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New York is Suing One of the Country’s Largest Meat Processors for Greenwashing
JBS is facing a lawsuit for making false climate claims. Here’s why that’s a big deal.
Inside a Slaughterhouse: The Human Cost of Your Meat
It’s dangerous work, both physically and mentally. But it needs to be done. Here’s what it’s really like to work at a meat-processing facility.
On the Ground With Apps Preventing Food Waste
A more productive scroll? Food waste apps aim to deliver food where it’s needed, and divert waste from landfills with ease
On The Ground With Groups Creating Wildlife Corridors
Prioritizing connections for traveling animals could slow down the extinction crisis.
One Pennsylvania farmer is willing to risk jail time over sales of raw milk.
Inside Florida’s Ban on Lab-Grown Meat
The recent move to criminalize cultivated protein has more to do with politics than science.
How Much Do You Really Need to Worry About Bird Flu?
Answer: not that much, but more than you might think.
Rats With Wings, Vaccines, And New Breed—2024’s Solutions to the Bird Flu Crisis
Bird flu has held the poultry industry in its clutches since 2022. If the industry won’t change, the consumers will.
Opinion: Bird Flu is a Problem. The Way We Deal With it is Cruel
Not only have we not learned enough from past outbreaks of avian influenza, but we still don’t have humane ways to cull infected flocks. With bird flu outbreaks still a large concern for producers, we need to find a better way to deal with them.
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