Coronavirus - Animal Agriculture and Climate Change

“Cell-based meat industry could help prevent the next pandemic” – Liz Marshall

An insightful interview with, Liz Marshall, producer of a documentary on the cultivated meat industry entitled “Meat The Future” Award-winning Canadian filmmaker and director Liz Marshall is all about making “character-driven documentaries” and her latest...

Doctors group accuse USDA of endangering public health

AnimalAgri, Coronavirus

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine files petition against USDA for failing to screen meat products for COVID-19. A pro-vegan physicians group is suing the U.S. Department of Agriculture, alleging it is “ignoring concerns” about the...

Speciesism is a major factor in the spread of zoonotic diseases

AnimalAgri, Blogs, Coronavirus

The inability to accept animal lives as equal to human lives leaves animals vulnerable to exploitation. Could this be the source of pandemics like COVID-19? During a global pandemic, likely caused by the exploitation of animals, humanity’s relationship with other...

Fury as China plans to invest in Argentina’s hog industry

AnimalAgri, Coronavirus, GoodNews

Argentinian environmental activists have criticised the plan saying that Chinese authorities are only trying to outsource a pandemic risk. A government-sponsored plan to turbocharge Argentina’s hog industry with Chinese capital is generating unprecedented resistance...

What we can learn from Bill Gates’ article on climate change

ClimateChange, Coronavirus

Six key points from an article wherein the tech personality and philanthropist said climate-change should be treated with the same urgency as COVID-19. On August 4, Gates published an article on his website urging for a concerted global effort to fight climate change...

Climate change is going to be far far worse than Coronavirus

Blogs, ClimateChange, Coronavirus

A five-star article on the current state of the climate crisis. Growing climate action is the result of people waking up to the reality of a climate catastrophe. Change can happen only if we care about the future. One plague, when big enough, occludes others, and...