Can plant-based meat spur a just environmental transition for animals and food-factory workers alike?

Can plant-based meat spur a just environmental transition for animals and food-factory workers alike?

Breakthrough Institute | 
There are plenty of ways in which fake meat is better than animal meat. Getting institutions like schools and hospitals ...
Viewpoint: Rethinking pros and cons of livestock ‘factory farms’

Viewpoint: Rethinking pros and cons of livestock ‘factory farms’

Future Feed | 
Large-scale or industrial farming or factory farms — whatever you want to call them, are farms designed to maximize efficiency, just ...
Transitioning to a meatless, plant-based future is a win for the environment — but means major upheaval for farm and meatpacking workers

Transitioning to a meatless, plant-based future is a win for the environment — but means major upheaval for farm and meatpacking workers

Vox | 
A largely plant-based future would be a win for livestock, 99 percent of which is raised in factory farms, and ...
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How The Non-GMO Project Is Adapting To A Gene-Edited World

Forbes | 
the Non-GMO Project is a non-profit and non-governmental certifying organization created by the owners of two natural foods grocery stores ...
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As genetic engineering evolves, are non-GMO food labels meaningful?

Forbes | 
A group called the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation has petitioned the [FDA] to prohibit use of the term “Non-GMO” on food .... [T]he ...
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Using gene editing to improve animal welfare may calm public’s fear of biotech

Forbes | 
Since the first genetically modified tomato hit the U.S. market in 1994, consumers have been suspicious of scientific tinkering with ...
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California agency rejects Prop 65, sets aside ruling requiring that coffee carry a cancer warning

Self | 
On [June 15th], the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposed a regulation that would exempt coffee from requiring ...
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The social consequences of the GMO debate

SciMoms | 
The GMO debate has been raging for two decades, but this debate isn’t actually about GMOs at all. Rather, “GMOs” ...
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Science Moms hit back at anti-GMO group’s Monsanto ‘shill’ accusations

Blog | 
[Editor's note: Alison Bernstein, Anastasia Bodnar, Jenny Splitter, Kavin Senapathy, Layla Katiraee, and Natalie Newell are part of a group called Science ...
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What’s a ‘GMO’ food?

Mental Floss | 
[W]hat exactly is a GMO? The initialism stands for "genetically modified organism," but it's a term lacking scientific precision. Moreover, ...
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Viewpoint: Many fears around ‘processed foods’ not based on science

Cut | 
[Most] of us don’t have a clear understanding of what “processed food” means. Many foods we like to think of ...
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Lesson from debate over Food Evolution movie? ‘Doesn’t make sense to judge GMOs as a monolithic entity’

Outline | 
[Marion] Nestle told The Outline that her comments in the film were taken “out of context” because its narrow focus on the ...
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Lesson from BPA: Banning glyphosate herbicide won’t make us safer

Vice | 
For years, opponents of glyphosate have argued the active ingredient in the herbicide Roundup is harmful for your health. ...
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What would Whole Foods look like if it were ‘science-based’?

New York Magazine | 
[Editor’s note: Jenny Splitter is a writer, storyteller and mother of two.] Whole Foods used to be my idea of ...
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Why I changed my mind about the need to feed my kids organic food

Parents | 
[Editor's note: Jenny Splitter is a writer, storyteller and mother of two.] A few years ago I learned that most ...
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Trump’s deregulation push could undermine trust in safety of our food system

Slate | 
Pro-agriculture conservatives seem to be welcoming Trump’s push for deregulation because they felt Obama-era policies on GMOs and school lunch ...
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Can food makers label GMO products with pride?

Slate | 
. . . . [T]he maker of Soylent, doubled down on its pro–GMO stance with the blog post “Proudly Made With ...

Patagonia’s film about sustainable food avoids discussion of GMO solutions

Slate | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Outdoor gear giant Patagonia ...
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No, Robyn O’Brien, trace toxins in food and GMOs are not causing allergies

Grounded Parents | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . ...

CRISPR won’t be creating an ‘allergy-free’ peanut anytime soon

The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Peanut allergies are one ...
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Science report card: Examining Bernie Sanders views on GMOs, alternative medicine

Science 2.0 | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. “For those of us ...
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EWG Verified: Anti-GMO Environmental Working Group rolling out big bucks food scare label

Salon | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The strange thing about ...

Michael Pollan’s approach to food anything but simple, moderate

Grounded Parents | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. If [Michael] Pollan’s approach ...
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Anti-GMO, organic movement exploit ‘sancti-mommy’ scare strategy

Salon | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The idea that GMOs, ...
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