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Both literally and figuratively, the global food industry and its 8 billion customers have been buffeted from pillar to post this past 3 years and more. Worrisomely, the human Covid pandemic is not alone and there's a disconcerting global growth in some livestock diseases. War in Ukraine, with no proximate resolution, will continue to threaten economic, financial and mental stability and will create havoc with household budgets, and returns to agricultural and food industry businesses throughout this year. Pre-pandemic, escalating consumer concerns about the impact of livestock production on the health of our planet were front and centre. Now, more immediate global troubles muddy our ''worry pools". Glance at the food retail shelves and it's blindingly obvious that there are meat cuts and dairy products for ''The Haves" and The Have Nots" as prices have escalated, albeit too late in the day for some producers and, concomitantly, household incomes have polarised. The social issues that occupied our minds about the impact of meat and dairy production have been constrained and affected our purchasing behaviour -higher welfare, organic food product sales have struggled as shoppers seek

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Author

N. Yoxall

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2023

Language

EN

Field

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)