Grace Hussain

News

Tech to End Chick Culling Has Now Been Implemented, but Challenges Remain

In-ovo sexing has the potential to spare at least 300 million male chicks each year in the United States from slaughter.

Breakthroughs•3 min read

Solutions

Miami Farmers Market Helps Fight Climate Pollution With Affordable Produce

This local food strategy also happens to be a boon for climate action.

Climate•6 min read

Solutions

Here’s What It Takes to Produce Slaughter-Free Milk

At Gita Valley dairy, the cows are never slaughtered and the milk costs $18 a gallon.

Farms•13 min read

Solutions

Young Activists Are Getting Plant-Based on the Menu, for Climate and Animals

Getting restaurants to serve more plant-based food can have big climate impacts.

Climate•4 min read

News

Could People in ICE Detention Centers Be Forced to Work in Slaughterhouses?

The precedent in prisons exists.

Food•8 min read

Solutions

How One Nonprofit Is Working to Unite and Support Animal Sanctuaries

FARA is helping fill in the gaps animal sanctuaries face.

Policy•9 min read

Solutions

How One Lawyer’s Helping Farmers Navigate Trump’s Policy Landscape

Dãnia Davy has been tracking executive orders for farmers since day one, free of charge.

Policy•9 min read

Explainer

What ‘Food Desert’ Means — and Why the Term Is Misleading

New research outlines the anti-Black and anti-Indigenous assumptions of the term.

Health•7 min read

Solutions

Plans to End Male Chick Culling Stall in U.S.

Egg producer Kipster is still moving forward with in-ovo sexing technology.

Science•5 min read

Solutions

What RFK Jr’s Anti-Processed Foods Stance Could Mean for Plant-Based Foods

Policies that target ultra-processed foods could end up being bad for both the plant-based industry and the planet.

Food•7 min read

Explainer

How Wildfires Affect Animals, Explained

A look at the impact of fires in California, and beyond.

Climate•7 min read

Explainer

Why Eggs Are So Expensive Right Now, Explained

A mix of reasons — avian flu, inflation and shifting demand are all partly to blame.

Food•7 min read

Fact Check

Why Raw Milk Isn’t Safe — Especially Considering Bird Flu

RFK could make accessing raw milk easier — at the cost of public health.

Mythbusting•7 min read

Solutions

For Siċaŋġu Nation, Taking Food Sovereignty Back Means Eating Climate-Friendly

Mushrooms, bison and foraged plants are a critical mix of new and old food traditions.

Climate•8 min read

Conversations

What Animal Advocates Are Bracing for With Trump’s Return

An interview with Delci Winders, director of the Animal Law and Policy Institute at Vermont Law and Graduate School.

Policy•14 min read

Reported

What COP29 Had to Say About Food Systems

Sticking points to significant reform, explained.

Climate•4 min read

Explainer

Why ‘Food Apartheid’ Is a Better Term Than ‘Food Desert’

How the language we use to talk about food justice matters.

Culture•6 min read

Solutions

The Power of Plants: One Doctor’s Mission to Fight Diabetes Through Diet

A Black podiatrist gets creative in a bid to make his community healthier.

Health•8 min read

Solutions

Shareholder Activists Push Fast Food Chains to Commit to Climate Targets

How Jack in the Box and Wingstop agreed to their first climate goals.

Big Meat•4 min read

Solutions

How Denver Could Become the First City to Ban Slaughterhouses

Activists got a slaughterhouse moratorium on Denver’s ballot — but what are its chances?

Elections•7 min read

Solutions

How Milwaukee Activists Used Community Organizing to Prevent Slaughterhouse Construction

What local activists can take from their example.

Meat Lobby•5 min read

Solutions

How Community Members Shuttered a Backyard Slaughterhouse in a Small, Black Community

Why focusing on zoning regulations and inclusivity is a path forward for activists.

Meat Lobby•6 min read

Solutions

Slaughterhouse Workers Seek a ‘Brave New Life,’ but Challenges Remain

A volunteer-led non-profit hopes to overcome financial and language barriers to better support workers.

Food•9 min read

Solutions

How Food Justice is Made: Stories and Solutions

Four communities found solutions for the slaughterhouses in their neighborhoods.

Legal Action•1 min read

Conversations

What a Trump or Harris Win Means for the Future of the Farm Bill

An interview with former Senate Agriculture Committee Chief Counsel Jonathan Coppess.

Elections•16 min read

Reported

How City Climate Plans Became a Culture War Target

Inside the growing movement to frame climate action as Marxist and anti-God.

