References: Why Adopt a Policy

Animal shelters and rescue organizations

[1] “Pets By the Numbers.” HSUS. https://www.humanesociety.org/resources/pets-numbers

[2] “50 Alarming Animal Cruelty Statistics.” U.S. World Animal Foundation. https://worldanimalfoundation.org/advocate/animal-cruelty-statistics/

Environmental

[1] "Livestock and Climate Change: What if the key actors in climate change are…cows, pigs, chickens?" Goodland, Robert and Anhang, Jeff. World Watch. http://templatelab.com/livestock-and-climate-change/. November/December 2009.

[2] "The Facts." A.U.M. Films & Media. cowspiracy.com/facts/

Wildlife

[1] ​“Causes of Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon.” Margulis, Sergio.World Bank Working Paper. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/15060/277150PAPER0wbwp0no1022.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y . 2004.

[2] "The Facts." A.U.M. Films & Media. cowspiracy.com/facts/

[3] "Targeting Wildlife Services." Center for Biological Diversity. biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/wildlife_services/

[4] “Wasted Catch: Unsolved Problems In U.S. Fisheries.” Keledjian, Amanda et al. Oceana. https://oceana.org/reports/wasted-catch-unsolved-problems-us-fisheries . March 2014.

[5] “5 Ways A Vegan Diet Helps to Save Non-Farmed Animals.” Webber, Jemima. Live Kindly. https://www.livekindly.co/veganism-saves-animals/. December 29, 2017.

Social Justice

[1] “Slaughterhouse Workers.” Food Empowerment Project. https://foodispower.org/human-labor-slavery/slaughterhouse-workers/.

[2] “Blood, Sweat and Fear: Workers’ Rights in U.S. Meat and Poultry Plants.” A Human Rights Watch report. https://www.hrw.org/reports/2005/usa0105/. 2005.**

[3] “Perpetration-Induced Traumatic Stress: The Psychological Consequences of Killing.” MacNair, Rachel M. Greenwood Publishing. 2002.

[4] “The Industrialization of Agriculture and Environmental Racism: A Deadly Combination Affecting Neighborhoods and the Dinner Table,” Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. https://www.iatp.org/sites/default/files/Industrialization_of_Agriculture_and_Environme.htm. July 30, 1997.**

[5] “Lowering Cholesterol With a Plant-Based Diet.” Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. https://www.pcrm.org/good-nutrition/nutrition-information/lowering-cholesterol-with-a-plant-based-diet

[6] “Diabetes.” Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. https://www.pcrm.org/health-topics/diabetes

[7] “Eat wholegrains, vegetables, fruit & beans.” World Cancer Research Fund. https://www.wcrf.org/dietandcancer/recommendations/wholegrains-veg-fruit-beans

[8] “Detection of Pathogenic Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus from Cattle and Pigs Slaughtered in Abattoirs in Vhembe District, South Africa.” Tanih, Nicoline F., et al. The Scientific World Journal. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4354961/. February 24, 2015.

[9] “Access to Healthy Food and Why It Matters: A Review of the Research.” Bell, Judith et al. PolicyLink. http://thefoodtrust.org/uploads/media_items/access-to-healthy-food.original.pdf