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Kate Cox

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Kate Cox is The Counter's editor. She oversees partnerships and edits investigative, feature, and senior staff reporting.

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Marion Nestle portrait over gradient background. September 2020
Marion Nestle knows it’s not easy to be a smart consumer of food, or of media. The only solution may be to get political.
Culture
by Kate Cox
09.10.2020
Culture
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How can food media meet this moment?
News
by Kate Cox
06.02.2020
News
Trump to order meat plant to stay open, including this Tyson one in Logansport, Indiana.
Trump uses executive power to declare meat plants “critical infrastructure” during pandemic—ensuring they remain open
Business
by Kate Cox + Joe Fassler
04.28.2020
Business
A letter from our editor
Opinion
by Kate Cox
03.26.2020
Opinion
Beyond Meat
Beyond Meat’s Q2 earnings highlight stunning growth and investor jitters
Business
by Kate Cox
07.29.2019
Business
The New Food Economy is partnering with Rabobank to investigate funding gaps for women founders across the food and agriculture sectors. Credit: Flickr / iStock / Jevtic, December 2018
A structural bias harms women-led enterprises and the agrifood issues they are working to solve. We want to know what that costs us.
Politics
by Kate Cox
02.07.2019
Politics
As universities rely more on industry for funds, researchers taking a stand on health or environment say they’re sidelined. Credit: iStock / Julia White, January 2019
Academics across the country say agribusiness has outsize influence on their research
Culture
by Kate Cox + H. Claire Brown
01.31.2019
Culture
Outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli linked to romaine lettuce
On eve of holiday, outbreaks of E. coli and Salmonella linked to romaine and turkey are still unresolved
Environment
by Kate Cox
11.21.2018
Environment
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
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