Event Description
Join Dr. Bernard Rollin for a discussion on the impacts of industrial agriculture and methods for making it more sustainable.
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 befitting 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.
Free and open to the public.
Registration requested: http://rollinlecture.eventbrite.com
This lecture is sponsored by the Program for Public Health Ethics and History at the Drexel University School of Public Health and the Drexel University Center for Science, Technology & Society.
Bernard E. Rollin (B.A. CCNY, Ph.D. Columbia) is university distinguished professor, professor of philosophy, professor of biomedical sciences, professor of animal sciences, and university bioethicist at Colorado State University. He was a major architect of the 1985 U.S. federal laws protecting laboratory animals. Rollin is the author of 17 books and more than 500 articles on topics that include veterinary medical ethics and animal welfare.
Rollin is one of the leading scholars in animal rights and animal consciousness and has lectured more than 1,500 times all over the world. He is a founder and board member of Optibrand, an animal identification company utilizing retinal images. Rollin developed the world’s first courses in veterinary medical ethics, ethical issues in animal science, and biology combined with philosophy. He served on the Pew National Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production and serves on the Institute for Laboratory Animal Resources (ILAR) Council of the National Academy of Sciences. The winner of numerous U.S. and international awards, including the AVMA Humane Award (2007), he is a weightlifter, horseman, and motorcyclist. |
