Viewpoint: Organic farming is not as sustainable as popularly believed

Viewpoint: Organic farming is not as sustainable as popularly believed

Dawn Attride | Sentient Media |
At the supermarket, you’re often met with a choice: organic or not? Organic foods — largely free of synthetic pesticides, hormones and ...
Viewpoint: RFK, Jr. ignites debate over the American diet and the future of meat but his solutions are simplistic and unrealistic

Viewpoint: RFK, Jr. ignites debate over the American diet and the future of meat but his solutions are simplistic and unrealistic

Now that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has kicked off his Make America Healthy Again, or MAHA Commission, food system advocates ...
What might food policy look like under the Trump presidency?

What might food policy look like under the Trump presidency?

Seth Millstein | Sentient Media |
Donald Trump is in the process of filling out his second-term cabinet, and he recently announced appointees to lead the ...
Politicization of food: Italy’s far right has turned food into a political battleground

Politicization of food: Italy’s far right has turned food into a political battleground

Gray Fuller | Sentient Media |
Since its rise to power in 2022, a coalition of far right parties led by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni ...
Viewpoint: Eating organic to help the environment? Think again

Viewpoint: Eating organic to help the environment? Think again

Seth Millstein | Sentient Media |
Organic food has become increasingly popular over the last several decades, and sales of organic food hit an all-time high in 2023 ...
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Bill Gates and bug-eating: Conspiracy theory claims billionaire wants to replace cattle industry with insect protein. What’s the truth?

Jessica Scott-Reid | Sentient Media |
“Bill Gates wants to get rid of the cattle industry, and have people eat his FAKE MEAT,” writes one commenter, ...
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Are we making an ‘inevitable shift’ to plant-based and cultured meat? Here are 8 alternative protein predictions for 2024

Björn Ólafsson | Sentient Media |
Here are the biggest trends to look out for as the alternative protein sector aims to further enshrine itself in ...
Viewpoint: ‘All-natural’ animal meat misnomer designed to make plant-based foods look bad

Viewpoint: ‘All-natural’ animal meat misnomer designed to make plant-based foods look bad

Jessica Scott-Reid | Sentient Media |
The culture war pitting plant-based meat against its animal-based counterpart rages on, it seems. Plant-based alternatives are called “ultra-processed,” “fake” ...