Tim McAllister

This book features five peer-reviewed reviews on best practices for improving the sustainability of dairy production. The first chapter reviews the main, internationally accepted methods available to evaluate the environmental impact of dairy farming, identify levers of action and set environmental targets. The second chapter considers how dairy farms can manage both energy consumption and water in order to minimise their environmental impacts. The chapter also addresses the issue of sustainable water use. The third chapter provides a compilation of current research which highlights the need to further examine dietary mitigation strategies in ruminant production systems at a whole farm level. The chapter also discusses the range of nutritional strategies available for enteric- and manure-CH4 abatement. The fourth chapter focusses on the role of the ruminant microbiome in methane emissions and the potential genetic factors affecting microbial composition and emission reduction. The final chapter highlights the growing issue of food loss and waste (FLW) in countries with developed dairy value chains. The chapter discusses the key stages and management practices for reducing FLW in dairy value chains, as well as how decision-making can be improved.

You absolutely need to read this book if you call yourself a Christian and are married, thinking of marriage, divorced, thinking of divorce, or know someone who is divorced. Within the churches of America, if the important question of divorce is considered at all, the debate has quickly come to focus on one question. 'What are the reasons I can divorce my spouse' What the question really means is: 'Under what conditions am I allowed to remarry' This is not a matter to be taken casually, as the destiny of the individual Christian and the American Church hinges on this one issue; and Jesus was very specific about what he had in mind for those who profess to follow Him. Easily understood, informative and challenging 'I am an Adulterer' using real life stories, historical and cultural content and biblical scripture, focuses on the truth about the single most critical and deceiving issue the American church is confronting today, while revealing the question we ought to be asking: 'Who will pay the full penalty for their sin of adultery and who, if anyone might be granted God's grace and forgiveness'