Joe Fassler

Deputy Editor

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Joe Fassler is The Counter's deputy editor. His reporting has been included in The Best American Food Writing and twice nominated for a James Beard Media Award. A 2019 - 2020 Ted Scripps Fellow in Environmental Journalism at the University of Colorado, Boulder, he's the author of two books: a novel, The Sky Was Ours (forthcoming from Penguin Books), and Light the Dark: Creativity, Inspiration, and the Artistic Process.

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Fungi steak with fungus layer // Emergy Foods mycelium steak
A startup just announced the world’s first fake-meat “steaks” made from fungi. Are we ready?
Business
by Joe Fassler
10.29.2019
Business
Reusable Dig bowl with lid
Can a new reusable container program—dishwashing included—help solve America’s takeout trash problem?
Environment
by Joe Fassler
10.10.2019
Environment
Study: The “forever chemicals” in your takeout bowl may pose more dangers than previously thought
Health
by Joe Fassler
08.27.2019
Health
The bowls at Chipotle and Sweetgreen are supposed to be compostable. They contain cancer-linked “forever chemicals.”
Environment
by Joe Fassler
08.05.2019
Environment
Tyson Foods new blended burger patties, part of a new plant-based strategy to take on Beyond Meat (June 2019)
After backing out of Beyond Meat, Tyson Foods announces a new plant-based brand of its own
Business
by Joe Fassler
06.13.2019
Business
Bananas on supermarket shelves
Bananas are getting cheaper. That low price comes with hidden costs.
Business
by Joe Fassler
05.20.2019
Business
A group of plaintiffs led by Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund United Stockgrowers of America (R-CALF USA) on Tuesday filed a class-action lawsuit alleging that a group of U.S. meatpackers engaged in a vast conspiracy to artificially depress cattle prices—resulting in lower prices for producers and record profits for the industry. Credit: Alex Proimos / Flickr, April 2019
A new lawsuit accuses the “Big Four” beef packers of conspiring to fix cattle prices
Business
by Joe Fassler
04.23.2019
Business
American food supplies are increasingly channeled through handful of companies: Amazon, Walmart, FreshDirect, Blue Apron. What do we lose if traditional neighborhood supermarkets go under? A lot — and Kevin Kelley wants to stop that.
The man who’s going to save your neighborhood grocery store
Business
by Joe Fassler
04.23.2019
Business
USDA sides with BPI, allowing it to call its product commonly called
ABC News called it “pink slime.” Now, USDA says it can be labeled “ground beef.”
Culture
by Joe Fassler
02.07.2019
Culture