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The Future of Meat

Future Perfect’s coverage of factory farming, animal welfare, and how the way we eat affects our lives and our planet.

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The Aubrey Plaza ad for Big Dairy that may have violated federal law, explained

By Kenny Torrella

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Save the male chicks

By Kenny Torrella

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Let’s talk about the biggest cause of the West’s water crisis

By Kenny Torrella

UN numbers say meat is bad for the climate. The reality is worse.

By Sophie Kevany

Undercover audio of a Tyson employee reveals “free-range” chicken is meaningless

By Kenny Torrella and Marina Bolotnikova

The Supreme Court’s ruling on Prop 12 is a win against factory farming. But the pigs’ lives will still suck.

By Justin Marceau and Doug Kysar

Eat more beans. Please.

By Julieta Cardenas

How to eat less meat: A practical guide

By Allison Rockey and Kenny Torrella

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Were the Impossible and Beyond burgers a fad, or is plant-based meat here to stay?

By Kenny Torrella

A fire killed 18,000 cows in Texas. It’s a horrifyingly normal disaster.

By Marina Bolotnikova, Kenny Torrella, and 1 more

The viral story of a girl and her goat explains how the meat industry indoctrinates children

By Gabriel Rosenberg and Jan Dutkiewicz

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How will we feed Earth’s rising population? Ask the Dutch.

The Netherlands’ hyper-efficient food system is both a triumph and a cautionary tale.

By Kenny Torrella

The fight against factory farming is winning criminal trials

By Marina Bolotnikova

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The very cute, totally disturbing tale of the American “it” dog

How the quest to own the nation’s most popular, most Instagram-worthy pup has bred a world of problems.

By Tove K. Danovich

Pescetarians are responsible for many more animal deaths than regular meat eaters

By Garrison Lovely

How a shipping error 100 years ago launched the $30 billion chicken industry

By Kenny Torrella

Eggs are expensive for all the wrong reasons

By Marina Bolotnikova

The biggest animal welfare crisis you’ve never heard of

By Sophie Kevany

Why egg prices keep going up while inflation is going down

By Kenny Torrella

Big Meat just can’t quit antibiotics

By Kenny Torrella

The bitter civil war dividing American veterinarians

By Marina Bolotnikova

The first lab-grown seafood will be fancy

By Kenny Torrella

Want to help animals? Here’s where to donate your money.

By Sigal Samuel

Want to donate to charity? Here are 10 guidelines for giving effectively.

By Dylan Matthews and Sigal Samuel

Sen. Cory Booker has a plan to stop taxpayer bailouts of Big Meat 

By Marina Bolotnikova and Kenny Torrella

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The midterm culture war over plant-based meat

By Kenny Torrella

FDA approval puts lab-grown meat one step closer to your dinner plate

By Kenny Torrella

What is an animal’s life worth?

By Kenny Torrella

We tasted Beyond Meat’s new plant-based steak tips. Here’s how they measure up to the real thing.

By Kenny Torrella

Inside the fantastical, pragmatic quest to make “hybrid” meat

By Kenny Torrella

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Carolina Galvani wants to make factory farming in the Global South more humane

By Kenny Torrella

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We didn’t know fish feel pain. Then the zoologist Lynne Sneddon came along.

By Kenny Torrella

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The future of meat requires new intellectual infrastructure. That’s what Isha Datar is building.

By Kenny Torrella

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Olga Kikou has helped make Europe the leading edge of an animal welfare revolution

By Kenny Torrella

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Ryan Xue is cultivating a better meat industry in China

By Kenny Torrella

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Liz Specht is shaping the next generation of meat alternatives

By Kenny Torrella

Now is the best time in human history to be alive (unless you’re an animal)

By Kenny Torrella

The Supreme Court is about to decide the fate of millions of pigs

By Kenny Torrella

Meat has a big carbon footprint. The Inflation Reduction Act ignores it.

By Kenny Torrella

What can a bee feel?

By Kenny Torrella

How Gordon Ramsay’s lamb slaughter joke explains our confusing relationship with meat

By Kenny Torrella