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In a new ad campaign, Impossible Foods calls its plant-based burger “meat.” Can it do that?

04.27.2021
Joe Fassler
Tens of thousands of meatpacking workers have been vaccinated, but the industry’s Covid-19 crisis continues
04.16.2021
by Madison McVan + Ignacio Calderon, USA TODAY Network Agriculture Data Fellow, Investigate Midwest + Sky Chadde
There’s been a groundswell of investor funding in plant-based proteins. It hasn’t led to decreased meat consumption.
04.08.2021
by Lela Nargi
New UN report details the best ways to prevent deforestation in Latin America. What’s that got to do with U.S. food needs?
04.01.2021
by Lela Nargi
DOL watchdog: OSHA’s virtual inspections during pandemic likely led to dangerous workplaces
03.04.2021
by Sky Chadde
Chicken wing prices always go up right before the Super Bowl. This year, they’re even more expensive.
02.03.2021
by H. Claire Brown + Jessica Fu
Federal agencies clash over who regulates genetically engineered meat
01.14.2021
by Jessica Fu
When meat is sourced from “independent family farms,” what does that really mean?
01.05.2021
by Jessica Fu
Big Ag and labor groups alike want food and farm workers at the front of the vaccination line
12.22.2020
by Patricia Kelly Yeo
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