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Beef advertised as ‘raised without antibiotics’ may not be

Beef advertised as ‘raised without antibiotics’ may have antibiotics: study

Many Americans who choose to buy higher-priced beef products with reassuring labels like “Raised without Antibiotics” may actually be consuming steaks and burgers that do, in fact, contain antibiot…
Jennifer Devine: Organized crime is a top driver of global deforestation

Jennifer Devine: Organized crime is a top driver of global deforestation

More than 100 world leaders have pledged to end the destruction of forests by 2030 as a way to slow climate change. That will require changing how the world produces four widely used commodities.
Parts of the Amazon rainforest are emitting carbon dioxide
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Parts of the Amazon rainforest are emitting carbon dioxide

A new study analyzing hundreds of aerial readings of emissions above the forest canopy found that forest regions in the southeast were most affected.
The ‘Beef’ with beef: Cattle, climate change, and alternative meat
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The ‘Beef’ with beef: Cattle, climate change, and alternative meat

Kentucky is a major beef producer, with the most cattle east of the Mississippi. Now a KY company is joining the "alternative meat" business.
Sophia Murphy: We don't need a 'moonshot' for faux burgers—we need to hold 'big meat' accountable
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Sophia Murphy: We don't need a 'moonshot' for faux burgers—we need to hold 'big meat' accountable

A recent opinion article called for massive government investment in plant-based and cellular meats. Here's a smarter approach to reducing meat's impacts.
Most global food brands continue to have a dismal record on beef and deforestation
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Most global food brands continue to have a dismal record on beef and deforestation

Despite pledges of reform, the world's leading supermarket and fast-food companies are doing little to address the environmental and human rights abuses associated with beef production.

A new study on regenerative grazing complicates climate optimism
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A new study on regenerative grazing complicates climate optimism

A new, peer-reviewed paper on White Oak Pastures' practices advances our understanding of the climate impact of beef and the power of regenerative grazing to store carbon in the soil.
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