The United Nations biodiversity summit, known as COP15, ended in December 2022 with the nearly 200 participant nations pledging to protect at least 30% of Earth’s land and oceans for…
Industrial agriculture is turning the entire planet into a sacrifice zone, and we must act now to rectify the environmental impacts of food production. The term sacrifice zone was coined…
One of the core tenets of industrial agriculture is that we can dominate nature, bending natural processes to fit our will and design. But what are the consequences? In the…
The global market for grass-fed beef is expected to grow to a valuation of more than $13 billion US dollars by 2025, an increase owing to “the flourishing trend of…
For a long time, we have understood that agriculture is a major contributor to air pollution, but only recently has there been an effort to determine the relative impact of…
As a thought experiment, suppose that 100 people currently eating the standard American diet switch to a fully plant-based diet. We know this change would have an environmental impact, but…
We have a bad habit of persistently conflating protein with animal foods. It’s on the restaurant menus. When it’s not at the forefront of our thoughts, it’s in the back…
In Part One of this series, we explored three top nutrition trends from 2023: sustainability, personalized nutrition, and functional foods. Click here to read Part One. In this article, we…
…their desire to promote animal welfare or support more sustainable food systems. The evidence supporting these motivations is also almost irrefutable. On sustainability, “[Reduced meat consumption is] likely to have…
