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People taking blockbuster drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy report eating less meat, dairy and processed foods. These shifts could reshape the food system.
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Twilight zone fish help regulate carbon and are critical to the food web. Yet they are being caught in massive amounts, and scientists say the impact is unknown.
Sometimes, meat studies are carried out not by independent parties, but by researchers who have connections to, or funding from, the meat industry itself.
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Community groups provide food and other necessities to former JBS employees still looking for work.
83% of Americans oppose slaughtering horses for food, yet efforts to ban horse meat remain stalled.
As the Senate prepares to strip the controversial “Save Our Bacon Act” from the farm bill, some industry groups remain hopeful that legislators will reverse course. Olivia Bridges reports:
On average, methane emissions fell by about 25%. But methane leaks from manure digesters can be so potent that they need to be constantly monitored, researchers say.
Since the beginning of the Covid pandemic, the number of horseshoe crabs bled for biomedical purposes has basically doubled, says Jay Bolden, senior director at Eli Lilly and Company. But a synthetic alternative has been available for more than 20 years. Grace Benninghoff reports:
The average person eats about six times as much chicken and twice as much pork as their grandparents’ generation did, data from a UN report suggests. Ajit Niranjan reports for @theguardian.com:
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On average, methane emissions fell by about 25%. But methane leaks from manure digesters can be so potent that they need to be constantly monitored, researchers say.
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The controversial “Save Our Bacon Act” continues to divide farmers and lawmakers.
People taking blockbuster drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy report eating less meat, dairy and processed foods. These shifts could reshape the food system.
Twilight zone fish help regulate carbon and are critical to the food web. Yet they are being caught in massive amounts, and scientists say the impact is unknown.
Community groups provide food and other necessities to former JBS employees still looking for work.
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Though the blood plays a critical role in drug safety testing, there are ongoing concerns about supply chain issues, ecosystem impacts and ethics. The synthetic alternative has been widely adopted in…
