Total meat consumption per capita in Australia has been stable since the 1960s but the type of meat consumed has changed significantly. Chicken and pork both now far outstrip beef, mutton and lamb.
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Free range, sow stall free - you’ll find a number of different types of ham on the market this Christmas. But what do they mean?
High feed costs is limiting pig production in Africa. There are alternatives. The industry must find ways to use available feeds from industries that process agricultural products
A new SBS doco will spark more questions about if and how we should eat meat.
But what are the risks?
We’re living longer and more ill lives – could we use animals to grow human organs for transplants?
A baboon survived nearly three years with a pigs heart, so does that mean cross-species transplantation is imminent?
Turns out pigs have more boar in them than we thought.
A current bill before the New South Wales Parliament proposes to end the use of sow-stalls.
The morality of which animals we can and can’t eat doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.
Lots of animals consume alcohol but only humans do it to get drunk.
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