The dairy sector continues to face increasing scrutiny for its environmental impact and contribution to climate change. It must also address consumer concerns surrounding issues such as animal welfare, antibiotic usage/resistance and the ethics of intensive production systems.
Advances in organic dairy cattle farming considers how organic dairy farming has the potential to address these challenges whilst also meeting the key organic principles of health, ecology, fairness and care. The book reviews advances in areas such as breeding, optimising pasture-based production and organic milk quality, improving the health and welfare of calves and adult cows, as well as promoting biodiversity and the move to a more circular, sustainable bioeconomy.
- Highlights the potential role organic dairy farming can play in addressing some of the key challenges facing the dairy sector
- Considers how the one-welfare perspective can be utilised to optimise the welfare of calves, adult cows and the humans that care for them
- Shows how pasture-based production can contribute to improved cattle health and welfare, product quality and sustainability
