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The Pork Industry’s Role in the Future of Modern Medicine

The Pork Industry’s Role in the Future of Modern Medicine

By David Wallinga, MD More than a century ago, my grandfather left his family’s farm in Sioux Center, Iowa to study medicine, and later to set up practice in St. Paul, MN—which was founded as Pig’s Eye, of course. To my Gramps, they must have seemed like very separate worlds. The farm, where people still […]

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    New Online Calculator Lets You See the Impact of Your Meat Intake

    New Online Calculator Lets You See the Impact of Your Meat Intake

    By Robin Scher One of my resolutions this year is to eat less meat. As a lifelong carnivore, this task has already proven to be easier said than done. The major challenge comes down to changing my habits. After years of enjoying bacon with my eggs for breakfast, I now associate its comforting greasy taste […]

    3 Reasons a Meat Tax Is a Good Idea

    3 Reasons a Meat Tax Is a Good Idea

    By Ben Williamson A new analysis from the investor network Farm Animal Investment Risk and Return (FAIRR) Initiative argues that meat is going down the same road as tobacco, carbon emissions and sugar toward a “sin tax”—a levy intended to reduce consumption of products that are harmful. Such an excise tax on meat would help […]

    Taxes on Meat Could Join Carbon, Sugar and Tobacco to Help Curb Emissions

    Taxes on Meat Could Join Carbon, Sugar and Tobacco to Help Curb Emissions

    By Jessica Corbett “Driven by a global consensus around meat’s negative contributions to climate change and global health epidemics such as obesity, cancer and antibiotic resistance,” a new report by a British investor network concludes that a meat tax should be considered “inevitable” for any government serious about addressing the climate crisis and other health […]

    Meat and Dairy Greenhouse Emissions ‘Could Lead Us to a Point of No Return’

    Meat and Dairy Greenhouse Emissions ‘Could Lead Us to a Point of No Return’

    Three of the world’s largest meat producers emitted more greenhouse gases in 2016 than France, putting them on par with oil companies such as ExxonMobil, BP and Shell, a recent study found. GRAIN, a non-profit organization, collaborated with the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy and the Heinrich Böll Foundation to estimate the greenhouse emissions […]

    This Little Lab-Grown Piggy Went to Market: Clean Meat Is on the Rise

    This Little Lab-Grown Piggy Went to Market: Clean Meat Is on the Rise

    By Andrew Amelinckx Lab-grown meat goes by many names—clean meat, cultured protein, animal-free meat, and so on—and all the various producers, of which there are eight around the world, use the same basic premise. At its most elementary, the process involves taking stem cells from a living animal, say, a chicken, then feeding those cells […]

    Gulf of Mexico’s Dead Zone Could be Largest Ever, Thanks to the Meat Industry

    Gulf of Mexico’s Dead Zone Could be Largest Ever, Thanks to the Meat Industry

    Scientists predict that so much pollution is pouring into the Gulf of Mexico this year that it is creating a larger-than-ever “dead zone” in which low to no oxygen can suffocate or kill fish and other marine life. The Guardian reported that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is expected to announce this week […]

    Americans Gorge on Meat in Amounts Not Seen in Decades

    Americans Gorge on Meat in Amounts Not Seen in Decades

    By Kali Holloway The cliche about the American diet being mostly meat and potatoes has seemed less true over recent years, with vegetarianism going mainstream and veganism gaining popularity. But old dietary habits die hard—possibly because of their clogged arteries. A new study finds there’s been a reversal in meat-eating declines, with the last year […]

    Which Is Worse for the Planet: Beef or Cars?

    Which Is Worse for the Planet: Beef or Cars?

    By Jordyn Cormier Cars are often used as the golden standard of environmental destruction. We know that our driving is hurtful to the environment. But, what about a burger? We don’t instinctually associate meat consumption with climate change, but does the dark side of the meat industry give cars a run for their money? Which […]