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Kenny Torrella

Kenny Torrella

Senior Reporter, Future Perfect

    Latest articles by Kenny Torrella

    24 things we think will happen in 2024
    Future Perfect

    From Trump to Tesla, how 2024 will shake out, according to the Future Perfect team.

    By Bryan Walsh, Dylan Matthews and 4 more
    The 14 predictions that came true in 2023 — and the 7 that didn’t
    Future Perfect

    The 21 forecasts we made in 2023, revisited.

    By Bryan Walsh, Dylan Matthews and 2 more
    10 actually good things that happened in 2023
    Future Perfect

    This was a hard year. But these 10 news stories remind us a better future is possible.

    By Kenny Torrella, Oshan Jarow and 1 more
    Future Perfect
    Big Meat just can’t quit antibioticsBig Meat just can’t quit antibiotics
    Future Perfect

    Meat production is making lifesaving drugs less effective. Where’s the FDA?

    By Kenny Torrella
    Future Perfect
    We raise 18 billion animals a year to die — and then we don’t even eat themWe raise 18 billion animals a year to die — and then we don’t even eat them
    Future Perfect

    From farm to plate, one in four animals raised on factory farms are wasted.

    By Kenny Torrella
    Future Perfect
    The new Chicken Run movie is fun — and a damning critique of America’s meat industryThe new Chicken Run movie is fun — and a damning critique of America’s meat industry
    Future Perfect

    The mixed messages kids get about meat — and how we should think about them — explained by the Chicken Run movies.

    By Kenny Torrella
    Future Perfect
    There’s less meat at this year’s climate talks. But there’s plenty of bull.There’s less meat at this year’s climate talks. But there’s plenty of bull.
    Future Perfect

    Meat and dairy are driving the climate crisis. Why won’t world leaders at COP28 do anything about it?

    By Kenny Torrella
    Ticora Jones has supercharged global development research
    The 2023 Future Perfect 50

    Jones expanded the United States’ global development reach. Now she’s fighting for a healthier climate.

    By Kenny Torrella
    David Kaplan is building an academic community for the future of meat
    The 2023 Future Perfect 50

    Meet the scientist democratizing the cell-cultivated meat sector and training its next generation of researchers.

    By Kenny Torrella
    Kristie Sullivan is quietly, and effectively, fighting animal testing
    The 2023 Future Perfect 50

    High-tech methods of chemical testing are helping get animals out of labs.

    By Kenny Torrella