USDA confirms cow-to-cow transmission a factor in bird flu spread reuters.com/business/healt…

The dairy industry really, really doesn’t want you to say “bird flu in cows” trib.al/wkvgAdI

In a popular new regenerative farming documentary, Six Inches of Soil, viewers are told a cattle farm is carbon-neutral. George Monbiot inquired, and turned out it was actually just modeling, and filmmakers edited that bit out. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

I've spent a lot of the last six months working on this story about reports of abuse at one of the country's most-esteemed, certified-humane dairy farms. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

New: Lobbyists for the world’s biggest meat companies have celebrated the outcome of the COP28 climate summit in December, which they say left them “excited” and “enthusiastic” for their industry's prospects. 1/

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Greatly enjoyed and learned so much from this short Bryan Walsh piece on what we've gotten wrong about the 'end of bees' narrative and the similarities between bee farming & chicken factory farming: vox.com/future-perfect…

NEW Friends of the Earth (Action) STUDY: In just 6 years, US banks funneled $134 BIL into meat, dairy & feed corporations, fueling climate destruction. “Banks have committed to pathways to net zero, but they are ignoring a huge cow-shaped hole in their plans” Monique Mikhail theguardian.com/environment/20…

'By compensating commercial farmers for their losses with no strings attached, the federal government is encouraging poultry growers to continue the very practices that heighten the risk of contagion.'

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82% of the EU’s farm subsidies go to animal-based foods that make up 84% of EU’s food-related GHGs yet supply just 35% of their calories.

This makes animal-rich foods artificially cheap & externalized impacts to taxpayers.

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Heat kills crops so we cut down more trees to make new farmland which puts more carbon in the atmosphere which makes more heat which kills crops so we cut down more trees to make new farmland which puts more carbon in the atmosphere which makes more heat which kills crops so we c

USDA confirms bird flu in a Michigan dairy herd that had recently received cows from Texas. There are also 'presumptive positive test results' for additional herds in New Mexico, Idaho, Ohio and Texas: aphis.usda.gov/aphis/newsroom…

The next big climate deadline is for meat and dairy. Now, more than 200 environmental and agricultural scientists say we must also drastically reduce meat and dairy production. See more on our report here: vox.com/future-perfect… via Vox

If you're a journalist covering industrial meat and dairy, I wrote this for you! Thanks to Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) for the guidance and editing! sej.org/publications/f…

Climate scientists have long called for a phase-out of fossil fuels to avoid catastrophic warming. Now, according to a first-of-its-kind survey of 200+ researchers, we must also drastically curb meat, dairy production—fast.

Kenny Torrella for Vox: vox.com/future-perfect…

Most climate scientists believe emissions from farmed animals should peak soon, especially in rich countries.

This invariably means that meat consumption needs to start going down to remain in line with goals.

Full article: vox.com/future-perfect… Kenny Torrella Vox

A first-of-its-kind survey of climate experts finds strong consensus that we need to rapidly slash meat & dairy emissions *right now.* Most agree we need to do that by shrinking livestock production. But climate policy is very, very far behind the science

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When should global livestock emissions peak and what's the most effective way to reduce them? Helen Harwatt (and her coauthors) posed these questions (and more) to 210 climate scientists & I wrote up the findings (w/charts!). It's much sooner than you'd think. vox.com/future-perfect…

The next big climate deadline is for meat and dairy trib.al/YqVSVNu

Out on Vox today: can we protect and profit from the oceans? 🐠 vox.com/the-highlight/…

🚨 New Publication 🚨

In Nature Food, my co-authors and I critique the methodological and substantive shortcomings of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) roadmap for achieving zero hunger without breaching the 1.5 °C threshold.

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