This post comes to us courtesy of KQED's Bay Area Bites. In recent years, more chefs and consumers are demanding local, sustainable meats, driving ...
Nil Zacharias | Posted 08.21.2011
No one can deny that it's better to be less cruel in the ways we confine and kill animals (if we are going to kill and eat them anyway), but if we're interested in long-term change, we can't look at killing with kindness or gratitude as a solution in itself.
Daniel Klein | Posted 06.20.2011
When thinking of topics to cover next, I realized that I hadn't done anything on grass-fed beef. This method of rearing animals is one of the corners...
Slashfood | Posted 05.25.2011
Sustainability has become the go-to word for every corporation in the U.S.and McDonald's is no exception. The burger giant recently announced what it'...
Laura Silverman | Posted 05.25.2011
I feel especially lucky that I have access to Dickson's Farmstand, a purveyor of locally sourced, humanely raised animals.
The Guardian | Rebecca Seal | Posted 05.25.2011
When you hear the words "mini cows" they sound as if they are the result of someone's daft hobby. But miniature cattle could be the future of environm...
Mindy Pennybacker | Posted 05.25.2011
For our health and the planet's, we should eat more vegetables and less red meat. But as it turns out, swine are responsible, on average, for only about 1/5 the CO2 emissions of beef.
Take Part | Jason Horn | Posted 05.25.2011
There's no way around it: Meat production is bad for the environment. Ozone-destroying methane in cow farts, overflowing toxic-pig-poo lagoons, and th...
Mother Nature Network | Nicole Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011
When dangerously underemployed vegetarian Berlin Reed agreed to temporarily work the meat counter at Brooklyn's The Greene Grape, he never expected th...
New York Times | Mark Bittman | Posted 05.25.2011
LET'S suppose you've decided to eat less meat, or are considering it. And let's ignore your reasons for doing so. They may be economic, ethical, altru...
Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 12.13.2011