MANASEE WAGH: About 40 years ago, the first beef burger—grown from cow stem cells in a laboratory setting—hit the frying pan. This landmark achievement in “cultured meat” made news headlines because it sidestepped the cow’s meat entirely. While this endeavor created a $325,000 burger, more than 100 startup companies have since taken up the challenge to perfect not only cultured beef, but also chicken, pork, and fish, in hopes of scaling up the process, lowering the cost, and ultimately bringing cruelty-free meat to your table. For example, BELIEVER Meats, headquartered in Rehovot, Israel,…

JONNY ANOMALY, ET AL: Synthetic meat made from animal cells will transform how we eat. It will reduce suffering by eliminating the need to raise and slaughter animals. But it will also have big public health benefits if it becomes widely consumed. In this paper, we discuss how “clean meat” can reduce the risks associated with intensive animal farming, including antibiotic resistance, environmental pollution, and zoonotic viral diseases like influenza and coronavirus. Since the most common objection to clean meat is that some people find it “disgusting” or “unnatural,” we explore the…

EMMA BRYCE: Untangling the worst impacts of livestock on our planet won’t require us to completely reject meat and dairy: in fact, replacing 50% of these products with novel plant-based substitutes in our global diet would chop agricultural and land-use emissions by 31% in just 30 years. More intriguingly, that figure could be doubled if the land released by livestock was devoted to reforestation. There’s lots of talk about how transitioning to novel plant based foods like meatless burgers and soy sausages can revolutionize our food system. But until this study there hasn’t been a global…

NATION WORLD NEWS: Lawyers for a vegan firefighter argued in court that veganism is a non-religious belief and therefore the right is included in the Ontario Human Rights Code. Their client, Adam Knauff, was suspended in 2017 because he protested against his employer for not providing him with vegan meals at his workplace. Adam Knauff says that veganism is more than a life choice or way of life, but a belief. He even talked about ethical behavior and an undeniable characteristic of his personality... says that he is against all cruelty to animals, the exploitation of dairy cows and chickens…

VIVA: A vegan advert that was banned over fears it would cause “unnecessary stress” is now being seen by people all over the world due to extensive media coverage... The parody ad comes from UK-based animal advocacy organization Viva!. Dubbed New From Killer Yoghurts, the advert depicts a woman eating fake offal and blood from a corner-style yogurt packet... The advert launches alongside Viva's newest campaign Müller Killer in which you learn just how cruel and heart breaking the dairy industry truly is... Viva! is exposing the barbaric practice of zero grazing — life imprisonment for dairy…

MADYSON FITZGERALD: Select U.S. restaurants have begun serving laboratory-grown chicken, spurring long wait times for reservations by diners curious to taste it. In June, the U.S. Department of Agriculture gave final approval for a few California-based companies to begin selling lab-produced chicken across the country. While it may be years before lab-grown meat is available at grocery stores, a handful of states are tightening rules on labeling the new food, which is produced by growing cells acquired from living animals into muscle tissue. Consumers interested in sustainable foods that…

KIRTIKA KATIRA: The choice to adopt a vegan diet is often driven by ethical, environmental, or health-related reasons. While a well-balanced vegan diet can offer numerous health benefits, including lower risks of heart disease and certain cancers, questions have arisen about its potential impact on fertility health. In this article, we will explore the relationship between a vegan diet and fertility, addressing concerns and offering guidance on maintaining optimal fertility while following a plant-based lifestyle. Before delving into the effects on fertility, it's essential to understand…

JON HOCHSCHARTNER: For those who don’t know, cultivated meat is grown from animal cells, without slaughter. The technology faces a number of hurdles. Perhaps the most significant of these is achieving price parity with slaughtered options. This is crucial for widespread adoption, which could save countless creatures. Within Marxism, 'base' refers to the productive forces of society, like tools, materials and factories. Superstructure refers to a society’s ideological system, such as laws, religion and art. Marxists generally believe base influences superstructure to a far greater degree…

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LILY MEYER: Alicia Kennedy’s first book, 'No Meat Required: The Cultural History and Culinary Future of Plant-Based Eating'... is a tour through meatless eating in the United States, starting with Frances Moore Lappé’s 1971 hit, Diet for the Small Planet, which made the case for vegetarianism as a solution to global hunger, and ending with contemporary debates over lab-grown meat and other food technologies as a major new culinary frontier. It’s also a work of climate activism. Industrial meat is a major source of the emissions causing global warming. Eating it regularly, Kennedy argues, is…