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Beyond Meat / Impossible Foods

Memphis Meats is building a cultured meat pilot plantThe news marks an important milestone in the movement to get cell-cultured meat to market.

Beyond Meat vs. Impossible Foods: Burger nutrition showdownBased on calories, fat, fiber and sodium, Impossible Foods edged out Beyond Meat. Beyond Meat burgers contain no GMOs or soy.

Vox Conversations - Best of: Ending the age of animal cruelty, with Bruce Friedrich

Seafood Without the Sea

Seafood Without The Sea: Will Lab-Grown Fish Hook Consumers?The seafood industry has some well-publicized problems: from overfishing to contaminants that make their way into fish. Now, a handful of startups aim to offer a "clean" alternative grown from cells.

Could lab-grown fish and meat feed the world – without killing a single animal?

Lab-Grown Tuna: Freaky Or Revolutionary? Either Way, It’s HereCalifornia-based startup Finless Foods is growing endangered bluefin tuna in the lab - and it could soon be on your dinner plate.

Beyond Meat: Are you ready for lab-grown salmon?An overfished planet needs a better solution. Fortunately, it's coming.

The True Cost of Eating Meat

Humans just 0.01% of all life but have destroyed 83% of wild mammals – studyGroundbreaking assessment of all life on Earth reveals humanity’s surprisingly tiny part in it as well as our disproportionate impact

Farm animals antibiotics data raises post-Brexit trade fears

Huge reduction in meat-eating ‘essential’ to avoid climate breakdownMajor study also finds huge changes to farming are needed to avoid destroying Earth’s ability to feed its population

Eating Less Meat, More Plants Helps the EnvironmentMeat is an important part of heritage and identity. It’s a cultural staple in many communities across the globe. But with a rising global middle class, societies are becoming meat obsessed. Nowhere else is this more prevalent than rich nations whose appetite for beef, pork and processed chicken have reached a tipping point. The research …

Avoiding meat and dairy is ‘single biggest way’ to reduce your impact on EarthBiggest analysis to date reveals huge footprint of livestock - it provides just 18% of calories but takes up 83% of farmland

Soysage? Fakin', Not Dogs? Best of the Meat Substitutes (+ dairy)

Plant-Based Meats, Ranked by a Devout Non-VegetarianJust because they're made from plants doesn't mean they aren't juicy.

Our Nutritionist's 10 Favorite Vegetarian and Vegan Meat Substitutes

Which milk alternative should we be drinking?Milk drinkers are turning their backs on dairy in favour of plant-based milks billed as kinder to the planet. Are they all more sustainable than cow’s milk?

Your Definitive Guide to Milk AlternativesBored with plain old soy milk? Here's everything you need to know about the ever expanding milk aisle.

GUIDE: Vegan Meat Replacements (Updated December 2019) | PETAWe compiled a list of our favorite vegan meat brands. Try them out and fool your friends with their realistic taste (because vegan meat is the future.)

www.thekitchn.com/best-meat-substitutes-22977070

Almonds are out. Dairy is a disaster. So what milk should we drink?A glass of dairy milk produces almost three times more greenhouse gas than any plant-based milk. But vegan options have drawbacks of their own

Non-Dairy Milk, Taste-Tested and RankedLearn how these 15 non-dairy milks stack up.

Less Meat Means More Good News

New plant-focused diet would ‘transform’ planet’s future, say scientists‘Planetary health diet’ would prevent millions of deaths a year and avoid climate change

Healthy diet means a healthy planet, study showsHealthier food choices almost always benefit environment as well, according to analysis

Chicken Bones are the Legacy Fossil of this Age

Future Archaeologists Will Remember Us by the Chicken Bones We Left BehindResearchers suggest our most lasting legacy will be chicken bones.

The Chicken of Tomorrow (1948): Mankind's Quest For A Better Hen - FlashbakIn 1948, Audio Productions produced a video to show American diners "how scientific agriculture changes the life and taste of the chicken".

Chicken Bones May Be the Legacy of Our TimeA new study argues that the sheer abundance of chicken consumption, coupled with the strange skeletons of modern chickens, will leave a unique fingerprint

The Genetically Modified Chicken: How We Have Altered ‘Broiler’ Chickens for ProfitThere has been quite a bit of buzz lately about GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms), especially corn and soy. But what many people don’t realize is that the agriculture industry has also been genetically modifying farmed animals for years.

The Earth's Bio-mass Fascinatingly, Graphically Explained

Human-made materials now outweigh Earth's entire biomass – studyProduction of concrete, metal, plastic, bricks and asphalt greater than mass of living matter on planet, paper says

Humans make up just 0.01% of Earth’s life – what’s the rest?How is life on Earth distributed across the taxonomic kingdoms? Humans make up just 0.01% of life: but we’ve had much larger impacts on shaping the animal kingdom. Livestock now outweighs wild mammals and birds ten-fold.

How much of Earth's biomass is affected by humans? - Greenpeace InternationalTo slow or reverse this erosion of biodiversity, humanity must slow its harvest of the natural biosphere and cease the destruction, depletion, and conversion of wild habitats.

Which life form dominates Earth?Which organism has had the biggest impact on the planet?

All life on Earth, in one staggering chartScientists estimated the mass of all life. It’s mind boggling.

Humans and Big Ag Livestock Now Account for 96 Percent of Mammal BiomassA first-of-its-kind study published Monday shows that, when it comes to impacting life on Earth, humans are punching well above our weight.

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