Billions of animals are killed each year to feed an unsustainable demand for meat. Lab-grown meat—also known as cultured, cultivated, cell-based, or clean meat—can offer a kinder alternative while ...

Are we ready for the future of meat? Credit...Photo Illustration by Matt Chase Supported by By Somini Sengupta Somini Sengupta reports on climate change and the challenges of feeding the world. More ...

Emerging meat alternatives – cultivated meat and precision fermentation-derived meat – need to present an appealing image to consumers if they are to succeed. In the world of proteins, things are ...

It’s not exactly revelatory to say that slaughterhouses cause pain; they’re killing factories, after all. But the scope of this pain, and the number of animals and people it impacts, isn’t immediately ...

Emissions from U.S. consumption are comparable to fossil fuel use, a study said. Researchers have quantified how meat consumption in the U.S. is contributing to the greenhouse gas emissions ...

The decision to eat meat sits at the crossroads of personal choice, environmental impact, and cultural traditions. As someone who grew up in a family where food brought people together, I’ve witnessed ...

An estimated 316 million pounds of food will be wasted in the U.S. on Thanksgiving — half a billion dollars’ worth of groceries thrown away in a single day. It takes an area the size of China to grow ...