We examine the returns from owning cows and buffaloes in rural India. We estimate that when valuing labor at market wages, households earn large, negative average returns from holding cows and buffaloes, at negative 64% and negative 39% respectively. This puzzle is mostly explained if we value...

The European Union's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has evolved since its inception in 1962 and since the expansion of the EU to 28 member countries (EU28 - EU27, since the departure of the United Kingdom on 31 January 2020). In its latest iteration published in June 2018, the 2021-2027 CAP,...

Introduction: the meat industry explains things to us /Jason Hannan --Pink slime is good for you? /Norie Ross Singer --Grieg in the henhouse /Daniel Lees Fryer --Ethical meat from family farms? /Saara Kupsala --Whose land? Whose beef? Marketing beef in Canada /Kelsey Speakman --Colouring outside...