Jessica Scott-Reid
Tyson foods on the defensive about ‘net zero’ and ‘climate smart’ beef claims
In late 2025, the global meat giant Tyson Foods agreed to a landmark settlement that bars it from describing its beef as “net‑zero” ...
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 ...
Bill Gates and bug-eating: Conspiracy theory claims billionaire wants to replace cattle industry with insect protein. What’s the truth?
“Bill Gates wants to get rid of the cattle industry, and have people eat his FAKE MEAT,” writes one commenter, ...
Viewpoint: ‘All-natural’ animal meat misnomer designed to make plant-based foods look bad
The culture war pitting plant-based meat against its animal-based counterpart rages on, it seems. Plant-based alternatives are called “ultra-processed,” “fake” ...
Is lab-grown meat environmentally harmful?
U.C. Davis researchers concluded that producing cell-cultured meat could actually be more burdensome to the environment than its traditionally farmed ...
What’s holding back the plant-based meat revolution?
Advocates of plant-based proteins hope that higher meat prices may eventually convince consumers to switch to meat alternatives if environmental ...