Changes in Farm and Food Production Can Cut Greenhouse Emissions by a Third
Affordable, readily available actions can make food supplies more secure and resilient, especially for vulnerable and poor people WASHINGTON, May 6, 2024 –The global agrifood system presents a huge opportunity to cut almost a third of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions through affordable and readily available actions, while continuing to feed a growing population, according to […]
Study: Men Eat More Meat Than Women in Countries With Greater Gender Equality
Researchers at the University of Zurich have examined the meat consumption patterns of over 20,000 people from 23 countries to determine whether there is a connection between meat consumption and gender equality. The results indicate that people in wealthier countries eat more meat than those in developing countries, and men eat more meat than women. But somewhat […]
60% of US Consumers Open to Cultivated Chicken, Beef, & Pork Despite Taste and Health Doubts, Finds Survey
A Consumer Food Insights survey, used by Purdue University to track consumer perceptions of cultivated meat, has found that around 60% of consumers are willing to try cultivated beef, chicken, and pork in restaurants, while around 30% are unwilling. 1,200 of the consumers surveyed were presented with a list including familiar animals, such as chicken, cow, and pig, as well as several exotic […]
Supreme Court Overturns Chevron Doctrine: What it Means for Climate Change Policy
Just as federal regulators move forward with a climate change policy rooted in dozens of complex provisions of law, the Supreme Court on Friday overturned the principle that has guided U.S. regulatory law for the past 40 years. That principle held that a federal agency’s interpretation of the law should be honored, as long as […]
U.S. Eats 76,530 cows this July 4th –147 million burgers!
U.S. Plans to Eat 76,530 cows this July 4th –147 million burgers! Washington–6.27.24–Americans like their burgers, but as climate change, clearly and severely affects our living environments via storms destroying highways, coastal towns, and uncontrolled wildfires, with hundreds dying of temperatures reaching 125 degrees F in the middle east, we all must consider solutions. “Urgent […]
