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A report launched at COP28 from Bezos Earth Fund and Exeter University says eating more plant-based foods could help us avert climate crisis.
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J.M. Coetzee takes on a literary struggle with the moral distinction – or lack thereof – between human and animal suffering and death. Whether you agree with him or not, this book should be of interest to most people thinking about animals and morality.
There’s are reasons behind what we eat, whether it’s how much sugar we eat or why we feel so much better eating plants.
This year’s big ask from alternative meat maker Impossible Foods? Cheat on beef. On Monday, the new Impossible Burger 2.0 made its debut at CES 2019.
We’re pushing farmed animals to their limits of productivity, breeding chickens to grow fatter, cows to produce more milk, beef cattle to grow more muscle; all to the detriment of their physical and mental welfare.
The plant- and cell-based meat market will be worth $10 billion when it gets to 13% of the market, a market share equivalent to that of the plant-based milk market today.
Current investors in Beyond Meat include Bill Gates, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jack and Suzy Welch, Kleiner Perkins, and Tyson Foods.
The best reason to choose plant-based protein is that it’s a cruelty-free source of something you need.
Clean meat is a relatively new idea and one that will likely be called numerous things as it grows. Some people and organizations are calling it “cultured meat,” “cruelty-free meat,” “cell-based meat,” and “lab-grown meat.”
Cargill’s latest investments in robotics is a three-wheeled corralling robot that cost $40,000, which the…
Yet another gem of food science from Marion Nestle—author of Food Politics and What to…
One of the big challenges for cell-based meat is to match the nutritional value of…
All history books should start like The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life…
Beyond Meat According to a source close to the company, Beyond Meat is almost ready…
The concept of animal intelligence has its roots in the theory of sentience, or an…
Do you ever think about how to be a good citizen of the world? It’s…
Plants are good for us. Of the species we’ve discovered so far, 31,000 can be…
For centuries, animals’ capacity for human-like behavior went unnoticed. But animals are smarter than we…
The Good Food Conference in Berkeley, organized by the industry powerhouse Good Food Institute, gathered hundreds of entrepreneurs, scientists, investors, media and other industry people into the packed two-day event.
Did you know that cows can express social preferences? For some people, that’s as easy…
The FDA has no questions that the Impossible Burger is safe to eat. The meatless…
How to spot a happy horse: Look for pointed ears and listen for snorts, apparently.…
The process of remembering and forgetting in humans works the same way. It’s face specific.