In industrial design, “planned obsolescence” refers to the practice of designing products with artificially limited useful lives so that they will become obsolete, that is, no longer functional after a READ ON
What to Make of a Diminished Thing
Vegan Diets Don’t Cause Greater Bone Fracture Risk; Inadequate Nutrient Intake, Lower BMI, Higher Activity Rate Do. (And the Last 2 Aren’t a Bad Thing).
A recent study on diet and bone health spawned a slew of misleading headlines claiming that vegans are at significantly greater risk of bone fracture than nonvegans. A closer look 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
Unending Quarantine: We Are Not the Only Ones
Shelter-in-place mandates, shuttered businesses and community spaces, and the loss of important social and familial rituals has found us confronting an unprecedented moment of alienation. We are profoundly disoriented by 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
Slaughterhouses Prey on the Most Vulnerable Humans and Nonhumans Alike
Slaughterhouses prey on the most vulnerable beings in our society; this includes not only the billions of helpless animals trapped in our violent food system, but also millions of vulnerable READ ON
There Is No Such Thing as a “Fair Life” on a Dairy Farm, Ever
Last Thursday, I published an article on a breaking investigation from Animal Recovery Mission, in which they exposed horrific, widespread and long term abuse on a dairy farm that supplies READ ON
Fairlife? Biggest “Humane” Dairy Label in U.S. Exposed for Horrific Routine Abuse
Note: This is part 1 of a 2 part feature. Please read part 2 here. The Biggest Undercover Dairy Investigation in History – Fair Oaks Farms and Coca Cola from READ ON
The Unavoidably Violent History of Backyard Eggs
One day you learn that your favorite necklace, purchased at a flea market years ago, belonged to a woman who was murdered in the process of being mugged while wearing READ ON
‘It Was Soul Destroying’— UK Beef & Dairy Farmer Goes Vegan, Grows Vegetables Instead
“I was born into cattle farming and everybody thought it was the natural thing to do for the son to take over the father’s role, maintaining the farm and continuing READ ON
It’s Time to Replace Slaughterhouses With Greenhouses
One of the most popular justifications for eating animals that we encounter from the “ethical meat” crowd is that “livestock can be grazed in areas where crops can’t be grown,” READ ON
Best Turkey-Free Main Dishes for Your Holiday Feast
Nearly 46 million turkeys are killed for Thanksgiving every year in the U.S. alone. It doesn’t have to be this way. From frozen faux-turkeys that taste like the real thing, READ ON
Incredible Rescue of 42 Piglets From Gas Chamber
While many consumers are aware of the hellish conditions on pig factory farms, there are some especially horrific practices this industry still manages to keep largely hidden from the general 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
Dear Asheville: Your ‘Humane Slaughter’ Instructors Are Not Your Victims
Instructors of a “humane slaughter” class near Asheville, NC, frame animals as being “honored” to have their throats slit, and frames the vegans who protest this class and its messaging READ ON
Slaughter-Free Dairy Is Terrible for the Environment and Can Never Be ‘Humane’
The niche “humane” dairy sector is working to popularize the notion of “slaughter-free” dairy, with perhaps the most well known model being Ahimsa Dairy, a Hare Krishna initiative in which READ ON
We Save What We Love: Thoughts On Biophilia and the Vegan Ethic
How is it possible, as the environmentalist asserts, to worry about “all the plants and creatures” of a system while managing to avoid caring about each and every one? Why READ ON
No Matter How ‘Humane,’ Eating Animals Means Treating Them Like Trash
No matter how “small, family farm,” “organic, local & pasture raised,” “certified humane” or “welfare approved,” animal agriculture at its core is based on the grossest devaluing of life. When READ ON
