meat production
People Keep Saying We'll Eat Lab-Grown Meat by 2040, But We've Heard That Before
For decades, we've heard that lab-grown meat is just around the corner. So what's the hold up?
'Spaghetti Meat' Is What Happens When You Breed Faster-Growing Chickens
The term refers to squishy chicken breasts that pull apart like noodles.
New Animal Slaughter Rules in Belgium Pit Activists Against Religious Communities
The end to a religious exemption may curtail the production of halal and kosher meats in the region of Flanders.
Meat Factory Dead Zones Are Wiping out Sea Life in the Gulf of Mexico
Your daily guide to what’s working, what’s not and what you can do about it.
Why Brexit Has Made Bacon More Expensive in the UK
According to purchasing company Beacon, a weaker sterling and an increase in pork demand from China mean that the price of a pound of bacon has increased by as much as 19 percent compared to last year.
China Is Building a Giant Animal-Cloning Factory to Feed the Masses
While the rest of the world sorts out its feelings about the safety and ethics of cloning animals for food production, China is charging ahead and building the world’s largest animal cloning factory, set to begin operations in 2016.
This Is the Robotic Chicken Butcher of Our Nightmares
Meet the Gribbot. This automated meat machine might soon be given the precious task of using its carefully calibrated pincers to rip the breast meat from chicken carcasses, phasing out skilled workers at the same time.
A Guide to Gnarly Beef That Can Kill You
This past weekend, the nation was put on an emergency meat alert when 9 million pounds of beef were recalled after the USDA declared them "unsound, unwholesome, or otherwise unfit for human food." I've compiled a guide of meats to fear...
A Guide to Gnarly Beef That Can Kill You
This past weekend, the nation was put on an emergency meat alert when 9 million pounds of beef were recalled after the USDA declared them "unsound, unwholesome, or otherwise unfit for human food." I've compiled a guide of meats to fear so we can stop...
The Government Is About to Let More Poop into Your Pork
Current trends on a pilot program suggest we will be looking at a bleak future of poop-laden meat and concurrent recalls and illnesses.