If we don’t take urgent action by eating less meat, we’ll destroy the planet – that’s the stark warning from leading experts in a new book launched with media communications support from Minerva.

Farming, Food and Nature: Respecting Animals, People and the Environment, edited by Compassion in World Farming’s Carol McKenna and Joyce D’Silva, presents the case for urgent action to combat the damaging impacts of livestock production and to fix our broken global food systems.

Published by Earthscan on November 2nd, the book includes the latest scientific evidence, case studies, detailed reviews, personal reflections and potential solutions from some of the world’s leading policy experts and scientists such as: food activist Raj Patel; author Carl Safina; leader of the Sustainability Science Center Katherine Richardson; famous primatologist Jane Goodall, PhD, DBE, UN Messenger of Peace; environmentalist Jonathon Porritt; sustainability policy expert Karl Falkenberg; and bee expert, Dave Goulson.

It includes the best thinking from the Extinction & Livestock Conference – the world’s first ever international event to examine this issue which took place at London’s QEII Centre in October 2017 – as well as new contributions on plant-based & clean meat innovation, insects as food and feed, and the growing environmental and welfare impacts of fish farming. Minerva led on media communications for this hugely successful international conference.

Minerva’s Senior Project Manager, Charlotte Reid, who led on media communications support for the book launch, said: “We’re pleased to be supporting Compassion in World Farming’s latest work on this important issue to safeguard the future of our planet. This powerful new book sets out the urgent need for action by individuals – to eat less meat – and at a global, governmental level to fix our broken food systems before it’s too late.”

The book is available to pre-order via the Routledge website.