores? | Link |
78 | Cowell, A. (1992). After 350 Years, Vatican Says Galileo Was Right: It Moves. | Link |
79 | Davis, R. (2015). The Doctor Who Championed Hand-Washing and Briefly Saved Lives. | Link |
80 | Olvera, L. (2020). Marketing Masculinity: The Meat of the Matter. | Link |
81 | Pohlmann, A. (2014). Threatened at the Table: Meat Consumption, Maleness and Men’s Gender Identities. | Link |
82 | Hillier, D. (2022). Meet the ‘Vegan Bros’ Here to Bust the Myth That Real Men Eat Meat. | Link |
83 | Owyoung, P. (2022). Men, Meat, and the Marketing of Manhood. | Link |
84 | Bray, H.J., Zambrano, S.C., Chur-Hansen, A., et al. (2016). Not Appropriate Dinner Table Conversation? Talking to Children about Meat Production. | Link |
85 | Ascione, F.R. (1993). Children Who Are Cruel to Animals: A Review of Research and Implications for Developmental Psychopathology. | Link |
86 | Smithers, R. (2017). Tesco Faces Legal Threat over Marketing Its Food with “Fake Farm” Names. | Link |
87 | Reese, J. (2018). There’s No Such Thing as Humane Meat or Eggs. Stop Kidding Yourself. | Link |
88 | McGreal, C. (2019). How America’s Food Giants Swallowed the Family Farms. | Link |
89 | Peterson Farm Brothers. (n.d.). Are There Still Family Farmers? Or Are Most Farms Factory Farms and Industrial Farms? | Link |
90 | Thomas Foods Feedlot. (2022). Thomas Foods Feedlot. | Link |
91 | TFI. (2023). About TFI. | Link |
92 | Berry, K. (2020). Thomas Foods Expands and Rebrands. | Link |
93 | ACMF. (n.d.). Free Range, RSPCA, Organic – What Are the Differences? | Link |
94 | CHOICE staff. (2021). Are Your Eggs Really Free-Range? | Link |
95 | CHOICE staff. (2019). Meat Reviews, Tests, Information and Buying Guides. | Link |
96 | Purewal, A.K. (2022). New Zealand Farming Production Systems – Pigs. | Link |
97 | Pasture for Life. (n.d.). Pasture for Life – FAQs. | Link |
98 | Sustainable Table. (2023). Let’s Talk Beef. | Link |
99 | Rivera, L. (2017). The Truth Behind the Pork We Eat. | Link |
100 | Winters, E. (2022). This Is Vegan Propaganda: (& Other Lies the Meat Industry Tells You). | Link |
101 | Sanders, B. (2020). Global Animal Slaughter Statistics & Charts: 2020 Update. | Link |
102 | Meat & Livestock Australia. (2021). Grainfed Cattle Make up 50% of Beef Production. | Link |
103 | Australian Pork. (n.d.). Indoor System Farming. | Link |
104 | PETA Australia. (n.d.). The Truth About Chickens Used for Meat in Australia – Issues. | Link |
105 | Cervera, M. (2022). Investigation Reveals UK Has over 1,000 Mega-Farms in Livestock-Intensive Farming Boom. | Link |
106 | Wasley, A. & Kroeker, H. (2018). Revealed: Industrial-Scale Beef Farming Comes to the UK. | Link |
107 | Shelling, M. (2018). Clean Green Beef No Longer on Our Menu? How Feedlots Are Changing the Face of the New Zealand Agri-Food System. | Link |
108 | Mathus, N. (2018). M. Bovis Hits Beef Feedlot. | Link |
109 | Eating Better. (2020). We Need to Talk about Chicken. | Link |
110 | RSPCA. (n.d.). Pig Farming in the UK. | Link |
111 | Safe. (n.d.). Free Range. | Link |
112 | Reddy, J. (2022). Pig Farming in New Zealand: Breeds, How to Start. | Link |
113 | Harvey, F. (2021). Fewer, Bigger, More Intensive: EU Vows to Stem Drastic Loss of Small Farms. | Link |
114 | The Science Agriculture. (n.d.). Livestock Archives. | Link |
115 | Bechtel, W. (2018). Cattle on Feed Numbers: A Look Around the World. | Link |
116 | Animal Clock. (2023). 2023 U.S. Animal Kill Clock. | Link |
117 | Delforce, C. (2018). Dominion. | Link |
118 | Winters, E. & Woods, L. (2017). Land of Hope and Glory. | Link |
119 | Anthis, J.R. (2019). US Factory Farming Estimates. | Link |
