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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An still from the Super Bowl LIII ad that started a feud between Bud Light and the National Corn Growers Association, February 2019
What Bud Light’s corn syrup attack ads reveal about the troubled state of Big Beer
Business
by Joe Fassler
02.05.2019
Business
Why Whole Foods shutting down the 365 brand shouldn’t surprise us, in the wake of Amazon's acquisition. Credit: Whole Foods, January 2019
With the end of 365 stores, Whole Foods cements its future as Amazon’s house brand
Business
by Joe Fassler
01.15.2019
Business
Supreme Court declines to hear multi-state lawsuit over California's bans on foie gras and caged eggs. Credit: Flickr / Jeff Slinker, January 2019
Supreme Court declines to hear challenges to animal welfare laws, upholding caged hen and foie gras bans
Politics
by Joe Fassler
01.07.2019
Politics
Cargill is doubling its supply of
Why Cargill’s “blockchain-based” turkeys obscure more than they reveal
Tech
by Sam Bloch + Joe Fassler
11.23.2018
Tech
USDA and FDA have laid out a regulatory chain of command that will govern future “clean meat.” Credit: VikiVector, November 2018.
FDA and USDA lay out their shared regulatory plan for cell-cultured meat
Politics
by Kate Cox + Joe Fassler
11.16.2018
Politics
Amazon announces not one but two HQ2 locations—one in Arlington, Virginia and another in Long Island City, New York. Credit: Thomas Hawk, November 2018
Amazon’s HQ2 decision proves brick-and-mortar isn’t dead. But after $2 billion in tax breaks, affordable housing will be
Tech
by Joe Fassler
11.13.2018
Tech
FDA issues update to E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce from Yuma, Arizona. Credit: Ken Lund, November 2018
How a 3.5-mile-long irrigation canal used by 23 farms caused the E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce
Environment
by Joe Fassler
11.01.2018
Environment
Chitosan, a polymer found in the exoskeletons of shellfish, could help kill salmonella, a study finds. Credit: Scubaluna, October 2018
How crab and shrimp shells could solve the meat industry’s Salmonella problem
Business
by Joe Fassler
10.16.2018
Business
The Arizona JBS beef plant which recalled nearly 7 million pounds of beef linked to Salmonella Newport had a history of animal welfare infractions. Credit: gevende, October 2018
Meat plant that recalled 7 million pounds of ground beef has history of “egregious” animal welfare practices
Environment
by Joe Fassler
10.11.2018
Environment