Sustainable Seafood Labels Aren’t Always What They Seem
Market-driven sustainability initiatives were touted as a way to incentivize better environmental practices but a new study finds most of the retail price fails to reach the actual fishers.
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AI Images Can Obscure the Reality of Factory Farms
Researchers found a hidden feature steered the AI-generated images towards more idyllic scenes.
Will British Columbia’s Wild Salmon Escape Aquaculture’s Disease Trap?
As wild salmon decline, the province becomes more dependent on the fish farms that may harm them.
As Whey Gains, Will Dairy’s Footprint Follow?
At the center of protein maxxing, whey products require energy-intensive processing and emissions-intensive milk and cheese production, with climate consequences if unchecked.
Teens and Young Adults, Especially Educated Men, Tend to Have Higher Food Emissions
Slashing food-related emissions needs varied strategies for different ages and countries, two new studies find.
The Nation’s ‘Egg Mafia’ Made Billions. Their Fines Over Price Fixing Are a Drop in the Bucket.
Egg companies that received hundreds of millions of dollars in bird flu payments are ordered to settle for a fraction of the price.
Sardine Girl Summer Meets the Reality of Industrial Fishing
Your ‘seacuterie’ board may not be as sustainable as you think.
Cattle Raised for Beef Are Heavier Than Ever, Raising New Concerns in the Industry About Animal Health and Welfare
A retired Cargill meat scientist urged the industry to take seriously a growing list of health concerns, including lameness, heat stress, congestive heart failure and late-term deaths in feedyards.
Meat Consumption Grows in US and Asia, While Europe is on the Decline
Since 2010, meat consumption habits in the US and Europe have diverged, while many countries with the greatest increases are in Asia.
Heat Exhaustion, Amputated Fingers, Crushed Limbs: The Hidden Cost of American Turkey
Three charts reveal details of the 351 workplace injuries experienced by turkey industry workers in 2024, which include severed fingers, injured corneas and musculoskeletal disorders.
How America’s Largest Meat Company Leverages Palantir’s Surveillance Tech
Palantir’s controversial software platform is capable of integrating vast amounts of data — but at what risk?
Nigerian Activists Push Back on JBS and Government Slaughterhouse Plans
The multinational corporation’s plans are part of a broader trend of inequity in global food production.
The Study Big Meat Tried to Bury — and Why It Matters Again
When a sweeping scientific study called for eating less meat, the meat industry launched a full-scale attack. And we could be in for a repeat.
Could the U.S. Switch to Regenerative Chicken? Only if Americans Ate This Much Less
Going from 100 lbs of chicken each year to 63 would be quite the change.
Beyond Meat’s Rumored Bankruptcy Is The Perfect Example of Food Media Bias
How rumors the brand was going bankrupt spread, and what that says about the discourse.
Pork Industry Pulls Academic Partnership Following Pressure, but Invests Elsewhere
Less than two years into a five-year, multi-million dollar campaign to research building consumer trust, the pork industry shifts focus.
Hundreds of Iowa Meatpacking Employee Visas Revoked
200 JBS employees from four countries are losing their U.S. work authorization.
As Egg Prices Soar, Amazon and Top Investors Profit
As avian flu decimated poultry flocks, two major U.S. egg producers — Vital Farms and Cal-Maine — have seen their profits and stock values soar. Between February 2024 and February 2025, Vital Farms saw its share value…
Trump Administration Withdraws Salmonella Testing Plan for Poultry
The rule, which has been in the works for years, would have made American consumers safer.
Federal Inspectors Found Antibiotics in Beef ‘Raised Without Antibiotics.’ They Took No Action
JBS, Cargill and Tyson appear to have misled consumers.
