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Octopus Farming in the U.S. Doesn’t Exist, and a New Bill Wants to Keep It That Way
A bipartisan bill aims to stop commercial octopus farming before it starts.
Factory Farms•5 min read
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Iowa’s Clean Water Advocates Are Reclaiming the Past to Protect the Future
Climate•6 min read
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The Myth of the Cowboy and Its Enduring Influence on Public Policy
Meat Lobby•7 min read
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The Meat Industry’s Hidden Link to Wildfires
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A New Bill Would Make It Easier For Schools To Serve Plant-Based Milk
Students currently need a doctor’s note to require a school to provide non-dairy milk. A new bill would change that.
Policy•6 min read
Solutions
Here’s What It Takes to Produce Slaughter-Free Milk
Farms•13 min read
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The Meat Industry’s Hidden Link to Wildfires
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Satellites Reveal Illegal Bottom Trawling in Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems
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Netflix’s Liver King Doc Skips the Meat of the Story
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RFK’s Promise to Take Farming Back 80 Years Isn’t Plausible
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Prop 12 Is Under Attack Again, But Some Republicans Aren’t On Board
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How Easy Is It to Get a Humane Label for Meat? Very
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Why Anti-Trans Campaigns Keep Returning to the Politics of Meat
Elections•12 min read
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New York Bill Aims to Ban New Mega-Dairies
Proponents for the bill hope to curb environmental pollution and bolster small dairy farms.
Factory Farms•6 min read
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The Meat Industry’s Hidden Link to Wildfires
Cattle ranching fuels climate pollution, but its land-clearing effects can also make wildfires more likely to spread.
Climate•6 min read
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Recent Graduates Were Told They Were Coming to the U.S. for Cultural Exchange. They Ended Up Trapped in a Factory Farm.
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Oklahoma’s Loophole: How Tyson’s Water Use Goes Unchecked
While Tyson says its growers obtain water from ‘lawfully acquired sources,’ the state’s permitting system allows poultry operations to pump water without permits.
Food•15 min read
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As Egg Prices Soar, Amazon and Top Investors Profit
Investors in major egg companies saw their stocks dramatically rise in value as consumers suffered from soaring egg prices.
Food•6 min read
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