New from me -- the cheapest way to prevent animal cruelty. Gift link here: www.vox.com/future-perfe...

EPA already caved - multiple times - on similar issues in regards to confined livestock production: kicking down the can for air and water (via studies that take forever), and withholding CAFO data that states share by law... What's the lesson? I'd say 1) we need states to pick up the slack...

JBS is the largest meat processor in the United States; its workforce is also highly dependent on refugees and asylum seekers.

In which Jasmine, Mariann, and I talk about that awful NYT article about animal rights activism in Sonoma. Have a listen.

This is a great piece by @kennytorrella.bsky.social - and not just because I am quoted and my work is mentioned! It’s critical to dismantle the false narratives that big ag puts out with great fanfare to hide the reality of consolidation. The “small farm” is a central deception in that narrative.

The ag lobby -- and even govt. regulators! -- argue against farm pollution limits on the basis that the US has "2 million farms" and that it's infeasible to regulate so many farms. But there's a big problem with this talking point: It's just not true. www.vox.com/future-perfe...

This sounds insane to speak out loud, but is a real statistic: The global seafood industry kills at least 1 trillion wild fish every year to supply 1% of the world’s food. www.cambridge.org/core/journal... www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Dairy farms are often portrayed as quaint and bucolic, but they're some of the most dangerous workplaces. This is a heartbreaking story, not uncommon, and also preventable -- if Congress is willing to strengthen labor laws and fund OSHA.

New story from me: FarmKind, a new-ish nonprofit, encourages people to donate to effective animal charities to offset their meat consumption. In other words, it's a "meat offset." The idea makes me a little uncomfortable, but I also think it’s necessary.

Beyond Meat is simplifying and shortening its ingredient lists and launching more "natural" veggie products. Meanwhile, Impossible is leaning into its meatiness. Which approach will win over consumers?

I don't get to write about a lot of good news, but this is a really big deal — the global fur industry has collapsed over the last decade. My rundown on the numbers and how it unfolded: www.vox.com/future-perfe...

Last night I was at an event where someone told me that they only drink Fairlfie milk; Their employer stocks the company fridge w Core Power shakes. I’m still shocked that Fairlife has largely been able to maintain its public perception as “one of the good ones.” story by @kennytorrella.bsky.social

Fantastic piece by @kennytorrella.bsky.social on the extensive animal abuse and humanewashing at Fairlife. www.vox.com/future-perfe...

Fairlife, a brand that didn't exist before 2012, is now the 2nd most popular milk in the US. It's a reflection of how dairy manages to continually rebrand & reinvent itself. But the reality behind Fairlife, like all dairy, is an unmitigated horror show www.vox.com/future-perfe...

Sue and Mike McCloskey built a dairy empire — including the ever popular Fairlife brand — with promises of humane treatment and transparency. A slate of investigations have torn that narrative to bits. Read all about it in my new feature on Fairlife:

The Trump administration and the GOP are doing a lot these days to boost the pork industry's campaign to lock pigs in tiny cages. Here's my round-up on the madness:

Just finished Chapter 8 of @mikegrunwald.bsky.social’s “We Are Eating The Earth” which describes the carbon farming hype of the past few years in great detail

People disagree about nearly everything in the climate space. EXCEPT BIOFUELS. Absolutely everybody thinks using corn & soy for fuel is a terrible idea - except the people who stand to gain from it, and the people who want those folks' votes. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Attn animal writers: Current Affairs wants your pitches! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

A New report maps a “severe” shortage of local journalists in the U.S.: www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/new-... I looked at the details for @niemanlab.org The report "finds that more than 1,000 counties — one out of three in the nation — do not have the equivalent of even one full-time local journalist."

The list of terrible things done to farmed animals is so long, and meat/dairy/egg companies don't have to disclose them. That'll soon change in Switzerland — at least for one set of really awful practices. New story today in our Processing Meat newsletter:

Cc @mikegrunwald.bsky.social @waiterich.bsky.social In downtown Kensington, Maryland.

A new study has found that the documentary film Dominion is quite good at persuading people to eat less meat. I wrote about it, and whether the animal advocacy movement gave up on public persuasion too soon: www.vox.com/future-perfe...

