Solutions

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

Aquaculture•6 min read

Investigation

On Organic Caviar Farms, Fish Still Suffer

A new investigation reveals fish cut open while still conscious.

Aquaculture•4 min read

Investigation

Farmed Bluefin Tuna Brands Claim to Be Sustainable. Here’s What Really Happens.

I hopped aboard a tuna tour to investigate what it takes to confine these majestic apex predators.

Aquaculture•10 min read

Explainer

The Word ‘Vegan’ Is Still More Reviled Than ‘Plant-Based’ But…Why?

Food•9 min read

Solutions

‘Humane’ and ‘Sustainable’ Fish Labels Seek to Repackage Harsh Realities

Why consumers should beware the latest humane- and green-washing tactic.

Food•7 min read

Explainer

Is Organic Food Better for You?

What makes a food "organic"? One survey found only 20 percent of respondents knew the answer.

Food•9 min read

Explainer

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

Food•6 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?

Election 2024•7 min read

Solutions

How Milwaukee Activists Used Community Organizing to Prevent Slaughterhouse Construction

What local activists can take from their example.

Food•5 min read

Explainer

Farmers Are Feeding Candy to Animals, and It’s a Symptom of Larger Issues

Food•8 min read

Reported

How Leftover Temple Flowers and Coconut Water Became Vegan Leather

An intrepid group of entrepreneurs and researchers in India are taking wasted materials and turning them into vegan leather.

Food•5 min read

Perspective

Saving Food Waste From Landfill, One Whatsapp Message at a Time

Foodsharing has rescued 178 million pounds of food from landfill since 2012. Yet experts say more should be done to combat food waste on a global scale.

Climate•7 min read

Explainer

Why Dairy Is Hiding in So Many Foods, Explained

Food•11 min read

Explainer

These Food Labels and Symbols Don’t Mean What You Think

Symbols like ‘recyclable’ and ‘compostable’ aren’t as reliable as you’d expect.

Food•9 min read

Reported

Factory Farms Make Bad Neighbors. Meet the People Who Are Fighting Back

Industrial farming operations stuffed with thousands of hogs, cows, or chickens seriously harm our health and environment. All across the country, communities are pushing back.

Food•26 min read

Solutions

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

Food•5 min read

Solutions

New Cow-Free Cheese May Be Tastier, but Still Faces Hurdles

Consumers care about animal welfare and climate pollution, scientists find, but also dairy farmers’ livelihoods.

Food•5 min read

Explainer

Why Is Chick Culling Still a Thing When Other Technologies Exist?

It’s more profitable to grind up billions of baby chicks than it is to raise them for meat.

Food•9 min read

Reported

Cargill Meat Still Contains Critical Antibiotics, Investigation Finds

Food•5 min read

Investigation

Prosciutto’s Secret Ingredient: Horse Blood

Inside the industry most consumers don’t realize they’re supporting.

Food•11 min read

Explainer

The Open Rescue Movement for Farm Animals, Explained

The tactic of rescuing injured farm animals has helped animal rights activists win more court cases and nab the media spotlight.

Food•8 min read

Analysis

Poultry Producers Use ‘Most Inhumane Method’ to Kill Birds Exposed to Avian Flu

Food•3 min read

Analysis

Claims of Meat Shortages During the Pandemic Were ‘Baseless’, Report Finds

A scathing new report alleges that the country’s largest meat producers made “baseless” claims of meat shortages to keep their facilities running in the early stages of the pandemic.

Food•3 min read

Analysis

Report Ties Smithfield Pig Farms to Decades of ‘Chronic’ Pollution

“This is what happens when you try to put too many animals in the same place,” says the report's author, who lives next door to one of the pig farms.

Climate•6 min read

Solutions

How a North Carolina Farmer is Moving Toward a Sustainable Future

Food•8 min read

Explainer

‘Common Ground’ Isn’t Factual When It Comes to Cows and Climate Change

Methane and deforestation from farming cattle isn’t magically offset by regenerative agriculture. The new documentary mostly omits this truth.

Food•8 min read

Explainer

The Promises and Pitfalls of Regenerative Agriculture, Explained

Despite the massive amount of public and private funding flowing into regenerative agriculture, research shows it doesn't live up to the climate hype. 

Food•14 min read

Solutions

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

Food•9 min read

Perspective

Slaughterhouse Work Is Still Some of the Most Exploited Labor in the World

We need to talk about the humans most affected by factory farming.

Food•8 min read

Reported

The Mental Health Case for Leaving Factory Farms Behind

Some farmers are transitioning from factory farms to plant-based businesses — with the hope of changing more than the food system.

Food•5 min read