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When it comes to meat, buying local won’t make much of a dent in your carbon footprint. Most food-related emissions come from the meat itself, not how far it travels to get to your house. The most effective way to curb your food-related emissions is to eat more plants instead.

In the struggling lab-grown meat sector, the companies that remain are getting creative. Vow has leaned into the unconventional nature of their products — creating Japanese quail foie gras and woolly mammoth meatballs. Dawn Attride reports: buff.ly/CkmEDE0

As part of the Dairy Methane Action Alliance, Starbucks, Kraft Heinz and others pledged to reduce the powerful gas in their dairy supply chains. The results have been lackluster. Ben Elgin, Olivia Raimonde and Illena Peng report for Bloomberg: buff.ly/OgY9O99

Trump’s inconsistent enforcement of immigration policy is wreaking havoc on farm operations and meatpacking plants. buff.ly/c3If7WX

A proposed 60-house poultry operation near the Satilla River has locals alarmed about pollution, health risks and the future of their water. Residents say they are concerned for Coffee County, but also the rest of Georgia and beyond. Gaby reports: buff.ly/8NP9cSA

Ultimately, the evidence shows that simply swapping your steak for a “regenerative” cut, without substantially dialing back overall meat intake and upping the plant intake, isn’t a path to greater health. buff.ly/czPYAVc

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins said Tuesday that there will be "no amnesty" for undocumented immigrant farmworkers when it comes to mass deportations. Dan Gooding and Gabe Whisnant report for Newsweek: buff.ly/Swu6TuJ

Pleasant Valley Farms is the largest dairy operation in Vermont. Eight of their farmworkers were arrested in what’s been described as one of the largest immigration raids in Vermont’s recent history. buff.ly/0yYkba0

The megabill contains a number of SNAP-related policies. The most significant could reduce funding by $131 billion over the next 10 years, the Congressional Budget Office estimates. buff.ly/NaD9Uil

While public health warnings and cooling systems help people avoid the worst of extreme heat, animals crammed in factory farms or packed into trucks during transport have no way to escape the soaring temperatures. Gaea Cabico reports: buff.ly/lfZuSAk

Climate models suggest that in order to limit global warming, we’re going to have to seriously rethink our relationship to meat. And the first step to doing that is understanding exactly how the meat industry works, and how it’s impacting the environment. buff.ly/EWO5IgZ

Climate change is a serious problem in need of a serious solution — but what counts as a viable climate solution, and what doesn’t? It’s not an easy question to answer. buff.ly/nPRzZda