A very smart piece on how to think about the Trump administration's move away from cruel animal experimentation in light of its broader war on science. www.vox.com/future-perfe...

The one drug RFK Jr. should actually ban: ractopamine. www.vox.com/future-perfe...

Billions of animals are tortured for meat each year. Millions of slaughterhouse workers suffer too -- physically and mentally: www.vox.com/future-perfe... This quote really stands out: “Public demand for meat creates ongoing, present, and future exposure to trauma and continual retraumatization.”

New from me:

The details of this lawsuit are stunning. Three Guatemalan college grads came to the US on J-1 visas for an educational experience, and ended up having to work grueling hours on an industrial pork operation. sentientmedia.org/cultural-exc...

Rachel Fobar has a great story for us today on what the hell is going on with animal experimentation under the Trump administration, balancing a lot of threads very well - give it a read! www.vox.com/future-perfe...

Meet The Replacement: a bi-weekly newsletter on the global transition away from animal testing. ✨ Coverage of animal testing & research policy often flies under the radar, but it's more urgent than ever. I'm here to round up the news for you. 🫡 Please share widely! thereplacement.substack.com

A certain fitness writer has brain-poisoned women of my generation into thinking they need 1g protein per lb of bodyweight to gain muscle, they can't be fully plant-based, etc. It's all horseshit (as a muscular girlie, I would know!). So I decided to write about protein science🏋️‍♀️

Yet another hidden agricultural subsidy: USDA spends our tax dollars killing 2 million wild animals a year to keep them away from crops and livestock. The program is called “Wildlife Services.” via @kennytorrella.bsky.social @vox.com www.vox.com/future-perfe...

What are your all-time favorite plant-based meat products that are available in the US? Asking for an article!

Wildlife Services 2024 body count included over 2,000 green iguanas, almost 1,700 red-tailed hawks, and 614 armadillos, according to recently published data. @kennytorrella.bsky.social breaks it down for @vox.com: www.vox.com/future-perfe...

Really powerful investigation -- with new details, data, and photography -- by @jmcjmc.bsky.social into the brutal business of killing nearly 170M poultry birds during this bird flu outbreak: investigatemidwest.org/2025/04/30/u...

In its first 100 days, the Trump administration has been very good to the meat industry: www.vox.com/future-perfe...

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Last week, I watched the popular regenerative ag film Kiss the Ground, and the new follow-up documentary Common Ground. The films' claims -- esp. around climate -- are even more hyperbolic than I knew: www.vox.com/future-perfe...

Study financed by the beef industry finds ... drumroll please ... That plant protein is just as good as meat for building muscle. news.illinois.edu/omnivorous-v...

What a massive blind-taste test of plant-based meat vs. animal meat found:

My first story for @civileats.com: Free grocery stores let communities shop for produce, dry goods, snacks & more — no money needed. I spoke with staff at these grocery stores and food policy experts about this emerging resource & food insecurity in the US ⬇️ civileats.com/2025/04/14/a...

The massive "#yes2meat" campaign against the EAT-Lancet report seemed to be organic at the time but appears it was orchestrated by a PR firm hired by Animal Agriculture Alliance: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Most people have an inkling that animals have it bad on factory farms and slaughterhouses, but most have no idea that arguably the biggest welfare problem is invisible -- it's the animals' genes: www.vox.com/future-perfe...

A new fight in the long running argument over whether cell-cultivated meat can ever affordably scale: agfundernews.com/humbird-was-...

Many people imagine that "de-extincting" animals risks a Jurassic Park-style meltdown that puts humans in danger, but the real threat is the other way around: It’s the harm we do to the animals www.vox.com/future-perfe...

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What the MAHA movement gets wrong about meat: www.vox.com/future-perfe...

#RegenerativeAgriculture: "Same wine; different bottle"? Having worked in environmental sustainability for many years, new terms come & go. Here's a rough timeline of these terms 🧵 1900s – Response to Industrialisation 1907 – "Humus farming" emerges, emphasising soil fertility & organic matter.

"Kennedy and the MAHA coalition’s promises to challenge large food companies and address chronic disease head-on is refreshing. But its prescription is more vibes and anecdotes than evidence." More good stuff on the meat/#MAHA interface, from @kennytorrella.bsky.social. www.vox.com/future-perfe...