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Our analyst tries to get his elementary school kids to eat crickets and mealworms, with some help from chocolate.
by Jim Giles
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Cutting down on our consumption of meat has the potential to be a game changer for climate change, but only if it doesn't start a new culture war.
by Jim Giles
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The continues to be creating a product that beats meat on the three things consumers care most about: convenience, price and taste.
by Jim Giles
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Alternative proteins. Regenerative agriculture. The push toward zero. All loomed large in 2020.
by Jim Giles
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The challenge of reforming the way we manage the almost 1 billion acres of U.S. farmland can seem overwhelming, but we’re seeing the emergence of a suite of solutions that might be up to the job.
by Jim Giles
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You have 30 seconds to urge the President-elect to focus on a particular issue. What would it be?
by Jim Giles
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An idea: Eat less meat and then, on the land that frees up, restore native ecosystems, such as forests, which draw down carbon.
by Jim Giles
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Globally, cattle, sheep and goats account for around half of all emissions from agricultural production.
by Jim Giles
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Most waste management firms are compensated for every truckload of material they send to landfill. This locks them into the existing model. It's time for a new approach.
by Jim Giles
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This experiment may be ridiculous, but the question isn't: What does it take for meat-eaters to switch to alternative proteins?
by Jim Giles
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Until now, food shopping seemed immune to the rise of online retail. This shift is a major opportunity.
by Jim Giles
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Many shoppers will find the process quicker and easier post-pandemic, which begs the need for more serious attention to the transportation footprint associated with getting groceries to consumers' front doors.
by Jim Giles
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Redundant, distributed, resilient, smaller scale and locally powered, yet connected to the larger world in ways that benefit it when safe.
by Jim Giles
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Skeptics are sowing doubts about the carbon sequestration potential. The questions underscore the complexities of soil science.
by Jim Giles
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Progress might be slower than the current hype suggests, but the products will almost certainly get better.
by Jim Giles
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Reforms in the way cattle are handled promise dramatic reductions in emissions related to beef production.
by Jim Giles