How soybeans took over America — and the world
Americans have a weird relationship with soy, one of the most important and widely cultivated crops in the world.Most of ...
Tag: Animal Welfare
Animal abusers are getting off easy
If someone illegally double parks in a one-way street and a cop walks by, the expectation is that they’d get ...
Jane Goodall’s most radical message was not about saving the planet
Most people know Jane Goodall, the eminent primatologist who died on Wednesday at 91, for her singular, field-defining work on ...
The most miraculous animal migration is happening in the middle of New York City
BROOKLYN, New York — When people imagine what nature looks like, this probably wouldn’t be it. On an overcast afternoon ...
Is AI lying? (And other reader questions, answered.)
For the last few years, we’ve been asking Future Perfect newsletter readers what their biggest questions are. And while we ...
Plant-based meat has been relentlessly — and unfairly — attacked as “ultra-processed.” Can the industry save itself?
Beyond Meat is undergoing a makeover.Last month, the popular plant-based meat company announced a new product — Beyond Ground — ...
Can’t commit to vegetarianism but want animals to suffer less? You’ve got options.
Your Mileage May Vary is an advice column offering you a unique framework for thinking through your moral dilemmas. It’s ...
The brutal trade-off that will decide the future of food
Perhaps the most crucial idea for understanding our species’ future on this planet boils down to two boring words: land ...
Would this food label change how you eat?
Imagine, for a moment, that you’re seated and ready to dine at one of Switzerland’s many celebrated high-end eateries, where ...
Is it even possible to convince people to stop eating meat?
Factory farming is a particularly wicked problem to solve.It’s a moral atrocity, involving the confinement and slaughter of hundreds of ...
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