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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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Europe might abandon its animal welfare revolution

By Kenny Torrella

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The bizarre new frontier for cell-cultivated meat: Lion burgers, tiger steaks, and mammoth meatballs

By Jude Whiley

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“Climate-friendly” beef could land in a meat aisle near you. Don’t fall for it.

By Kenny Torrella

The myths we tell ourselves about American farming

By Kenny Torrella August 31

Governments have put $1 billion toward making better meat alternatives. A lot more is needed.

By Julieta Cardenas August 29

How the radical history of plant-based eating illuminates our future

By Julieta Cardenas August 17

A new investigation exposes the stomach-churning practice that goes into making your bacon

By Kenny Torrella August 14

How to eat less meat: A practical guide

By Allison Rockey and Kenny Torrella January 3, 2022

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By Vox Staff October 15, 2018

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Chickens are taking over the planet

By Kenny Torrella August 4

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

By Kenny Torrella and Marina Bolotnikova August 2

Inside the Republican effort to force millions of farm animals back into cages

By Kenny Torrella July 24

No-kill chicken tastes like chicken. Because it is.

By Kenny Torrella July 23

Why the media too often ignores the connection between climate change and meat

By Kenny Torrella July 1

Cell-cultivated chicken was just approved for sale in the US. But it won’t be on grocery shelves anytime soon.

By Kenny Torrella June 21

The sustainability risks of Impossible and Beyond Burgers

By Nithin Coca June 7

California has the country’s strongest animal welfare law. Now it just needs to be enforced.

By Kenny Torrella June 3

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

By Kenny Torrella May 31

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

By Sophie Kevany May 27

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 May 12

Eat more beans. Please.

By Julieta Cardenas May 12

Save the male chicks

By Kenny Torrella May 1

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

By Kenny Torrella April 19

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

By Kenny Torrella April 17

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

By Marina Bolotnikova, Kenny Torrella, and 1 more April 14

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

By Gabriel Rosenberg and Jan Dutkiewicz April 5

The Highlight

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 March 23

The fight against factory farming is winning criminal trials

By Marina Bolotnikova March 21

The Highlight

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 March 16

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

By Garrison Lovely March 16

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

By Kenny Torrella February 10

Eggs are expensive for all the wrong reasons

By Marina Bolotnikova February 7

The biggest animal welfare crisis you’ve never heard of

By Sophie Kevany January 16

Why egg prices keep going up while inflation is going down

By Kenny Torrella January 12

Big Meat just can’t quit antibiotics

By Kenny Torrella January 8

The bitter civil war dividing American veterinarians

By Marina Bolotnikova January 4

The first lab-grown seafood will be fancy

By Kenny Torrella December 14, 2022

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

By Sigal Samuel November 29, 2022

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

By Dylan Matthews and Sigal Samuel November 29, 2022

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

By Marina Bolotnikova and Kenny Torrella November 22, 2022

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

The midterm culture war over plant-based meat

By Kenny Torrella November 18, 2022

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

By Kenny Torrella November 17, 2022

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