Meat Industry

We ultimately also must address the root cause of the global obesity crisis: our broken food system.

Chicken giants are pushing birds to their biological limits. A staggering number die but never make it to consumers' plates.

USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) denied the Environmental Working Group's petition demanding more policing of climate claims as recently

From Upton Sinclair's The Jungle to anti-slaughter activism, progressives once fought the meat industry together. Big Meat has turned advocates against each other.

Advocates for more plants and less meat, like Oatly and the Good Food Institute, are lobbying Congress. Here's what they want.

Chicken consumption is problematic "for the environment, food system workers [and] the chickens themselves"

Even if cell-cultivated meat can match animal meat in taste and price, the sustainable and cruelty-free option still has a challenge to overcome: public perception.

Recent state bans on lab-grown meat have sparked a national debate in the U.S. Although the product is not sold in grocery stores, policymakers fear its potential impact on agriculture. In response, some cultivated meat companies are considering legal action.

The cultivated meat sector needs capital in order to grow, drive down costs, and attract consumers. A ban in Florida could hurt those prospects.

Outcomes from a workshop have shown that people don't want diverging food safety standards between nations in the United Kingdom, according to research

New products are expected to go on sale this spring.

Kohei Saito talks four-day work weeks, private jet bans, and what we gain from reducing consumption.

The US is normalizing ventilation shutdown, the cruelest mass killing method, to cull animals in the bird flu outbreak.

For the first time, guerrilla animal rights group Direct Action Everywhere reveals a guide to its investigative tactics and toolkit, from spy cams to night vision and drones.

Readers respond to Sarah Larson's article about deceptive marketing in the food industry, Isaac Chotiner's Profile of Ross Douthat, and Casey Cep's article about Kate DiCamillo.

It's healthy, delicious, and good for the Earth. So why the heck aren't more people eating it?

There are many reasons to be vegetarian but I don't mind what happens to an animal after it dies, so long as it lives well

Campaigners call for ban of nitrates and nitrites in food production with 61 trusts across country affected

Florian Busmann used to enjoy sausages and steak on the barbecue in summer, but these days he prefers meat substitutes and grilled vegetables like aubergines...

Despite viral videos asserting these processes are well underway, such claims lack a factual basis and betray a strong ignorance of basic science.