Meat
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Author’s note. I wrote this piece several decades ago, but never published. Although some of the references may be outdated, the general theme of the article is still valid today. The main conclusion is that Agriculture is the biggest source of biological impoverishment and your food choices can do more for the environment than just…
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Advances in technology make commercial “cultured” meat a real possibility- The production of food in general has many positive and negative side effects, but many argue that meat production’s side effects weigh far on the negative side. Political battles over CAFOs, grazing, use of antibiotics, subsidies, and culture have been intractable. Raising an animal for…
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Lamb, beef and cheese have the highest emissions The Environmental Working Group recently published a report assessing the climate change and environmental impacts of meat production. They found that not all meats have the same impact. Visit the 2001 Meat Eaters Guide to Climate Change + Health