A meaty future:

FAO: Global Perspective Studies Unit

Rome, June 2006

Quote: Livestock: The growth of the meat sector had been decisively influenced upwards by the rapid growth of production and consumption in China, and to a smaller extent also Brazil. .......

Source: Global Perspective Studies Unit

Link: ALDF Files Suit to Stop Abuse of Newborn Dairy Calves at California Ranch
Link: Dairy firms target growing international opportunities
Link: Meat Processing in North America: Successes, Failures and Opportunities/Iowa Beef Packers (IBP) - By 1999, IBP owned 13 meat processing plants with a capacity of 38,800 cattle per day in 8 different locationss
Link: USA: Group sues Mendes Calf Ranch in Tipton/It alleges dairy calves are illegally kept in small crates
Link: You think happy cows come from California? Think again. Or better yet, pick up a copy of Matthew Scully’s alarming 2002 book, Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy.