Meat’s impact on health, superbug resistance, carbon emissions, and climate change are well documented. Yet the EU has pledged 15 million euros ($15.9 million) to the meat market in order to raise consumption. Why?
December 7, 2016
March 15, 2015
10 Reasons to Transition to a Plant-Based Diet
The time is now to make some small changes that can make a big impact on our planet. And it starts with swapping that hamburger for a veggie burger.
April 8, 2013
Flies, Maggots, Rats, And Lots Of Poop: What Big Ag Doesn’t Want You To See
What’s it like inside a factory farm? If the livestock and meat industries have their way, what little view we have inside the walls of these animal-reviewing facilities may soon be obscured.
Tags: ag gag law, agribusiness, american legislative exchange council, audit, chicken shit, eggs, factory farms, fda, federal watchdog, hens, hsus, humane society of the us, jack decoster, meat industry, mercy for animals, mother jones, rembrandt enterprises, rose acre farms, salmonella, sparboe farms, terry branstad, USDA
February 26, 2013
The Meat Industry Now Consumes 4/5 Of All Antibiotics
While the FDA dithers with voluntary approaches to regulation, the meat industry is feasting on antibiotics and sending out product tainted with drug-resistant bugs.
February 6, 2013
Your Meat Might Be Made From Glued-Together Scraps
Fast food chains and even fancy chefs use meat glue to stick small chunks of animal protein together. So where does meat glue come from? The answer involves bacteria and cow blood.
Tags: beef, chicken, cracked, food poisoning, haalal, hindu, jewish, meat glue, meat industry, muslim, pauli poisuo, red meat, seafood, steak, transglutaminase