Kate Cox

Editor

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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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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
StarKist pleads guilty to price-fixing. Credit: StarKist, October 2018
StarKist agrees to plead guilty in tuna price-fixing conspiracy
Business
by Kate Cox
10.18.2018
Business
Alyshia Gálvez is the author of a new book titled
From diabetes to displacement: How NAFTA disrupted Mexican agriculture, food, and health
Politics
by Kate Cox + Jessica Fu
09.26.2018
Politics
Lettuce fields in Yuma, Arizona. A new report from FDA links 2018's E. coli outbreak traced to romaine lettuce to a cattle CAFO nearby (August 2018)
Cattle operation may have caused E. coli outbreak linked to romaine, FDA says
Environment
by Joe Fassler + Kate Cox
08.06.2018
Environment