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Over a year after a deadly listeria outbreak shut down a Boar's Head deli meat factory in Virginia, the infamous facility is set to reopen.
Science & Energy

Dark Rumors Swirl as Boar’s Head Plans to Reopen Notoriously Disgusting Meat Processing Plant

By Joe Wilkins

Bovine beauty pageants help determine the most desirable cows in the world — and these "supercows" are changing meat farming for good.
Science & Energy

Brazilian “Supercows” Reportedly Close to Achieving World Domination

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a blind taste test, thousands of omnivores were given fake meat alongside the real thing and asked to rate which was better.
Studies

This Blind Test of Whether People Prefer the Taste of Real Meat or Fake Meat Might Surprise You

By Noor Al-Sibai

USDA inspectors found mold, insects, and "meat buildup" in the Boar's Head facility in Virginia, which was linked to a listeria outbreak.
Developments

The Conditions Were Repulsive at the Boar’s Head Factory Linked to Multiple Deaths

By Frank Landymore

A new study came out in Nature Metabolism that suggests that eating excessive amount of protein is bad for your arteries.
Developments

Too Much Protein Actually Damages Your Arteries, Scientists Find

By Sharon Adarlo

In a bizarre public service announcement, the Steak-umm meat brand created deepfake videos of vegans eating meat.
Artificial Intelligence

Steak-umm Uses Deepfakes to Make Vegans Devour Meat

By Noor Al-Sibai

According to a new report, those who live in the developed world can still eat your delicious burgers and not destroy the Earth — just not too many.
Climate Change

Scientists Identify Exact Number of Burgers You Can Eat Without Destroying the Earth

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Health officials in France are saying that the preservative nitrates often added to processed meat — including charcuterie — are linked to colon cancer.
Cancer

Doctors Warn That Scrumptious Instagram Trend Is Giving You Colon Cancer

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Impossible Foods CEO Patrick Brown says nobody will be eating meat from animal agriculture by 2035, positive news for the environment and climate change.
Future Society

CEO Says It’s Possible Nobody Will Eat Meat by 2035

By Lonnie Lee Hood

While children in the US are taught what to eat, many of them never actually find out where the food they eat on a daily basis actually comes from.
Science & Energy

40 Percent of American Children Think Hot Dogs Are Vegetables

By Victor Tangermann

Burger King has added a meatless Whopper to the menu in 59 restaurants with plans to expand the offering nationwide if all goes according to plan.
Future Society

Burger King Debuts Meatless Whopper

By Kristin Houser

A steak on a grill, many animals may meet a similar fate leading to their extinction
Environment

We May Be Eating Most Megafauna To Extinction

By Jacob Banas

Included in Y Combinator's 2018 batch of companies is the Good Food Institute (GFI), a non-profit focused on accelerating the adoption of clean meat.
Future Society

We’re About to Get Many More Meat Alternatives

By Kristin Houser

Companies Are Betting on Lab-Grown Meat, but None Know How to Get You to Eat It
Science & Energy

Companies Are Betting on Lab-Grown Meat, but None Know How to Get You to Eat It

By Claudia Geib

Hacking a Cow’s Gut Bacteria Could Make More Meat, Less Pollution
Bacteria

Hacking a Cow’s Gut Bacteria Could Make More Meat, Less Pollution

By Chelsea Gohd

meatless meat lab grown meat
Future Society

Lab-Grown Meat Is Healthier. It’s Cheaper. It’s the Future.

By June Javelosa