You Don't Really Want that Burger—You Want Higher Social Status
An evolutionary leftover makes it hard to convince people to shift to a vegetarian diet.
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Does Male Social Anxiety Deter Vegetarianism?
A growing body of research suggests our food choices are guided by hidden biases.
Peer Pressure Can Make Americans Eat Less Meat
Harnessing the brain's desire to conform to societal norms could be key to cutting meat consumption, researchers say.
This Absolute Lust for Meat
What chimpanzees on the hunt can tell us about human behavior.
Saving the Planet, One Meal at a Time
Few people grasp the connection between meat consumption and climate change.
A Ban on Unnecessary Antibiotics on Farms
A look at some of the numbers behind a ban that consumer groups have long lobbied for.
A Look at Americans’ Reluctance to Accept Cancer Warnings
People often take too long to believe common habits can pose danger.
These 'Local' Piggies Went to Market
Unfortunately, the market wasn’t very local at all. Everyone interested in the Food Movement and locally sourced meat should remember that small farmers plugged into local economics aren’t somehow ipso facto honest farmers.
Humanely Raised Pork? The Problem With Factory Farming
Buying a pig born to a humanely raised mama is harder than you’d think.
A Roadkill Revolution: Eating Animals to Liberate Them
A philosopher argues that if there are viable ways to reduce intentional harm to animals by eating them—and there are—then all vegetarians who subscribe to the “do-the-least-harm” principle should be obligated to make roadkill a part of their diet.
Saturated Fads: Butter Is Back Only Because Our Biases Remain
Was a critically flawed meta-analysis claiming no link between saturated fat and heart disease so quickly lauded by foodies and food writers everywhere because they’re desperate to promote an “eating like grandma” agenda?
Chemists Endorse Marinating Meat With Beer
It decreases the formation of carcinogenic material.
Support Industrial Slaughterhouses
Local meat is a booming business, but the mobile slaughterhouse units used to process it are polluting our backyards with plasma-flecked wastewater, blood, and offal—dangerous byproducts that they're ill-equipped to handle properly.
In Defense of SPAM
For something that's often never been consumed by its detractors, why does the canned meat inspire so much disgust?
Why Do We Sexualize Chicken?
Carol J. Adams argues that dressing up food distracts us from ethical issues.
Devons Offer New England Cattle Ranches New Opportunities
Taking a page out of cattle-raising's past, an old breed from Britain is invigorating American herds with healthier meat that's more sustainably produced.
We Gotta Eat 'em to Save 'em
Farm biodiversity is disappearing. If we would just eat endangered crops and livestock now, restoring their role in the food supply, we could save them from extinction.
Red Meat: A Healthy Choice?
An award-winning journalist says not red meat but refined carbohydrates are responsible for heart disease, diabetes, cancer and many other maladies of civilization. He and other experts weigh in.