meat industry
Europe Needs to Halve Its Beef Consumption in Order to Meet Its Climate Change Goals
The study said that radically reducing beef and mutton consumption is “unavoidable” if Europeans are serious about emission reduction.
Government-Subsidized Foods Are Making Us Fat and Sick, Study Says
Researchers say that the more we eat the foods that the US government pays to keep cheap—such as beef, dairy, corn, sugar, and wheat—the fatter and unhealthier we get.
Meat and Poultry Processing Plants Are Incredibly Dangerous Places to Work
While the incidence of serious injuries appears to be going down statistically for America's slaughterhouse and meat processing workers, it's likely that these issues are underreported.
Why Doesn't Anyone Care That Eating Less Meat Benefits the Environment?
Despite significant scientific evidence to the contrary, people don’t think that giving up meat is an effective way to solve our environmental problems.
This Virtual Reality Slaughterhouse Could Turn You Vegetarian
A simulated factory farm tour from animal welfare group Animal Equality is traveling the UK to test the meat-eating resolve of anyone willing to strap on the goggles.
Chickenzilla Gets Revenge in The Shoes' New Music Video
You'll want to skip the KFC after watching "1960s Horror."
China Is Building a Giant Animal-Cloning Factory to Feed the Masses
While the rest of the world sorts out its feelings about the safety and ethics of cloning animals for food production, China is charging ahead and building the world’s largest animal cloning factory, set to begin operations in 2016.
Why Turkey Might Not Be Your Thanksgiving Centerpiece This Year
With the turkey industry ravaged by this year's bird flu pandemic and pork prices plummeting, experts think that people might get unconventional when it comes to their main holiday meat.
New US Dietary Guidelines Will Give the Middle Finger to Sustainability
The USDA and HHS have announced that they will not consider sustainability as a factor of concern when releasing their influential Dietary Guidelines for Americans later this year.
The European Union Just Banned the Cloning of Farm Animals
Scottish-born Dolly the Sheep may have the honor of being the first cloned animal, but Scotland and the rest of the European Union nations have just passed a measure that bans the cloning of farm animals in the future.
Australian Farmers Want You to Stop Trying to Cuddle Alpacas and Eat Them Already
Yeah, alpacas are fuzzy and adorable. But farmers are eager to prove that their meat is also tender, healthy, and delicious.
Talking to Seth Troxler About the Environment and the Beauty of Meat
It's hard not to feel extra guilty about the horrors of the meat industry when you're obsessed with grilling big hunks of steak.