Last evening the PBS News Hour reported on the massive growth of meat and dairy consumption in China, showed horrific factory farm conditions for
pigs and dairy cows, and touched on the environmental effects of this dietary explosion of animal production and consumption:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/world/july-dec12/china_11-13.html
Food for 9 Billion: Satisfying China's Demand for Meat
As China's economy has grown, the way of life for many Chinese has changed, especially diet. Per capita, consumption of meat has quadrupled in
China over the last 30 years. PRI's The World correspondent Mary Kay Magistad reports on how China is dealing with this growing demand.