Explainer

How Milk Became a Core Food for Kids, Even Though It’s Hard for Many to Digest

Health•9 min read

Reported

Cargill Meat Still Contains Critical Antibiotics, Investigation Finds

This, despite commitments by the company.

Food•5 min read

Explainer

The Deep History of Racism and Speciesism Behind ‘They’re Eating the Dogs’

Tracing the history of a particularly harmful myth.

Election 2024•7 min read

Investigation

California’s Factory Farms Are Perilously Close to Your Produce, New Report Finds

Food•4 min read

Investigation

Inside the Billion-Dollar Feed Industry’s Ploy to Greenwash Emissions

A new law would allow the livestock industry to fast-track federal review of feed additives.

Law & Justice•4 min read

Investigation

Homesteading Is a Viral Trend, but ‘Butchery Gone Awry’ Is Its Dark Side

A growing number of backyard farmers confess they have no idea what they’re doing.

Food•6 min read

Solutions

How a North Carolina Farmer is Moving Toward a Sustainable Future

Food•8 min read

Solutions

First U.S. Egg Producer Commits to End Chick Culling by Fall

The brand worked closely with animal welfare scientists to implement in-ovo sexing.

Food•5 min read

Solutions

Fishing the Ocean’s Twilight Zone Comes at a High Cost

Though there is no moratorium, fishing the mesopelagic layer remains out of bounds.

Climate•7 min read