Health & Wellness

Inside the Meat Industry Campaign to Discourage Plant-Based Diets

Clare Carlile / DeSmog Mar 4, 2024 Meat and dairy groups have paid for advertisements that cast meat-based alternatives as unhealthy, unnatural and ultra processed. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Activism

A Beginner’s Guide to Factory Farming

Seth Millstein / Sentient Media Feb 6, 2024 In order to bring about a post-factory transition for meat production and consumption, we need to better understand the challenges we currently face. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Environment

What It Would Take To End the Meat Culture Wars

Max Graham / Grist Dec 12, 2023 A COP28 proposal to eat less meat would come amid a right-wing backlash against alternatives. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Health & Wellness

The Spooky Ingredient Hiding in Your Candy

Jessica Scott-Reid / Sentient Media Oct 31, 2023 The gummy texture of gelatin-based treats comes with a cost, both for animals and the environment. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Health & Wellness

There’s Nothing Natural About Modern Meat

Jessica Scott-Reid / Sentient Media Aug 30, 2023 The factory farm industry wants you to believe in the superiority of "real" meat that's been pumped full of antibiotics and hormones. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Health & Wellness

The New Science the Plant-Based Industry Needs to Know

Björn Ólafsson / Sentient Media Aug 23, 2023 A new study reveals that the plant-based industry has more troubles than the meat industry: it needs to sort out PR. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Business & Economy

The Backlash to Plant-Based Meat Has a Sneaky Explanation

Jessica Scott-Reid / Sentient Media Jul 28, 2023 Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The Future of Meat

Caryn Hartglass Nov 22, 2019 As people become aware of the effects of eating animals on climate change and human health, a new book asks whether we will see an end to it. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Saving the Planet Means Overthrowing the Ruling Elites

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Sep 23, 2019 The protests against carbon emissions have been huge failures. If we don't free ourselves from the elites' chokehold, our species is doomed. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Not Everyone Should Stop Eating Meat to Fight Climate Change

Alex Kirby / Climate News Network Sep 18, 2019 The practice can help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but for malnourished populations, there's a caveat. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Vegans Begin to Stir the Pot in France

NADCHARVE / Truthdig Jul 1, 2019 Activists, actors and politicians defy tradition and work to prohibit cruelty to animals. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

The Irony

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Feb 23, 2019 Dig deeper