Meatpacking plants have been deadly COVID-19 hot spots – but policies that encourage workers to show up sick are legal
Thousands of workers at meat- and poultry-processing plants have contracted COVID-19, and hundreds have died. A legal scholar recommends ways to make their jobs safer.
Feb. 26, 2021 • ~9 min
Corporate concentration in the US food system makes food more expensive and less accessible for many Americans
Food production in the US is heavily concentrated in the hands of a small number of large agribusiness companies. That's been good for shareholders, but not for consumers.
Feb. 8, 2021 • ~10 min
Assessing the latest U.S. dietary guidelines
Harvard Chan School professor Eric Rimm looks at the updated U.S. dietary guidelines — what’s changed and what should change.
Jan. 21, 2021 • ~6 min
Demand for meat is driving deforestation in Brazil – changing the soy industry could stop it
Deforestation in Brazil recently reached a 12-year high, prompting France to cut soybean imports from the country.
Dec. 17, 2020 • ~7 min
Is lab-grown meat good news for animals?
Singapore has approved 'chicken bites' containing meat grown in vitro. But not all animal advocates are happy about this.
Dec. 8, 2020 • ~6 min
Singapore approves cell-cultured chicken bites – who will be the first to try them?
The Singapore Food Agency has approved US food company Eat Just's cultured 'chicken bites' for sale.
Dec. 3, 2020 • ~7 min
Plant-based foods: businesses alone shouldn't decide what we call a veggie burger
Who gets to decide what we call the things we eat? Increasingly, wealthy plant-based food moguls.
Nov. 2, 2020 • ~6 min
Three ways to head off the next pandemic in the wild meat trade
Needed: less wild meat in cities, more wildlife experts in public health.
Oct. 29, 2020 • ~6 min
Smoothie time? Pig blood becomes protein powder
An enzyme from papayas can turn pig blood into protein powder, report researchers. Right now, the blood ends up in animal feed.
Oct. 26, 2020 • ~4 min
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