It is not meat eating that is responsible for increased CO2; it is the corn/ soybean/ feedlot/ transportation system under which industrial animals ar...
Grist | Posted 06.11.2009 | Green
"Meat from sick pigs or pigs found dead should not be processed or used for human consumption under any circumstances," Jorgen Schlundt, director of W...
John DeCock | Posted 06.08.2009 | Green
The name Factory Farm Flu 1 is less than accurate; many diseases have been transmitted from animals to humans by Confined Animal Feeding Operations. But we have to start somewhere.
planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 06.08.2009 | Green
Eating red meat isn't so great for the environment. By adopting a vegetarian diet, you'll reduce your carbon footprint by over 5,000 pounds. By just c...
Avital Binshtock | Posted 06.05.2009 | Green
By paying more attention to how we shop and what we buy, we can make a difference for the planet.
Slate Magazine | Nina Shen Rastogi | Posted 05.29.2009 | Green
Cows, sheep, and other ruminants end up looking so bad in part because they eat a lot more, pound for pound, than their single-stomached brethren: Tha...
Tess Ghilaga | Posted 05.28.2009 | Living
It's clear I know what the right food choices are, but I'll have to buckle for a Reese's Peanut Cup and the prime rib at the Post House every once in a while.
Bruce Friedrich | Posted 05.23.2009 | Living
Soy foods are not only nutritious, they're delicious and versatile. Soy products can be used in everything from stir fries and smoothies to cheeseburgers and cheesecakes.
Robert Lawrence | Posted 05.21.2009 | Green
With the world about to celebrate Earth Day, here's something everyone can do to help the environment, public health, their own health and their budget: Stop eating meat on Monday.
Bruce Friedrich | Posted 05.10.2009 | Green
Although PETA is always happy to discuss and debate animal rights issues, the animal exploiters are no longer willing to.
Anne Dunev | Posted 05.02.2009 | Living
Without starving yourself, without diet pills or gimmicks, even without exercise, it is possible to have thinner, smoother thighs in three weeks.
Varu Chilakamarri | Posted 05.02.2009 | Style
Most of my male friends took his side. "Let him have his meat!" they cried, as if Meat Week stood for something more in the great power dynamic between men and women.
AP | Posted 04.27.2009 | Green
BUFFALO, N.Y. — An upstate New York sandwich shop owner says plans to locate a slaughterhouse right next door will kill his business. Bobby Hor...
AP | MARCO SANTANA | Posted 04.26.2009 | Green
DES MOINES, Iowa — Surging demand for turtle meat in southeast Asia has prompted a huge jump in turtle harvesting, leading to concerns that popu...
Steve Ells | Posted 04.25.2009 | Green
Antibiotic use is not a prerequisite to life on the farm, but rather a threat to life itself. Let's preserve these drugs for the sick animals and humans who need them.
Penny Herscher | Posted 04.03.2009 | Green
The meat industry produces more carbon emissions than the auto industry.
The Denver Post | Steve Ells | Posted 03.29.2009 | Green
The Department of Agriculture recently released its long-gestating definition of "naturally raised" meat. Previously, the word "natural" had been ill-...
nytimes.com | The Editors | Posted 03.29.2009 | Green
But looking beyond the choice of toilet paper, what are the simplest -- or the biggest bang for the lowest cost -- changes that Americans can adopt th...
Sophie Brickman | Posted 03.13.2009 | Style
Who knew that merguez is supposed to be made in the smaller and more delicate lamb's intestine, not the bigger, sturdier pig's intestine which I used?
Craig "Meathead" Goldwyn | Posted 03.12.2009 | Chicago
Can you imagine the city built by the Amalgamated Meat Cutters going meatless for a month? Can you see Da Coach wandering from table to table at Ditka's selling grilled tofu during the playoffs?
Roseanne Colletti | Posted 03.02.2009 | Green
Shopping smart can help you not only preserve your health, but what's left of your wealth.
Deirdre Imus | Posted 02.11.2009 | Living
In the past, the presumption was that if it's on the store shelves, it must be safe. But in fact, nothing could be further from the truth. Need proof? Cigarettes are sold everywhere.
Chicago Tribune | Deborah L. Shelton | Posted 02.09.2009 | Chicago
Chicago health commissioner Dr. Terry Mason has a message for Chicagoans who enjoy devouring meat in all its fat-dripping, artery-clogging glory: Don'...
audubonmagazine.org | Mike Tidwell | Posted 02.06.2009 | Green
Full disclosure: I love to eat meat. I was born in Memphis, the barbecue capital of the Milky Way Galaxy. I worship slow-cooked, hickory-smoked pig me...
Christopher Gavigan | Posted 01.19.2009 | Green
Over the past couple of months, melamine has been heavy in the headlines... dairy products manufactured in China were intentionally contaminated with the chemical.
Chelsea Green | Posted 06.12.2009 | Green