Chicken and farmed salmon have the same eco impact

The environmental impacts of chicken and farmed salmon are remarkably similar, research finds. The key is what they eat.

Sonia Fernandez-UCSB • futurity
Feb. 14, 2023 ~5 min

Expert: Fake meat won’t have a huge eco impact

Meat alternatives are getting lots of press and investment, but expert David Lobell isn't anticipating a big impact on sustainability.

Rob Jordan-Stanford • futurity
Jan. 25, 2023 ~6 min


New food technologies could release 80% of the world's farmland back to nature

Cellular and microbial agriculture can make the same amount of food on a fraction of the land.

Katie Noble, PhD Candidate, Leverhulme Center for Anthropocene Biodiversity, University of York • conversation
Dec. 6, 2022 ~8 min

Eating lots of meat is bad for the environment – but we don't know enough about how consumption is changing

Official estimates indicate that meat consumption is falling in the UK – but not all of the data agrees.

Emma Garnett, Researcher in the Health Behaviours Team, University of Oxford • conversation
Oct. 26, 2022 ~7 min

Take lesson on barbecue, sprinkle liberally with thermodynamics

The best thing about learning science through barbecue is the flavor.

Alvin Powell • harvard
Oct. 18, 2022 ~6 min

How magnets could improve cell-based meat

A new method that uses magnetism could improve the current way of producing cell-based meat, say researchers.

National University of Singapore • futurity
Oct. 18, 2022 ~4 min

Israeli Company Thinks Europe Is Ready for 'New' Meat

VOA Learning English • voa
Oct. 17, 2022 ~3 min

Supreme Court grapples with animal welfare in a challenge to a California law requiring pork to be humanely raised

Pork producers are challenging a California law that animal welfare advocates call the most important measure for farm animal protection in decades.

David Favre, Professor of Law at Michigan State University College of Law, Michigan State University • conversation
Oct. 4, 2022 ~10 min


What is listeria? A microbiologist explains the bacterium behind recent deadly food poisoning outbreaks

Listeria causes serious illness and food recalls nearly every year.

Yvonne Sun, Assistant Professor of Microbiology, University of Dayton • conversation
Aug. 19, 2022 ~10 min

A meat tax is probably inevitable – here’s how it could work

Healthier and more sustainable food could be made cheaper as meat and dairy becomes more expensive.

Franziska Funke, Associate Doctoral Researcher in Environmental Economics, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research • conversation
Aug. 10, 2022 ~7 min

/

11