This discussion paper from UN Nutrition examines the role that livestock can play in contributing to nutrition, particularly for young children and in low-income settings, and the impacts of livestock on the environment. It aims to go beyond blanket messages about livestock-derived food and instead provide a nuanced overview of how the role of livestock in sustainable healthy diets depends on local context and specific production methods. It concludes that some groups of people - such as those already eating high levels of livestock-derived foods - could improve both health and environmental impacts by reducing their consumption.

TABLE member Luke Spajic has hosted an episode of the Climate Proof-Food Podcast, in which Dr Claas Kirchelle, historian of science, medicine, and technology at University College Dublin, speaks about the contribution of agriculture to antimicrobial resistance.

TABLE’s Tara Garnett has been interviewed on an episode of the podcast Great Green Questions, tackling the question: "Is being vegan the only way to save the planet?" The podcast episode covers the impacts of the production and consumption of both livestock and vegan alternatives, the ‘’tyranny of choice” and the implications of click and collect culture, and whether it is possible to farm without animals.

This special issue of the journal Restoration Ecology examines trends, opportunities and research gaps in the restoration of grassland ecosystems. TABLE readers may be particularly interested in the special issue’s coverage of grazing and land-use legacies.

This paper analyses data from selected hashtags on Twitter (specifically, #sustainablemeat, #ethicalmeat and #eatlessmeat) to outline how social media discussions of meat consumption relate to emerging societal narratives around the role of meat in sustainable healthy diets. 

This paper by Table member Alison Caffyn studies how the proliferation of intensive poultry operations in Herefordshire and Shropshire in the UK has led to conflicts between the agri-industrial sector and local objectors. The paper draws on planning application data and interviews. Caffyn argues that local authorities and environmental agencies need to improve the regulatory regime around new intensive livestock developments.

This book uses the principles of Life Cycle Assessment to think about the circular economy. Table readers may be particularly interested in Chapters 10 (on packaging, including food packaging), 11 (agricultural crop production) and 12 (livestock production).

This series of seven briefing papers from the International Livestock Research Institute and CGIAR uses a One Health approach to highlight the linkages between the health of livestock, crops, people and the environment.