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The Future of Meat

Future Perfect’s coverage of factory farming, animal welfare, and how the way we eat affects our lives and our planet.

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How rioting farmers unraveled Europe’s ambitious climate plan

By Jan Dutkiewicz

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Why Florida banned a kind of meat that doesn’t really exist

By Kenny Torrella

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Bird flu in milk is alarming — but not for the reason you think

By Kenny Torrella

The meat industry’s war on wildlife

By Kenny Torrella

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I gave up meat and gained so much more

By Marina Bolotnikova and Christine Mi

The next big climate deadline is for meat and dairy

By Kenny Torrella

Why New York is suing the world’s biggest meat company

By Jan Dutkiewicz

 A practical guide to eating less meat

By Allison Rockey and Kenny Torrella

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9 charts that show US factory farming is even bigger than you realize

By Marina Bolotnikova and Kenny Torrella

How a shipping error more than a century ago launched the $30 billion chicken industry

By Kenny Torrella

You’re probably eating way too much protein

By Kenny Torrella

When one twin goes vegan and the other doesn’t

By Kenny Torrella

24 things we think will happen in 2024

By Bryan Walsh, Dylan Matthews, and 4 more

Big Meat just can’t quit antibiotics

By Kenny Torrella

We raise 18 billion animals a year to die — and then we don’t even eat them

By Kenny Torrella

The new Chicken Run movie is fun — and a damning critique of America’s meat industry

By Kenny Torrella

Scaling slaughter-free meat is hard. Here’s one way to make it easier.

By Julieta Cardenas

There’s less meat at this year’s climate talks. But there’s plenty of bull.

By Kenny Torrella

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Mahi Klosterhalfen is leading Germany’s animal welfare revolution

By Kenny Torrella

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Justin Marceau is defending a new generation of animal rights activists

By Kenny Torrella

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Crystal Heath wants veterinary medicine to live up to its values

By Marina Bolotnikova

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David Kaplan is building an academic community for the future of meat

By Kenny Torrella

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Catalina Lopez is fighting the horrors of fish farming

By Marina Bolotnikova

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From court to classroom, Jon Lovvorn is working to end factory farming

By Julieta Cardenas

Want to help animals? Here’s where to donate your money.

By Sigal Samuel and Kenny Torrella

How America broke the turkey

By Kenny Torrella

You’re more likely to go to prison for exposing animal cruelty than for committing it

By Marina Bolotnikova

Can a social media “pigfluencer” turn people off bacon?

By Kenny Torrella

This land isn’t for you or me. It’s for the meat industry.

By Kenny Torrella

Europe might abandon its animal welfare revolution

By Kenny Torrella

The bizarre new frontier for cell-cultivated meat: Lion burgers, tiger steaks, and mammoth meatballs

By Jude Whiley

“Climate-friendly” beef could land in a meat aisle near you. Don’t fall for it.

By Kenny Torrella

The myths we tell ourselves about American farming

By Kenny Torrella

Governments have put $1 billion toward making better meat alternatives. A lot more is needed.

By Julieta Cardenas

How the radical history of plant-based eating illuminates our future

By Julieta Cardenas

A new investigation exposes the stomach-churning practice that goes into making your bacon

By Kenny Torrella

Chickens are taking over the planet

By Kenny Torrella

Undercover audio of a Tyson employee reveals “free-range” chicken is meaningless

By Kenny Torrella and Marina Bolotnikova

Inside the Republican effort to force millions of farm animals back into cages

By Kenny Torrella

No-kill chicken tastes like chicken. Because it is.

By Kenny Torrella

Why the media too often ignores the connection between climate change and meat

By Kenny Torrella

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