120 | Kirby, M. (2013). Factory Farming Masks Meat’s True Costs. | Link |
121 | Corselo. (2018). Archive: Small and Large Farms in the EU – Statistics from the Farm Structure Survey. | Link |
122 | Farm Transparency Project. (2019). Farm Transparency Map: Interactive Map of Australian Factory Farms and Slaughterhouses. | Link |
123 | CounterGlow. (n.d.). CounterGlow Map. | Link |
124 | Poultry Hub Australia. (n.d.). Meat Chicken (Broiler) Industry. | Link |
125 | Voiceless. (n.d.). Ag-Gag Laws in Australia. | Link |
126 | Batheja, A. (2018). The Time Oprah Winfrey Beefed with the Texas Cattle Industry. | Link |
127 | Etymonline. (2019). Meat. | Link |
128 | Clarke, J. (2017). In the Middle Ages, the Upper Class Went Nuts for Almond Milk. | Link |
129 | FRSC. (2019). Misleading Descriptions for Food Options Paper. | Link |
130 | Gleckel, J.A. (2020). Are Consumers Really Confused by Plant-Based Food Labels? An Empirical Study. | Link |
131 | Whipple, T. (2023). Meat Farmers Likened to Big Tobacco for Downplaying Risks to Health. | Link |
132 | Stanescu, V. (2019). “Cowgate”: Meat Eating and Climate Change Denial. Climate Change Denial and Public Relations. | Link |
133 | OpenSecrets. (2023). Sector Profile: Agribusiness. | Link |
134 | Lazarus, O., McDermid, S., & Jacquet, J. (2021). The Climate Responsibilities of Industrial Meat and Dairy Producers. | Link |
135 | CEAP. (2021). Research Brief #5: The Climate Responsibilities of Industrial Meat and Dairy Producers. | Link |
136 | Dunne, D. (2021). Global Meat Industry ‘Using Tobacco Company Tactics’ to Downplay Role in Driving Climate Crisis, Investigation Claims. | Link |
137 | McKie, R.E. (2019). Climate Change Counter Movement Neutralization Techniques: A Typology to Examine the Climate Change Counter Movement. | Link |
138 | Ritchie, H. (2020). You Want to Reduce the Carbon Footprint of Your Food? Focus on What You Eat, Not Whether Your Food Is Local. | Link |
139 | Scarborough, P., Appleby, P.N., Mizdrak, A., et al. (2014). Dietary Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Meat-Eaters, Fish-Eaters, Vegetarians and Vegans in the UK. | Link |
140 | Weber, C.L. & Matthews, H.S. (2008). Food-Miles and the Relative Climate Impacts of Food Choices in the United States. | Link |
141 | Pieper, M., Michalke, A., & Gaugler, T. (2020). Calculation of External Climate Costs for Food Highlights Inadequate Pricing of Animal Products. | Link |
142 | Smith, L.G., Kirk, G.J.D., Jones, P.J., et al. (2019). The Greenhouse Gas Impacts of Converting Food Production in England and Wales to Organic Methods. | Link |
143 | FAO. (2018). The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2018: Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals. | Link |
144 | Myers, R.A. & Worm, B. (2003). Rapid Worldwide Depletion of Predatory Fish Communities. | Link |
145 | MSC. (n.d.). Sustainable Fishing | MSC. | Link |
146 | Willow, F. (2019). Is MSC Certified Fish Really Sustainable? | Link |
147 | Openseas. (2018). Scallop Dredging: Eco-Label the Problems Away. | Link |
148 | McVeigh, K. (2021). Blue Ticked off: The Controversy over the MSC Fish ‘Ecolabel.’ | Link |
149 | Marine Conservation Society. (2023). How Our Good Fish Guide Ratings Work. | Link |
150 | Miller, M. (2020). Farm Babe: USDA’s “Grass Fed” Beef Label may not be What it Seems. | Link |
151 | Ranganathan, J., Waite, R., Searchinger, T., et al. (2020). Regenerative Agriculture: Good for Soil Health, but Limited Potential to Mitigate Climate Change. | Link |
152 | Lewis, T. (2021). ‘Sustainable Isn’t a Thing’: Why Regenerative Agriculture Is Food’s Latest Buzzword. | Link |
