Beef and dairy responsible for majority of biodiversity damage
Beef and dairy production account for 41% of the biodiversity damage caused by the world’s farmland, according to a major new study published in Nature Food. Beef and dairy production account for 41% of the biodiversity damage caused by the world’s farmland, while...
Faster slaughterhouse line speeds will cause climate damage
Reacting to proposals calling for higher-paced slaughterhouse processing, critics say protection for workers, animals and food safety are not the only concerns. Jill Mauer spent more than 30 years as a government inspector, watching over meat plants as workers...
Faster lines at slaughterhouses will cause serious risks
Line speeds at US slaughterhouses are increasing while federal inspectors step back. This causes serious risks to food safety, worker health and animal welfare. A pig’s head arrives in front of Christopher Lopez. He knows the drill: cut into the area behind the ears,...
Meat and dairy production uses far more water than ChatGPT
Despite some (misleading) claims about AI’s water usage, the best way to reduce your water impact is eat less meat and dairy. You’ve probably heard the statistic: Generating just one email with ChatGPT consumes an entire bottle’s worth of water. It’s not true. While...
Why octopus farms are a slippery problem
As a controversial Spanish plan for octopus farming on an industrial scale was dropped, it revived the ethical debate over farming these intelligent creatures. In 2022 Nueva Pescanova, Spain’s largest fisheries business, announced it was investing €65m (£56m) in the...
