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WINSTON CHURCHILL predicted synthetic meat. "We shall escape the absurdity of growing a whole chicken in order to eat the breast or wing, by growing these parts separately under a suitable medium. Synthetic food will, of course, also be used in the future. Nor need the pleasures of the table be banished."" " http://lnkd.in/d2H8CnE View in LinkedIn

CONTAMINATED MEAT, (Sinclair Lewis's The Jungle may still be relevant today). "A 2011 study reported that according to a nationwide study nearly half of the meat and poultry sold in U.S. grocery stores—47 percent—was contaminated with S. aureus, and more than half of those bacteria—52 percent—were resistant to at least three classes of antibiotics."" " http://lnkd.in/dGN-cmD View in LinkedIn

SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL? "The industrial food chain uses 70 percent of agricultural resources to provide 30 percent of the world’s food, whereas what ETC calls “the peasant food web” produces the remaining 70 percent using only 30 percent of the resources."" " http://lnkd.in/dRh9Tjf View in LinkedIn

MRSA POOL IN PIGS. "Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been identified in pigs and humans raising concerns about the role of pigs as reservoirs of MRSA for human infection. One study found that 20% of pig farmers in the United States and Canada in 2007 harbored MRSA. A second study revealed that 81% of Dutch pig farms had pigs with MRSA and 39% of animals at slaughter carried the bug were all of the infections were resistant to tetracycline and many were resistant to other antimicrobials."" " http://lnkd.in/dGN-cmD View in LinkedIn

DOUBLING FOOD PRODUCTION is not the answer to feeding the world according to a Tufts University report. The issue is inadequate access to food, according to the report, which cites flawed assumptions in the call to double food supply. http://lnkd.in/dwjjAaihttp://lnkd.in/dg-2kyf View in LinkedIn

ANTIBIOTIC USE IN FARMS. "According to the Union of Concerned Scientists a staggering 24.6 million pounds of antibiotics are fed to farm animals in the U.S. annually,13.5 million pounds of which would already be illegal in the EU because of the risk they pose to public health."" " http://lnkd.in/dwjjAai View in LinkedIn

DISINVESTMENT IN AGRICULTURE."For most of the past 25 years, investment in agriculture has declined relentlessly. In 2005 most developing countries were investing only around 5% of public revenues in farming. The share of Western aid going to agriculture fell by around three-quarters between 1980 and 2006."" " http://lnkd.in/dg-2kyf View in LinkedIn

80% OF ANTIBIOTICS USED FOR FACTORY FARMS. "In the United States, the use of antibiotics in livestock is still prevalent. The FDA reports that 80 percent of all antibiotics sold in 2009 were administered to livestock animals, and that many of these antibiotics are identical or closely related to drugs used for treating illnesses in humans." With the rise of antibiotic resistant bugs, this is a serious concern. " " http://lnkd.in/dGN-cmD View in LinkedIn

FOOD DEMAND TO RISE. "Between now and 2050 the world's population will rise by a third, but demand for agricultural goods will rise by 70% and demand for meat will double."" " http://lnkd.in/dg-2kyf View in LinkedIn

WORLD HUNGER. "The world has long produced enough calories, around 2,700 per day per human, more than enough to meet the United Nations projection of a population of nine billion in 2050, up from the current seven billion. There are hungry people not because food is lacking, but because not all of those calories go to feed humans (a third go to feed animals, nearly 5 percent are used to produce biofuels, and as much as a third is wasted, all along the food chain)."" " http://lnkd.in/dRh9Tjf View in LinkedIn