153 | Garnett, T. (2017). Why Eating Grass-Fed Beef Isn’t Going to Help Fight Climate Change. | Link |
154 | Garnett, T., Godde, C., Muller, A., et al. (2017). Grazed and Confused?: Ruminating on Cattle, Grazing Systems, Methane, Nitrous Oxide, the Soil Carbon Sequestration Question-and What It All Means for Greenhouse Gas Emissions. | Link |
155 | Smith, P. (2014). Do Grasslands Act as a Perpetual Sink for Carbon? | Link |
156 | Norman, C. & Kreye, M. (2020). How Forests Store Carbon. | Link |
157 | Campbell, L. (2019). Grass-Fed Beef: Is It Really a Sustainable Alternative? | Link |
158 | Hayek, M.N. & Garrett, R.D. (2018). Nationwide Shift to Grass-Fed Beef Requires Larger Cattle Population. | Link |
159 | Hill, S.J. (2021). Can Holistic Grazing Reverse Climate Change? | Link |
160 | Ritchie, H., Rodés-Guirao, L., Mathieu, E., et al. (2023). Population Growth. | Link |
Chapter 4
Number | Chapter 4 | Link |
1 | Foer, J.S. (2019). We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast. | Link |
2 | Porter, M. (2022). 7 Scary Ingredients Hiding in Your Halloween Treats – Animal Save Movement. | Link |
3 | The Kind Store. (2023). 15 Non-Vegan Ingredients to Avoid in Your Skincare. | Link |
4 | Güler Tuck, Z. (2021). 20 Surprising Things That Contain Animal Products. | Link |
5 | Petroff, A. (2016). It’s Not Just the U.K. These Countries Also Have Animal Fat in Their Money. | Link |
6 | Meixner, M. (2020). Is Alcohol Vegan? A Complete Guide to Beer, Wine, and Spirits. | Link |
7 | Barnivore. (n.d.). Is Your Booze Vegan? | Link |
8 | Jayathilakan, K., Sultana, K., Radhakrishna, K., et al. (2012). Utilization of Byproducts and Waste Materials from Meat, Poultry and Fish Processing Industries: A Review. | Link |
9 | Henchion, M., McCarthy, M., & O’Callaghan, J. (2016). Transforming Beef By-Products into Valuable Ingredients: Which Spell/Recipe to Use? | Link |
10 | Alao, B.O., Falowo, A.B., Chulayo, A., et al. (2017). The Potential of Animal By-Products in Food Systems: Production, Prospects and Challenges. | Link |
11 | Rogers, K. (2020). Want to Eat Less Meat? Take a Page from These Cultures That Already Do. | Link |
Chapter 5
Number | Chapter 5 | Link |
1 | Netherworld. (n.d.). Diner Bites + Buns + Bowls + Desserts. | Link |
2 | Tzeses, J. (2020). Cognitive Dissonance: What It Is & Why It Matters. | Link |
3 | Murphy, L. (2015). How Social Proof Actually Works in Marketing. | Link |
4 | Mcleod, S. (2022). What Is Conformity? Definition, Types, Psychology Research. | Link |
5 | Asch, S.E. (1956). Studies of Independence and Conformity: I. a Minority of One Against a Unanimous Majority. | Link |
6 | Kahneman, D. (2013). Thinking, Fast and Slow. | Link |
7 | Shatz, I. (2016). The Confirmation Bias: Why People See What They Want to See. | Link |
8 | Hassan, A. & Barber, S.J. (2021). The Effects of Repetition Frequency on the Illusory Truth Effect. | Link |
9 | BehavioralEconomics. (2023). Sunk Cost Fallacy. | Link |
10 | Fulkerson, L. (2013). Forks Over Knives. | Link |
11 | Farm Transitions Australia. (n.d.). Farm Transitions Australia. | Link |
12 | RAP. (2022). Home. | Link |
13 | Sutton, J. (2016). What Is Willpower? The Psychology Behind Self-Control. | Link |
14 | Schaffner, A.K. (2020). Living With the Inner Critic: 8 Helpful Worksheets. | Link |
Chapter 6
Number | Chapter 6 | Link |
1 | Wright, N. (2018). Jordan Missed 9,000 Times. | Link |
2 | Ivereigh, A. (2016). Mother Teresa and the Media: What the Camera Saw. | Link |
3 | Coelho do Vale, R., Pieters, R., & Zeelenberg, M. (2016). The Benefits of Behaving Badly on Occasion: Successful Regulation by Planned Hedonic Deviations. | Link |
