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Big Meat
November 22, 2023
Jan Dutkiewicz
The Turkey Pardon Is a Perfect Emblem of Our Very Dumb Politics
It started as a way to distract from the Iran-Contra affair. Now it’s a mockery of both American agriculture and our arbitrary legal system.
November 14, 2022
Jan Dutkiewicz
,
Spencer Roberts
How the Meat Industry Undermines Effective Climate Policy
Borrowing a page from the fossil fuel industry’s playbook, meat’s “merchants of doubt” are funding questionable research and lobbying to keep meat reduction off the table.
October 5, 2021
Sarah Garland
,
Jan Dutkiewicz
What Should We Call Lab Meat? (Probably Not “Lab Meat.”)
It’s real meat, biologically speaking, not a plant-based imitation. But it didn’t come from a living, breathing animal. The words used to brand it could make all the difference—just ask GMO producers.
May 19, 2021
Jan Dutkiewicz
John Kerry Doesn’t Understand How Cows Work
Small tweaks to the meat industry can’t save Americans from a simple truth: We need to eat less meat.
August 4, 2020
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Ted Genoways
Beyond Big Meat
Just six companies control two-thirds of the nation's meat production. It's time to end their monopoly of our food supply.
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