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
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
Oct. 26, 2022 • ~7 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
Oct. 4, 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
Aug. 10, 2022 • ~7 min
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