No other way to say it: The president turned a mob loose on the US Capitol.

As you watch MAGA protestors storm the capitol largely unimpeded, recall that BLM protestors were peacefully outside the White House and Trump had them dispersed with, what turned out to be, tear gas.

In the relatively brief span of time since Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat introduced their now-ubiquitous burger alternatives, a meatless gold rush was born. It points to a much less beefy future. My column >>> nytimes.com/2021/03/06/opi…

i don't think it's a coincidence that Trump spent the better part of a year using a virus as a slur against Chinese people while hate crimes against Asian Americans spiked by 150 percent

This. If you’re not talking about how misogyny against Asian American women layers both the current rash of anti-Asian violence as well as the larger casual violence/harassment we face in general including here online, you are not fucking paying attention.

The son of a victim in the Atlanta rampage tells Daily Beast about his mom: — She loved dancing & sushi — She taught elementary school in Korea before coming to the US — “She was a single mother of two kids who dedicated her whole life to raising them." thedailybeast.com/son-of-atlanta…

A total of 57% of U.S. households purchased plant-based food in 2020, as the sector is now worth $7 billion fooddive.com/news/plant-bas…

We are living, right now, with the true costs of cheap meat: a world of pandemics, antibiotic resistance, climate emergency and suffering both for human beings and the creatures we consume. The world isn't going to give up meat. But there's another way: nytimes.com/2021/04/24/opi…

🚨THE DAY HAS FINALLY ARRIVED! We are APPROVED TO SELL our cell-cultivated chicken in the US!🚨 This historic, world-changing, moment brings our vision one giant bite closer to reality. #UPSIDEFoods #CultivatedMeat #TheChickenHasLanded #FoodInnovation #Futureofmeat

BREAKING: The U.S. is now the second country in the world where cultivated meat is available to consumers! apnews.com/article/cultiv…

This morning, GOOD Meat received its final round of approval from the USDA and is approved for sale in the U.S. This final approval means that #GOODMeat is declared safe to eat and produce in the United States, marking a groundbreaking moment for cultivated meat.

🔥 BREAKING: U.S. regulators have just approved the sale of cultivated chicken made by two companies: GOOD Meat and @upsidefoods. This makes the U.S. the second country in the world (after Singapore) where #cultivatedmeat is available to consumers! More on this momentous news

Enjoy this literary "mix tape" of music inspired by The New York Public Library's collections. → Listening to Music with NYPL on.nypl.org/4jWoxDk

🍜 What we cook can reveal a lot about who we are. This selection of cookbooks and food-focused nonfiction takes a look at culinary cultures of the world. → Food Writing Across Cultures on.nypl.org/43ag9IH

Open access is critical for agrifood innovation!

Super interesting policy report! In the US we got Good Food Purchasing Programs leading the way in school food meal innovation

Great books this year from Sean Sherman, Alice Waters, John Birdsall 👏

It’s all about soil! Rebuild, restore, regenerate!

Donald Trump - who eats a Filet-O-Fish, a Quarter Pounder and a Big Mac for lunch - undid the school nutrition standards codified by Michelle Obama's "Let's Move!" initiative by: Reducing fruit and vegetable requirements Loosening whole grain standards, and Allowing chocolate

Jesus, not even a single plant-based protein in the US guidelines?