Bernard Rollins, Colorado State University
The Initiative for the Study of Public Health Ethics & History, The Center for Science, Technology & Society, and the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Time: 6:00pm
Location The Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Ben Franklin Parkway
Though agriculture has traditionally been based on an environmentally sustainable model emphasizing good animal husbandry, over the course of the 20th Century the emphasis on cheap, affordable food pushed agriculture into an industrial model. This industrial agriculture poses major challenges to society because of its negative effects on animals, the environment, and the public’s health. We can meet these challenges in the future by learning from the past, and once again placing animals in environments benefitting their natures – not only is this good for the animals, but it will also help to ensure an environmentally sustainable and socially responsible agriculture for the future.