Sunday, July 27, 2025

Tag: food

Damming rivers is terrible for human rights, ecosystems and food security

Despite industry rhetoric, hydropower is high-cost and high-risk. There are better options for a post-pandemic recovery and a renewable energy future.

Pandemic may have left over 250 million people with acute food...

As Black and Latinx families experience disproportionate food insecurity, experts warn of famine in dozens of countries.

Restoring our water systems should be top priority for Biden administration

Healthy rivers can no longer be separated into the “nice-to-have” column of environmental progress.

Why the USDA is being sued—again

The USDA is facing lawsuits for shirking its responsibility to protect birds from animal welfare violations.

Tyson exploits consumers just like its animals and the workers who...

Vulnerable workers, abused animals and a rigged system are the foundation of an unethical, destructive business model.

Community-based farms rise to the occasion as big food supply chains...

Organic CSA farms like Massaro in Connecticut have been able to nimbly reorient marketing and production to serve the urgent needs of their communities.

Are America’s biggest food companies making progress toward reducing animal suffering?

Like countless animal lovers, I have always considered myself as someone who deeply cares for animals. As a kid, my pet dogs,...

COVID-19 crisis highlights big meat companies’ lack of openness

Meat companies’ evasive language about what is happening to animals during the COVID-19 crisis is part of a larger pattern that suppresses open debate about the ethical costs of food production in the U.S.

The food industry puts profits over public health using big tobacco’s...

In certain cases, preemption—when a higher level of government limits the authority of a lower level to enact new policies—can devastate public health.

Obesity: America’s number one export?

Americans’ ultra-processed diet is fueling obesity across the world.

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Trump’s Epstein problem proves ‘Pedocon Theory’ is real and needs to be mainstreamed

“Pedocon Theory” is real and it’s time Democrats not only acknowledge that, but start using it to win elections.

We’re all Palestinians now

Instead of America democratizing the Middle East, it’s increasingly clear that Trump and crew have decided to Middle-Easternize the United States.

A new youth-led lawsuit is challenging Trump’s fossil fuel orders

In Lightiser v. Trump, 22 young people are using the protections of the Constitution to demand a livable future.

Is the World Order Collapsing?

Will world order will continue as is, with occasional disruptions and non-compliance?

Study links childhood residential proximity to polluted St. Louis creek with increased risk of...

The study's findings examined baby teeth to investigate proximity to the creek and cancer risk.