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Your Dog’s Food Probably Comes From a Factory Farm. Meet Some Folks Who Want to Change That
The pet food industry traditionally relies on factory farm byproducts for its ingredients, a practice the industry touts as more sustainable as it produces less waste and cheaper food. But dog owners distrust this mysterious supply chain.
Spotlight On a Cannery Trying to Revive A Dormant Fishing Tradition
Island Creek Oysters launches the US’s first ever single-origin canning facility.
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.
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