beef industry
Influencer Says She Lost 122 Pounds While Eating Meat. She Worked for Big Beef.
Beef is Kiah Twisselman’s “favorite diet food,” but few people realize the weight-loss influencer is also an advocate for the beef industry.
Beef Company Begins Billion-Dollar 'Pink Slime’ Court Case Against ABC News
Five years ago, the news network popularized the term “pink slime” and forever changed the way we look at cheap burgers.
Cattle Farmers Are Fighting Climate Change With Fart-Collecting Backpacks for Cows
Some Argentine cattle farmers have outfitted their cows with backpacks that act as containers—for cow farts.
Soon, Americans Won't Know Where Their Meat Is Coming From
Congress has just decided that you no longer need to know the origin of the beef and pork you eat.
America’s Cows Are Fatter Than They’ve Ever Been
Things aren’t looking good for the bovine patron saint of these United States, and the beef industry is pretty much out of ideas. Except for this lone scheme: make the cattle fat. Really, really fat. Fatter than they’ve ever been before.
Your Bacon Habit Could Be Giving You Cancer
Sorry, bacon and burger lovers: A panel of experts determined that processed meat causes cancer, and red meat probably does too.
The UN Really Wants You to Vacation in an Abandoned Meat Factory
Nothing says fun in the sun quite like the guarantee of tetanus and a metric shit-ton of disgruntled cow ghosts.
Environmental Impacts Will Not Be Part of Updated Federal Dietary Guidelines
An advisory committee to the US Department of Agriculture drafted recommendations that include environmental impacts, as well as nutritional considerations, which upset the beef industry and members of Congress.
Large-Scale Sustainable Beef Is Still an Empty Promise
Earlier this month, an international coalition of beef-producing megacorporations put forth a document they say will guide their industry towards raising more sustainable beef. But though the language of the document is lofty, industry experts accuse...