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Shopping cart filled with packaged red meat on display
September 10, 2024
People don’t realize. Not only are meat and dairy unhealthy, but rearing, producing and transporting them is a major contributor…
Four images showing historical and modern waste management systems and toilet facilities
September 10, 2024
I don’t have a gross fetish or anything, but I love talking about poop. Even Laura likes busting my chops…
Four panel screenshot from a television interview or talk show set
September 10, 2024
Zany “right-wing conservative” Stephen Colbert supports big-business pharmaceutical companies, but he freaked when New York Times columnist, Nicholas Kristof, told…
Book cover for "Behind the Bean" about the soy foods industry with soybean plant image
September 10, 2024
I love soybeans! I eat a couple bags a week. You’ve probably eaten them too. Most sushi restaurants offer salted…
Close-up portrait of an orangutan with reddish-brown hair and gray facial features
September 10, 2024
Sometimes I think the tree sloth is our closest relative. It’s dopey looking, moves slowly, smells really bad and only…
Overhead view of numerous metal cans with pull-tab tops stacked together
September 10, 2024
Bisphenol-A, or BPA, is a compound found in the liner of aluminum cans and used to make hard plastic. Over…
Yellow warning sign with silhouettes of children playing naked outdoors
September 10, 2024
I’m naked right now! Just kidding, that’d be creepy. But for a lot of people walking around naked is a…
Black and white kitten eating broccoli from a person's hand in multiple angles.
September 10, 2024
I love broccoli. You love broccoli. And so does this little kitty! Now, I’m not sure if it’s organic broccoli…
Two African penguin chicks standing on sand against a blue background
September 10, 2024
I know. It sounds like the punch-line from a Far Side cartoon, but the African penguin is also called the…
Marion Nestle smiling while holding fresh carrots in a garden
September 10, 2024
I have to admit. I never heard of Marion Nestle before. Turns out, she’s a foodie and a professor of…