[Pollinator] Fwd: CAST Issue Paper: Water and Land Issues Associated with Animal Agricultu...

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 From: jbonner at cast-science.org
To: lda at pollinator.org
Sent: 8/1/2012  6:31:47 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time
Subj: CAST Issue Paper: Water and Land  Issues Associated with Animal 
Agriculture, a U.S. Perspective



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Hi,  - 
_Click Here_ 
(http://www.cast-science.org/publications/?water_and_land_issues_associated_with_animal_agriculture_a_us_perspective&show=product&productID
=261302)  for a free download of a new Issue Paper  #50 from the Council 
for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST), titled Water and Land Issues 
Associated with  Animal Agriculture: A U.S.  Perspective. 
The Issue  Paper examines the livestock, land, and water issues raised by 
the  FAO—including concerns examined in the publication titled Livestock’s 
Long Shadow. 
Highlights of  this timely publication can be found in the Abstract below. 
CAST is a  highly regarded source of credible, science-based information on 
topics of  food, feed, and fiber, so check the _CAST  website_ 
(http://www.cast-science.org/)  often when you’re in search of ag-related information in 
a  hurry.  All  CAST Issue Papers and Commentaries are FREE.  
John M.  Bonner, Ph.D. 
Executive Vice  President/CEO 
Phone:  515-292-2125 x225   Fax: 515-292-4512 
_jbonner at cast-science.org_ (mailto:jbonner at cast-science.org)  


ABSTRACT 
The authors  draw heavily on published data and literature to look at 
current status and  trends in physical and biological indicators as well as 
policy and both  regulatory and non-regulatory approaches to addressing issues 
such as rising  meat consumption, water quality, land degradation, feed grain 
demands, and the  large volumes of manure.  
The experts  who compiled this paper cover the production of beef, dairy, 
pork, and  poultry.  They focus  on: 
·          policy transitions to prevent economic damage to  producers and 
consumers; 
·          environmental management programs; and 
·          the life cycle approach and the systems approach. 
The authors  point out that the relationship between livestock and land and 
water resources  is directly affected by (1) improvements in productivity 
registered through  technological gains and intensification, (2) improvements 
in waste management  systems and understanding of pollution processes, and 
(3) emerging demands on  livestock production systems to address other 
social  goals. 
This paper  emphasizes the need for sustained research, development, and 
education to  dramatically increase the productivity of livestock and related 
systems while  decreasing resource use and negative environmental effects. 
As the concluding  line states: 

“Policy to ensure access to resources and  education and timely 
distribution of food to the poorest people on the planet  is needed to prevent disaster.
” 
CAST is an  international consortium of scientific and professional 
societies, companies,  and nonprofit organizations. It assembles, interprets, and 
communicates  credible, science-based information regionally, nationally, and 
 internationally to legislators, regulators, policymakers, the media, the  
private sector, and the public. 
Task Force  Authors: 
Kelly D.  Zering, Chair, North Carolina St. Univ.       G. Larry  Newton, 
Univ. of Georgia 
Terence J.  Centner, Univ. of Georgia                        John M. 
Sweeten, Texas A&M  Univ. System  
Deanne Meyer,  Univ. of California–Davis               Steven Woodruff,  
Woodruff & Howe Environ. Engineering, Inc. 
Contacts: 
Dr. Kelly  Zering—Phone: 919-515-6089; E-mail: _kzering at ncsu.edu_ 
(mailto:kzering at ncsu.edu)    
Dr. John M.  Bonner—Phone: 515-292-2125, ext. 225; E-mail: 
_jbonner at cast-science.org_ (mailto:jbonner at cast-science.org)  


 
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