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.
A plant-based food system would be a win for animals and the environment. How workers would fare is less clear.
The renowned primatologist wants us to remember that humans aren’t so exceptional — we’re animals, too.
The new Beyond Chicken tenders taste almost identical to the real thing.
Can insects become a big part of humanity’s diet? Should they?
The promise and perils of using facial recognition technology on animals.
Plant-based food has come a long way, but we still don’t have a stretchy, melty cow-free cheese.
Let’s not swap one moral disaster for another.
Americans love cats and dogs. Other animals? It’s complicated.
Biden’s not taking away your meat, as Republicans claimed this weekend. But partisan conflict over eating animals is just getting started.
From the meat-based meals to kitty litter to plastic poop bags, pet care is unarguably bad for the environment. What can we do about it?
Intelligence plays a role in how we treat them. Maybe it shouldn’t.
Should humans care whether creatures live good lives, even in the forests or jungles? A group of philosophers and scientists has an unorthodox answer.
Iowa’s largest hog producer courted power and turned farming into a numbers game. Businesses like it are increasingly the norm.
We’re eating more meatless meat than ever, but it’s still not much.
A new study reveals how the companies you buy meat from block climate action.
Hatcheries promised to stop killing male chicks by 2020. What’s taking so long?
Lyon’s move to a veggie diet for students — and the protests that followed — reveals how enmeshed meat-eating has become with cultural identity.
Vegetarianism is one of my core values. How do I square that with my meat-eating husband?
Factory farming is spreading, but some of its worst practices are on their way out.
Philosopher John Gray explains why we’re doing it wrong and we should live more like cats. (Dogs, not so much.)
Fish are farmed in higher numbers than any other animal, but they haven’t gotten much attention from the animal welfare movement — until now.
The meat industry is bad for farmers, workers, consumers, animals, and the environment. It should be the next target in Democrats’ antitrust push.
Americans eat twice as much chicken as they did in the 1970s. Why?
It’s the latest step in one of the longest-running efforts to save an endangered species.
Two recent studies underscore the danger the meat production system poses for biodiversity.
The 20 percent price cut is part of a strategy to take plant-based meat mainstream.
The third-largest food company in the world is embracing meatless meat.
Biden’s reversing Trump’s effort to speed up line speeds at chicken packing plants.
Companies are pledging to sell you more plant-based meat and dairy to fight climate change (and cash in on a growing trend).
Chicken bites from bioreactor-grown chicken will be available for sale.
A new study shows that moving to a plant-based diet is critical, but governments have been slow to act.
Meat alternatives are tearing down the idea that eating animals is normal, natural, and necessary.
Brazilians on the edge of the Amazon rainforest are working with cattle ranchers — not against them — to save the climate.
The European Parliament voted down a ban on food labels that compare plant-based products to their meat counterparts.
One researcher says we are “playing Russian roulette.”
Two scientists explain the public health risks posed by factory farms — and how we might solve the problem.
A “recovering poultry grower” explains why he gave up factory farming.
Why humanely raising animals is more complicated than just a good living environment.
There’s a paradox on our plates.
“If you actually want to create global pandemics, then build factory farms.”