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The food system urgently needs to be redesigned if we are to avoid crisis.
Meat of the future might be quite different from meat of the past.
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It’s relatively easy to grow a bunch of animal cells to turn into a burger. But to grow a steak made of cultured meat is a trickier task. Bioengineers must create organized, three-dimensional tissues.
It is vital to find alternative and sustainable sources of protein to meet the considerable challenge of ensuring food security for the future.
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Insects are high in protein and rich in other nutrients and, unlike beef and other livestock, have little impact on climate.
There is rationale for thinking about alternatives to meat.
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Fake meat may be the food of the future.
Demand is hot for plant-based food options like the lentil-based veggie burger seen here.
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Plant-based proteins are in hot demand. That’s why Canadian grocery stores and restaurant chains are racing to give consumers what they want.
The average Australian eats 81 grams of red meat a day, while the planetary diet recommends just 14g.
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Here’s how to ensure you’re still getting enough protein, iron, zinc and vitamin B12 while cutting back on red meat.
What is brunch with eggs of some sort?
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A recent study revisited the issue about eating foods high in cholesterol, such as eggs. The findings are nuanced but suggest that those with high cholesterol may want to limit food with cholesterol.
From cats to dragonflies, Leonardo sketched scores of animals.
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Rather than prioritizing human beings at the pinnacle of the animal kingdom, Leonardo revered all living beings. When he compared people and animals, it’s the animals that often came out on top.
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Feeding pigs seaweed could make them, us and the planet healthier without contributing to antibiotic resistance in bacteria.
Meat consumption is decreasing in Canada. But don’t look at vegans and vegetarians. In fact, it’s meat-eaters who are eating less than usual who are behind the trend.
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There are clearly changes happening in meat consumption. But it’s not being fuelled by an increase in veganism and vegetarianism.
Four out of five experts say a vegetarian diet is healthier.
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Not eating animals might make you feel more virtuous, but is it good for your health?
World’s first lab-grown beef burger. Would you eat it?
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Surveys suggest fewer than half of Americans are looking forward to lab-grown meat. A moral psychologist examines common objections and why for the most part they’re not logical.
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Cats and dogs in the UK eat billions of tonnes of meat every year, but insect pet food could change this.
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Victorian Britain laid the foundations for today’s overconsumptive meat industry. Might it also show us a way out?
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Looking after animals and saving the planet sounds like a good idea. But getting there is not as simple as a some people seem to imagine.
Farming life.
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Farmers are closest to the land and their livestock, and have everything to lose by not taking care of it.
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Vegeterian and vegan food is often marketed as close enough to meat that you can hardly tell the difference. This devotion to mimicking meat stifles creative alternatives to Christmas dinner.
A cheesy book.
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As societal habits change so too does language and metaphors.
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The truth is hard to stomach, but meat consumption is taking us towards global ecocide.
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How a price-hiking “meat tax” could prevent 220,000 deaths and save more than US$40 billion in health care costs around the world every year.