Why is the UN avoiding addressing meat as a cause of climate change?
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation has been criticised for its lack of action on the topic of animal agriculture when it comes to climate change solutions. At COP28, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) produced its much-awaited roadmap to cut...
How does the meat industry harm the planet?
The meat industry is one of the biggest contributors to the climate crisis. Here’s how meat harms the planet. Meat tends to be a divisive subject, especially in the United States. Despite the headline-grabbing coverage of plant-based alternatives like faux...
The miserable life of battery caged chickens
Conditions for battery caged chickens are more sadistic than most people realise – and the majority of egg-laying hens are still forced to live in them. If you’ve eaten an egg recently, it probably came from a hen who was raised in horrific conditions in a...
Global agrifood tech funding down by 50%
The global agrifood tech financial landscape remains grim, with funding in the sector down by 49.2% from 2022-23 – the lowest it has been in six years. A lot has been written about the VC fallout with food tech in 2023, with investment seeing shape declines as the...
These farmers are leaving factory farming behind
Meet the farmers who have turned from livestock factory farming to crops in order to avoid the financial pitfalls and thorny ethics of industrial agriculture. Farmer Tom Lim had been raising poultry for 20 years when the company he worked for as a contractor...