Climate•5 min read

Feature, Solutions

How the Amy’s Kitchen Boycott Worked, and What It Might Mean for Other Labor Organizers

The two-year call to action finally persuaded the company to come to the table.

Food•5 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.

Climate•4 min read

Feature

Are National Parks Safe Spaces for LGBTQ People This Pride Month — and Beyond?

An email from Interior Secretary Deb Haaland about park officer uniforms did not quell the controversy completely.

Climate•7 min read

Perspective

Why Tail Docking Dogs and Farm Animals Is Usually Unnecessary and Inhumane

The practice is opposed by most veterinarians — so why does it continue?

Food•9 min read

Reported

A Tyson Exec Wrote Kentucky’s Ag-Gag Law. What Could Go Wrong?

Lawmakers overrode the governor’s veto in order to ban drone investigations in the state.

Factory Farms•4 min read

Solutions

To Improve Fish Welfare, a Startup Blends AI With an Ancient Japanese Fishing Method

Shinkei blends new technology with Japanese tradition in hopes of sparing fish a painful death.

Fisheries & Aquaculture•6 min read

Feature

Australia Wants to Cull Crocodiles — But Farm Them for Leather, Too

Inside the crocodile farming industry’s dark calculations.

Food•6 min read

Reported

In South Dakota, a Buffalo Herd Thrives in Cattle Country

Land grant universities whose research supports the beef industry are funded in part by land stolen from Indigenous tribes.

Food•8 min read

Reported

Your Bank Is Probably Fueling Meat Industry Climate Emissions

A new report documents the banking industry’s investments in the meat and dairy industry, and its climate pollution.

Big Meat•5 min read

Solutions

New Air Quality Monitors Could Expose Factory Farming and Environmental Racism

In North Carolina, Sampson County residents and environmental groups are working together to measure air pollution from the meat industry.

Climate•6 min read

Conversations

Meat Industry Uses Academics to Distort Climate Impact, Research Shows

We sat down with Viveca Morris and Jennifer Jacquet to discuss their research into the money flowing to academics from the livestock industry.

Climate•11 min read

Reported

Texas Panhandle Fire Has Killed Thousands of Cattle, Yet Ranching May Be To Blame

Cattle ranching contributes to the dangerous conditions making wildfires like Smokehouse Creek far more likely.

Climate•4 min read

Reported

Chipotle Claims Better Animal Welfare Standards, but a New Investigation Suggests Otherwise

Undercover footage shows the fast food chain violating its own pledge to only slaughter animals who have been stunned.

Food•4 min read

Reported

The Supreme Court Rolled Back Clean Water Protections, but Some Iowans Are Fighting Back

A proposed state law would help the state tighten its control over pollution from factory farms.

Climate•7 min read

Reported

Big Dairy Has a New Scheme to Call Milk Climate-Friendly

An industry-funded startup is the first ever carbon marketplace to give climate credit to a mega-dairy.

Big Meat•6 min read

Explainer

5 Ways Taxpayers Bail Out Factory Farms

The way we produce meat and dairy is responsible for all sorts of damage, and taxpayers end up footing the bill.

Factory Farms•6 min read

Reported

When Tyson ‘Depopulates’ Chickens, Taxpayers Are Left Footing the Bill

Despite more humane alternatives, the poultry industry continues to use ventilation shutdown to cull millions of birds in the cruelest ways.

Health•4 min read

Reported

California Poultry Processor Ordered to Pay $3.5 Million for Labor Violations

The Biden administration moves to crack down on labor law violations in the meat sector.

Policy•4 min read

Explainer

Meat Consumption In the U.S.: Is It Increasing or Decreasing?

Despite the rise of plant-based products, meat consumption in the U.S. remains much higher than most places in the world.

Diet•10 min read

Explainer

The Most Important Animal Policy Stories of 2023

The last year saw policy fights play out on both the state and national level.

Factory Farms•4 min read

Reported

House Passes Whole Milk Bill, Rejects Bid to Include Dairy Alternatives

Up to 80 percent of BIPOC students are unable to digest dairy, but schools are still not required to provide alternatives.

Meat Lobby•3 min read

Explainer

How Ocean Pollution Affects Humans and Marine Life Alike

Humans who eat seafood are also eating their own waste.

Climate•8 min read

News

Animal Rights Activist Wayne Hsiung Found Guilty in Open Rescue Case

After eight weeks, jurors found Wayne Hsiung guilty of one felony and two misdemeanor charges.

Legal Action•4 min read

Reported

Why Small Plant-Based Shifts Can Be a Boon for Your Heart Health

A new study published in BMC Medicine finds even small plant-based swaps can lower risk of heart disease and death.

Health•3 min read