Pub Date : 2023-11-04DOI: 10.1007/s10806-023-09917-7
Ingrid Bunker, Jana Zscheischler
Abstract Against the background of high demand for protein-rich feed in the EU and the environmental degradation associated with intensive livestock farming, insect-based feed is discussed as a potential sustainable alternative to conventional feed. However, the establishment of such an innovation depends not only upon technical and economic feasibility, but also on social factors impacting acceptability. The aim of this paper was to determine the acceptability of different social actor groups towards the use of insects as livestock feed, and to gain insights into value-based arguments leading to positive or negative attitudes and perceived benefits and risks. By means of qualitative content analysis, we analysed responses of an EU public consultation process linked to the authorization of insect protein in pig and poultry feed. We found a broad range of value-based arguments that influence the complex judgement process of acceptability that have been neglected in prior quantitative surveys. In particular, our results bring forward more critical voices, such as animal welfare concerns and scepticism that insect-based feed can contribute to a more sustainable livestock system. Based on these findings, we discuss whether insects as feed are a viable contribution to a sustainability-oriented transformation of the agri-food system. We conclude that under certain conditions (when raised on low-value organic side streams such as manure) insect-based livestock feed may contribute to incremental sustainability improvements. Overall, however, the innovation has limitations, not only in terms of regulatory conditions but especially with regard to ethical concerns.
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Pub Date : 2023-10-30DOI: 10.1007/s10806-023-09918-6
Toby Svoboda
{"title":"A Kantian Approach to the Moral Considerability of Non-human Nature","authors":"Toby Svoboda","doi":"10.1007/s10806-023-09918-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-023-09918-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50258,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics","volume":"26 5","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136105993","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-21DOI: 10.1007/s10806-023-09915-9
Suchismita Das
{"title":"Politically Branding India’s “First Fully Organic State”: Re-Signification of Traditional Practices and Markets in Organic Agriculture","authors":"Suchismita Das","doi":"10.1007/s10806-023-09915-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-023-09915-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50258,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics","volume":"340 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136235444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-01DOI: 10.1007/s10806-023-09914-w
Alfonso Donoso
{"title":"Climate Injustice in a More-Than-Human World","authors":"Alfonso Donoso","doi":"10.1007/s10806-023-09914-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-023-09914-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50258,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42334600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Strategies for Increasing Participation of Diverse Consumers in a Community Seafood Program","authors":"Talia Young, G. Cumming, Ellie Kerns, Kristin Hunter-Thomson, Harmony Lu, Tamara Manik-Perlman, Cassandra Manotham, Tasha Palacio, Narry Veang, Wenxin Weng, Feini Yin, C. Cuite","doi":"10.1007/s10806-023-09912-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-023-09912-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50258,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41901360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-20DOI: 10.1007/s10806-023-09911-z
E. Mangnus
{"title":"An assessment of 'Inclusive' Business Models: Vehicles for Development, or Neo-Colonial Practices?","authors":"E. Mangnus","doi":"10.1007/s10806-023-09911-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-023-09911-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50258,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47377916","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-10DOI: 10.1007/s10806-023-09913-x
S. Vellema, G. Schouten, P. Knorringa
{"title":"Connecting the Concepts of Frugality and Inclusion to Appraise Business Practices in Systems of Food Provisioning: A Kenyan Case Study","authors":"S. Vellema, G. Schouten, P. Knorringa","doi":"10.1007/s10806-023-09913-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-023-09913-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50258,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44238501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-06-24DOI: 10.1007/s10806-023-09910-0
Anni Turunen, R. Aro, S. Huttunen
{"title":"Intra-Acting Food Citizenship in Community-Supported Agriculture in Finland","authors":"Anni Turunen, R. Aro, S. Huttunen","doi":"10.1007/s10806-023-09910-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-023-09910-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50258,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42434611","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-06-20DOI: 10.1007/s10806-023-09909-7
F. Meijboom, J. Staman, R. Pothoven
{"title":"From Blind Spot to Crucial Concept: On the Role of Animal Welfare in Food System Changes towards Circular Agriculture","authors":"F. Meijboom, J. Staman, R. Pothoven","doi":"10.1007/s10806-023-09909-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-023-09909-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50258,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43956541","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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