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Could We Stop Killing?—Exploring a Post-Lethal Vegan or Vegetarian Agriculture

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Stefan Mann

Agroscope, Tänikon 1, CH-8356 Ettenhausen, Switzerland

This paper explores both the necessities and the options for an agricultural system in which no animals are killed by reviewing existing literature. It first identifies a causal chain which can be labelled as vegan wave and which might generate a consensus that animals should not be killed for human consumption. By raising issues of nutrient supply, grassland management and beekeeping, the paper shows that vegan-organic agriculture, vegan-conventional agriculture and post-lethal vegetarian agriculture are three options for such a pathway. Yet, many technical and socioeconomic questions still need to be resolved

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MDPI and ACS Style

Mann, S. Could We Stop Killing?—Exploring a Post-Lethal Vegan or Vegetarian Agriculture. World 2020, 1, 124-134.

AMA Style

Mann S. Could We Stop Killing?—Exploring a Post-Lethal Vegan or Vegetarian Agriculture. World. 2020; 1(2):124-134.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Mann, Stefan. 2020. "Could We Stop Killing?—Exploring a Post-Lethal Vegan or Vegetarian Agriculture" World 1, no. 2: 124-134.