The Future of Meat
Future Perfect’s coverage of factory farming, animal welfare, and how the way we eat affects our lives and our planet.
How meat became a measure of manhood.
How meat became a measure of manhood.
The response to the Texas Senate candidate’s comments on animal welfare highlight the challenge of talking about meat in US politics.
What people really think about plant-based dairy.
How the frenzy over farming insects for food went bust.
The latest in The Future of Meat
Blame...your local grocery store?
It’s also a contradictory mess.
Why we should aspire to eat less meat like it’s 2019.
Let’s fix the two massive efficiency sinks in American life.
A major seafood company wants to farm octopuses for their meat. Activists and academics say it’s impractical and cruel.
These are the most effective charities for reducing animal suffering.
We don’t have to accept all that death and waste for a dry, flavorless bird no one likes.
How underwater factory farms are reshaping our food system.
You are not going to like where our ancestors got their protein.
This technology could feed a world of 10 billion. We’re squandering it, and the trade war with China could make it worse.
What the climate movement is getting dead wrong.
Dairy farms are among the most dangerous workplaces. Why aren’t they regulated like it?
Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods are placing big, divergent bets on the future of meat. Who will win?
A growing number of thinkers say factory farming can help save the planet. Are they right?
Despite all the problems with meat, Americans are only eating more and more of it. Could this change people’s minds?
What slaughtering animals all day does to your mind.
When animal cruelty trumps capitalism.
The mass killing of tiny creatures, explained.
One company dominated the competition: Impossible Foods.
In its first 100 days, the Trump administration has moved to roll back food safety measures, endanger slaughterhouse workers, and more.
Some of your feelings about meat are just in your head.
It’s the most invisible — and the hardest to solve.
Eating more meat won’t make America healthy again.
Arizona is delaying its cage-free standards to free up the egg supply. Experts say it won’t help much.
What the beef industry knew about its environmental impact — and how it spent decades blocking climate action.
The delicious, the decent, and the downright awful plant-based egg substitutes, explained.
Beef is tied to my cultural identity through its complicated history. Could the daughter of a cattle rancher ever let it go?
The pharmaceutical industry helped build factory farming. Now it’s muddying the debate over meat’s carbon footprint.
The accidental origins of the chicken on your plate, explained.
How Big Meat silences its critics.
US climate policy has led to a surge in manure-based “biogas.” Critics say it’s propping up factory farming.
Despite being reviled by just about everyone.
Everybody loves MAHA — because nobody knows what it really is.
Chicken giants are pushing birds to their biological limits. A staggering number die but never make it to consumers’ plates.
The growing chasm in American meat consumption, explained.
How Rune-Christoffer Dragsdahl got the country to launch an impressive vegetarian experiment.
A new investigation finds false advertising continues to dupe consumers.
It’s a big deal for the climate — and for the coffee industry at large.
These marketplaces are the backbone of the meat industry, where cruelty to animals is the norm.
A groundbreaking study suggests your farmed shrimp and salmon might have a much bigger environmental toll than previously thought.