In a press release issued yesterday, the Governor’s office has announced with much fanfare the development of a huge new insect breeding facility to supply livestock and fish feed in READ ON
Agriculture and Environment
Hold Illinois Governor Pritzker Accountable for his Huge New Investment in Animal Ag.
Demand That False Claims of Soy Milk Driving Deforestation Be Retracted
Last week, we published a story revealing a shocking display of intellectual dishonesty and consumer fraud by the Sustainable Food Trust, whose recent study falsely comparing grass-fed cow’s milk to READ ON
Claim That Grass-Fed Cow’s Milk Is Greener Than Soy Milk Was Consumer Fraud
A dubious new report from a UK group called the Sustainable Food Trust (SFT) recently spawned a spate of bait-click headlines claiming that grass-fed cow’s milk is better for the READ ON
Plant-Based Food Shift Crucial to Preventing Future Pandemics, Says Report
A new report, Food and Pandemics, concludes that “using animals for food is the most risky human behaviour in relation to pandemics, and one of the most risky behaviours in READ ON
Eat to Save the Planet: 16 Experts Weigh In
In the grips of this devastating pandemic, and in the midst of unprecedented ecological crises, our world feels lost, and many of us are losing hope along with it. But READ ON
Does the World Care About the Other Crisis Killing Koalas & Kangaroos?
As Australia’s unprecedented bushfires continue to rage, heartbreaking images of scorched koalas and charred kangaroos have devastated viewers around the globe. Thankfully, these same images have also inspired millions of READ ON
We Can No Longer Ignore the Scientific Consensus on Diet And Climate
In a report released Nov. 5, 11,000 scientists from around the globe signed a Climate Emergency Declaration imploring governments, policymakers and consumers to take serious and urgent action to reduce READ ON
Dem Presidential Candidates Respond to Largest Climate Strike Ever with Steak Fry
On September 21st, seventeen Democratic presidential candidates held campaign events at the Iowa Steak Fry, which organizers describe as a “landmark American political tradition.” Their participation in this event was READ ON
Calling Out Governor Pritzker’s Elitist Support of Animal Agribusiness
The question we must ask as Illinoisans is whether our governor can claim to have a progressive agenda as he gleefully supports an industry that profits on climate catastrophe, environmental READ ON
Eating Away at the Climate Crisis
It’s not news that food choices are a critical factor in curbing the unfolding climate crisis we face. We know that both the energy sector and agricultural sector need radical READ ON
Scientists Call Octopus Farming an Ethical and Environmental Disaster
Efforts to raise octopuses in captivity has already resulted in massive mortalities of them. There is no doubt that the treatment and slaughter of these animals if mass produced for READ ON
We Can’t Allow the Green New Deal to Ignore Animal Agriculture’s Impact on Climate Change
For some reason, as soon as the subject of animal agriculture’s impact on climate change comes up, the substance vanishes and the denial kicks into full gear. Watching this play READ ON
Meat and Dairy Consumption Are Destroying Earth’s Wildlife
While more and more people are aware of the suffering farmed animals endure in the meat, dairy and egg industries, far fewer know that in the last decade alone, more READ ON
Earth Overshoot Day: A Performance Review of Humanity
Earth Overshoot Day is Monday, August 8, 2016, a day when we exhaust more resources than Earth annually regenerates. Throughout our existence, we have deemed ourselves nature’s managers. However, managers READ ON
Why Organic Meat, Dairy and Eggs Are Not Sustainable
We must treat as highly suspect the claim that organic animal agriculture is sustainable. Organic methods are an environmentally-mixed bag—sometimes slightly better, sometimes a little worse, and often the same READ ON
Is Just Eating Local the Most Sustainable, Eco-Friendly Diet?
To commemorate Earth Day, we are pleased to publish an important article by Dave Simon, author of the highly-acclaimed book Meatonomics. According to Simon, It takes up to one hundred READ ON
10 Reasons To Say NO To Animal Gifting Hunger Relief Organizations
During the holiday gift-giving season, a popular choice for gift-donations are programs that send live farm animals as “gifts” to help alleviate hunger and poverty in food insecure regions. A READ ON
COP 19 and Climate Change: Eating Ourselves Out of a Dire Predicament
The participants at recent COP conventions have had no difficulty calling for the elimination of coal and replacement of fossil fuels by alternative energy sources such as wind and solar. READ ON
10 Things I Wish All Americans Knew About the Meat and Dairy Industries
As attorney David Simon shows in his new book, Meatonomics, the U.S. government allows meat, egg and dairy producers to offload the majority of their production costs onto society, costing READ ON
Greenwashing by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization
we conclude that the only pragmatic way to reverse climate change by 2017 as needed is to replace at least 25 percent of today’s livestock products with better alternatives. Such READ ON
