Meat: What's smart, what's right, what's next
We’re investigating the most controversial of the food groups: meat. Pull up a fork, and dive right in!
In This Series
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This video explains America’s love affair with meat
Americans eat nearly twice as much as the average Norwegian and roughly nine times as much as the average Ghanaian.
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With lab-grown meat, can we have our animals and eat them too?
Not many scientists are trying to grow meat in the lab, but those who are think it could change the world.
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Meat is never simple when it’s the family business
From carnivore to vegetarian to carnivore: Here's the tale of a rancher's daughter.
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Everything you always wanted to know about fish farming but were afraid to ask
Can farmed fish be green? Can farmed fish be cool? Answers to these -- and more! -- inside.
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Just how big can bug-ranching grow?
Today, growing insects for food is a fringe phenomenon. And unless we can figure out ways to bring down the price of edible bugs, it may stay that way.
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What you need to know about antibiotics in livestock
A look at the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
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Why do we turn up our noses at eating bugs?
The lines we draw around what's acceptable to put in our mouths have more to do with culture and climate than with science or nutrition.
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To make meat greener, make it more efficiently
The planet isn't going vegetarian. But we could make all that meat a lot more efficiently, and less wastefully.
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What kind of meathead are you?
Get a sense of your carnivorous footprint on the environment.
