Study: 90% Reduction in Global Meat Eating Required to Avoid Climate Impacts

October 14, 2018

Just days after the IPCC released its latest report on global climate change, another group of scientists published the most comprehensive analysis of our global food system to date. Published in Nature, the study urges humanity to curb its meat consumption by up to 90%. Scientists analyzed the global food system, taking into account all … More Study: 90% Reduction in Global Meat Eating Required to Avoid Climate Impacts

Report: We Have 12 Years to Avoid the Worst of Climate Change

October 14, 2018

Earlier this week the Nobel Peace Prize-winning UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its latest report on global climate change, a publication summarized poignantly by the Washington Post headline: “Climate scientists are struggling to find the right words for very bad news.” Compiled by 91 scientists and reviewers from 50 countries, the report provides … More Report: We Have 12 Years to Avoid the Worst of Climate Change

Humans Are Herbivores*, and Other Facts We Love to Deny

September 2, 2018

In a recent article, moral philosopher and author of Animal Liberation Peter Singer asks whether the meat industry is “cooked” now that plant based eating is on the rise. Like so many pro-vegan articles do, Singer outlines the environmental destruction inherent in animal agriculture, the inefficiency of eating animals (when we could eat the original nutrients, … More Humans Are Herbivores*, and Other Facts We Love to Deny

012 | “Veggie Planet”: An Interview with The Nomadic Vegan

July 16, 2017

In the latest episode of the Earthix Podcast we feature special guest Wendy Werneth, aka the Nomadic Vegan, who has just written and published a new book on vegan travel called Veggie Planet. In the podcast we discuss how the original pizza is vegan, including what pepperoni really means; how ancient vegan monks fed their … More 012 | “Veggie Planet”: An Interview with The Nomadic Vegan

Cow Hugs and Dog Licks: Livestock are Different from “Pets”

May 11, 2017

Anti-puppy mill activist and documentary filmmaker Christopher Grimes recently stated in an interview, “We would never think of dogs in the same way we think of cows.” Are we sure about that, Grimes? In some parts of the world people torture, kill, and then consume dogs by the thousands in their own version of the meat industry–just … More Cow Hugs and Dog Licks: Livestock are Different from “Pets”

Is Big Pork Ready to Target Children?

April 14, 2017

JoAnn Alumbaugh, editor of Pork Network, is fed up.  She’s had it up to here with PETA’s “excellent marketing tactics,” and she “sighs with frustration” whenever she happens to see one of PETA’s child-focused campaigns. Alumbaugh asserts that the animal agriculture industry is lagging behind PETA due to big ag’s inability to compete with the … More Is Big Pork Ready to Target Children?