USC Study Links Animal Protein Consumption to Cancer

Staff / Truthdig Mar 5, 2014 Could consuming a diet rich in animal protein be just as bad for you as smoking cigarettes? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Grab a Fork, Mealworm Time Is Approaching

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 21, 2012 Bad news, meat lovers and occasional carnivores. Insects could become the sustainable meat of the future if world leaders do nothing and global warming remakes the climate. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Reverse Gentrification

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Meatless Site’s Photos of Meat Spark Outrage

Staff / Truthdig Apr 20, 2011 So much for the "vegetarian lifestyle" that embattled website VegNews purports to promote. The online hub for vegans and vegetarians caused a ruckus recently when it was discovered that numerous photos of supposedly meat-free foods were actually images of carnivorous fare. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

PETA Goes to the Grave

Staff / Truthdig Dec 12, 2008 Why settle for a mere lifetime membership when you can take your favorite cause all the way to the Great Beyond? That appears to be the logic behind People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals' startling new marketing strategy. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Global Warming? It’s What’s for Dinner

Staff / Truthdig Sep 10, 2008 Rajendra Pachauri, head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, suggested Monday that a decrease in individual meat consumption could provide the most immediate and feasible strategy for reducing the effects of global warming. In fact, only 13 percent of global greenhouse emissions come from transportation (planes, trains and automobiles), while a whopping 18 percent of the emissions come from the planet's livestock industry. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Chicken or the Egg?

Staff / Truthdig May 2, 2008 Tyson Foods was ordered by a judge Thursday to cease a false multimillion-dollar ad campaign promoting its claim that its chickens are "raised without antibiotics." The key question centers on the word raised and whether the egg stage can be considered to be outside the process of raising chickens. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )