Tag: food
Are America’s biggest food companies making progress toward reducing animal suffering?
Like countless animal lovers, I have always considered myself as someone who deeply cares for animals. As a kid, my pet dogs,...
COVID-19 crisis highlights big meat companies’ lack of openness
Meat companies’ evasive language about what is happening to animals during the COVID-19 crisis is part of a larger pattern that suppresses open debate about the ethical costs of food production in the U.S.
The food industry puts profits over public health using big tobacco’s...
In certain cases, preemption—when a higher level of government limits the authority of a lower level to enact new policies—can devastate public health.
Obesity: America’s number one export?
Americans’ ultra-processed diet is fueling obesity across the world.
The federal government shouldn’t be trying to salvage our broken food...
Congress is considering an allocation for the mass killing of farmed animals.
Big Ag lets hundreds of thousands of farm animals die in...
Farm animals have less legal protection than other confined animals, such as those living in laboratories or zoos.
Factory farms create the perfect conditions to spread viral infections like...
An alarming 75 percent of new or emerging diseases start in animals.
The Farm Workforce Modernization Act does not solve the farm labor...
America’s farmworkers deserve better.
Sustainable wine is less damaging to the environment, but how can...
The eco-footprint of the wine industry is significant, and some wineries are taking steps to reduce their impact.
Following house approval, U.S. has a chance to ban the cruel...
Sharks are killed 30 percent faster than they can reproduce, including for the inhumane fin trade.
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Energy prices drop below zero in UK thanks to record wind-generated electricity
The record output provided more than 68 percent of the country’s power.
New study finds Smartwatch wristbands contain high levels of PFAS
Researchers found elevated level of PFAS in mostly fluorinated synthetic rubber wristbands.
Across the Middle East, the BDS movement is thriving
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, or BDS, has gained momentum, encouraging individuals to use their purchasing power as an effective tool for change.
US Fish and Wildlife Service protects Indonesian monitor lizard under Endangered Species Act
The species, which was threatened by the U.S. pet trade and habitat loss, will receive emergency protection.
Luigi Mangione and Daniel Penny display the scale of acceptance for vigilante violence
The contrast in how Penny and Mangione have been covered in the media and treated by the elite show that vigilante violence actually is acceptable in America when carried out against those with little to no agency.