4 | The Vegan Society. (n.d.). Definition of Veganism. | Link |
5 | Impossible Foods. (2018). Setting the Record Straight: How PETA Extremists Are Undermining Their Own Mission. | |
6 | Chiorando, M. (2017). Impossible Foods CEO Speaks Out Over Animal Testing Row: “It Was An Agonizing Decision.” | Link |
7 | Sogari, G., Caputo, V., Joshua Petterson, A., et al. (2023). A Sensory Study on Consumer Valuation for Plant-Based Meat Alternatives: What Is Liked and Disliked the Most? | Link |
8 | Goodful. (2020). Impossible Burger Blind Taste Test. | Link |
9 | Slickdeals. (2021). “BLIND” TASTE TEST: Beyond, Impossible and Beef Burgers! | Link |
10 | Khan, S., Loyola, C., Dettling, J., et al. (2019). Comparative Environmental LCA of the Impossible Burger with Conventional Ground Beef Burger. | |
11 | Impossible Foods. (2017). An Open Letter from Our CEO To Our Community. | Link |
12 | Impossible Foods. (2017). The Agonizing Dilemma Of Animal Testing. | Link |
13 | Herzog, H. (2014). 84% of Vegetarians and Vegans Return to Meat. Why? | Link |
Chapter 7
Number | Chapter 7 | Link |
1 | Foer, J.S. (2019). We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast. | Link |
2 | Psihoyos, L. (2019). The Game Changers Documentary. | Link |
3 | Fulkerson, L. (2013). Forks Over Knives. | Link |
4 | Andersen, K. & Kuhn, K. (2017). What the Health. | Link |
5 | Joy, M. (2011). Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism. | Link |
6 | Dominion. (2018). Watch Dominion (2018) – Full Documentary. | Link |
7 | Farm Transparency Project. (2014). Farm Transparency Project – Australian Animal Protection Charity. | Link |
8 | Anderson, K. & Kuhn, K. (2014). COWSPIRACY: The Sustainability Secret. | Link |
9 | Tabrizi, A. (2021). Seaspiracy Facts. | Link |
10 | Winters, E. (2022). This Is Vegan Propaganda: (And Other Lies the Meat Industry Tells You). | Link |
11 | Hill, S. (2021). The Proof Is in the Plants: How Science Shows a Plant-Based Diet Could Save Your Life. | Link |
Chapter 8
Number | Chapter 8 | Link |
1 | Safe Food Queensland. (2021). Spotlight on Australia’s Red Meat Industry. | Link |
2 | The Meat & Wine Co. (2020). Why Australian Meat Is the World’s Best. | Link |
3 | Rooke, J. (2013). Do Carnivores Need Vitamin B12 Supplements? | Link |
4 | Vigen, T. (2012). Per Capita Consumption of Chicken Correlates with Total US Crude Oil Imports. | Link |
5 | Fallacy Man. (2016). The Hierarchy of Evidence: Is the Study’s Design Robust? | Link |
6 | Akhtar, A. (2015). The Flaws and Human Harms of Animal Experimentation. | Link |
Chapter 9
Number | Chapter 9 | Link |
1 | Clear, J. (n.d.). Atomic Habits Summary. | Link |
2 | Veganuary. (2022). Veganuary 2022 Campaign in Review. | |
3 | Willett, W., Rockström, J., Loken, B., et al. (2019). Food in the Anthropocene: The EAT–Lancet Commission on Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems. | Link |
4 | Buettner, D. & Skemp, S. (2016). Blue Zones. | Link |
5 | Ritchie, H. (2022). Dairy vs. Plant-Based Milk: What Are the Environmental Impacts? | Link |
6 | FAO. (2013). Food Wastage Footprint: Impacts on Natural Resources: Summary Report. |
Chapter 10
Number | Chapter 10 | Link |
1 | Carbstrong, J. (2022). How to Cope with Non-Vegan Friends & Family (a Survival Guide). | Link |
2 | Covey, S.R. (2004). The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change. | Link |
3 | Baxter, C.K. (2021). How to Mindfully Talk About Veganism with Friends and Family. | Link |
4 | Ramsden, P. (2017). Vicarious Trauma, PTSD and Social Media: Does Watching Graphic Videos Cause Trauma. | Link |